Yes, ChatGPT Is Coming for Your Office Job
White-collar workers may soon face the AI disruption everyone’s been panicking about. But the news may be better than you think. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 14, 2023•5 min
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WhatsApp Has Started a Fight With the UK About Encryption
The head of the messaging app says a new law will undermine privacy. The government says it’s about protecting children. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 13, 2023•7 min
ChatGPT’s API Is Here. Let the AI Gold Rush Begin
Businesses can now get paid for services built on the large language model, meaning chatbots are going to start appearing everywhere. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 10, 2023•5 min
Why the Floppy Disk Just Won’t Die
A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppy disks. But the supply is finally running out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 09, 2023•9 min
What to Do When Your Boss Is Spying on You
Employee monitoring increased with Covid-19’s remote work—and stuck around for back-to-the-office. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 08, 2023•6 min
New Crypto Mixer Promises to Be Tornado Cash Without the Crime
Privacy Pool founder says he can preserve users’ privacy while keeping money launderers and regulators at bay. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 07, 2023•7 min
India’s YouTube Vigilante Is Wanted for Murder
Monu Manesar built a huge audience with violent content, but he’s far from the only sectarian streamer in Modi’s India. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 06, 2023•11 min
Video Games Are a New Propaganda Machine for Iran
The state sponsors titles that cast it in a favorable light and punish indies for depicting a more complex vision of Iranian identity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 03, 2023•11 min
An Apple Store Worker Is the New Face of US Labor Law Reform
The company's anti-union tactics at retail outlets have drawn government scrutiny and are fueling a drive to get a new labor bill through Congress. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 02, 2023•7 min
How Ukraine’s Trains Kept Running Despite Bombs, Blackouts, and Biden
Since Russia’s full-scale assault began, Ukraine’s railways evacuated 4 million people and brought 300 foreign delegations to Kyiv. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 01, 2023•7 min
Ukraine’s War Brings Autonomous Weapons to the Front Lines
Drones that can find their own targets already exist, making machine-versus-machine conflict just a software update away. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 28, 2023•11 min
Amazon Has a Donkey Meat Problem
The online retailer sells products meant for human consumption that contain donkey meat. A new lawsuit claims that’s illegal in California. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 27, 2023•7 min
Alphabet Layoffs Hit Trash-Sorting Robots
The company recently laid off thousands of human workers and is also shutting down a unit working on robots that learned to open doors and clean tables. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 24, 2023•8 min
Generative AI Is Coming For the Lawyers
Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 23, 2023•8 min
One Startup’s Plan to Help Africa Lure Back Its AI Talent
Lelapa is building a research lab to serve African businesses and nonprofits, with the hope that locally grown algorithms can better serve communities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 22, 2023•7 min
Germany Raises Red Flags About Palantir’s Big Data Dragnet
A court has issued strict limits on how police can pull innocent bystanders into big data investigations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 21, 2023•7 min
The Scramble to Save Twitter’s Research From Elon Musk
Fearing the company’s new management, researchers frantically completed studies on misinformation and algorithmic bias, then published them online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 20, 2023•11 min
Audiobook Narrators Fear Spotify Used Their Voices to Train AI
After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 17, 2023•9 min
The Generative AI Race Has a Dirty Secret
Integrating large language models into search engines could mean a fivefold increase in computing power and huge carbon emissions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 16, 2023•6 min
The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump
Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk’s Twitter, suggesting the decentralized platform is not a direct replacement. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 15, 2023•8 min
Meta’s Gruesome Content Broke Him. Now He Wants It to Pay
A Kenyan moderator sued the company for work-related PTSD. A new ruling on his case could signal a global reckoning for Big Tech outsourcing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 14, 2023•8 min
Startup T2 Wants to Terminate Twitter
Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk’s platform no longer supplies. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 13, 2023•12 min
The Race to Build a ChatGPT-Powered Search Engine
A search bot you converse with could make finding answers easier—if it doesn’t tell fibs. Microsoft, Google, Baidu, and others are working on it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 10, 2023•8 min
Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco
City agencies say the incidents and other disruptions show the need for more transparency about the vehicles and a pause on expanding service. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 09, 2023•9 min
Layoffs Broke Big Tech’s Elite College Hiring Pipeline
Students from top schools used to waltz from Silicon Valley internships into lucrative jobs. Now, some are reconsidering their options. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 08, 2023•9 min
How the US Could Ban TikTok in 7 Not-So-Easy Steps
Former president Trump tried and failed to ban the app. Now US lawmakers from both parties are preparing legislation they say can finish the job. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 07, 2023•10 min
Get Used to Face Recognition in Stadiums
Madison Square Garden is under fire for using the technology. Other venues are exploring their own uses of face algorithms, raising privacy concerns. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 06, 2023•8 min
The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries
Electric vehicles are selling fast. But unless people change how they get around, the demand for battery materials threatens its own environmental disaster. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 03, 2023•9 min
Alphabet's Layoffs Aren’t Very Googley
The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 02, 2023•9 min
Tesla’s Problems Go Way Beyond Elon Musk
The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 01, 2023•11 min
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