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The European Union is desperate for its own artificial intelligence giant. German startup Aleph Alpha might be its best hope. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A developer used widely available AI tools to generate anti-Russian tweets and articles. The project is intended to highlight how cheap and easy it has become to create propaganda at scale. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but it will also help Meta. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Artificial intelligence may streamline a form of business communication that’s already super fake. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Teachers are caught between cracking down on cheating with generative AI and using it to help empower students. It’s going to be a challenging year. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The curvy translucent plastic design of the iMac was the test case for Steve Jobs' “whole-widget” strategy that led to the creation of the iPhone. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A botnet apparently connected to ChatGPT shows how easily, and effectively, artificial intelligence can be harnessed for disinformation. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In March a viral letter called for a pause on AI development, warning that algorithms could outsmart humanity—but many experts who signed on did not believe the technology poses an existential risk. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gregor Dodson, a director of product management, shares why Samples is the music streaming app's newest video feature. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Controlled exposure to misinformation can help protect people from falling for it in the future, according to new research. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
San Francisco ride-hail drivers are about to share the roads with robot competitors. They say that the self-driving cabs need to work on their traffic skills—and watch out for bodily fluids. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable device aims to bring a whiff of authenticity to virtual reality. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The outcry over Zoom's tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
UK unicorn Synthesia offers clients a menu of digital avatars, from suited execs to Santa Claus. But it has struggled to stop them being used to spread misinformation. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The artificial intelligence gold rush has thrust services like ChatGPT into every aspect of our digital lives. That still won’t solve your email problems. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
We get it, relationships are hard. But asking ChatGPT how to do emotions is not going to work. Here are some better ideas. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As the UK pushes for a law that threatens end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp has given itself a starring role in a doc about a girls’ soccer team fleeing the Taliban. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that’s targeted at groups or even individuals. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The bird may be dead, but Twitter—er, X—is still alive for communities, news, and memes. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers were given unprecedented access to Meta’s data during the 2020 elections. Meta says their results show its platforms don’t cause political polarization. That’s not entirely true. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Some social media users and lawmakers say chronological feeds are healthier. A new study found that Facebook and Instagram users who were forced to see time-ranked posts turned to TikTok instead. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Generate your own text—but get help from the AI bot to make it stand out. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Twitter’s rebrand to X is both a bad joke and an attempt by Elon Musk to realize his decades-long ambition for an all-conquering super app. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Leading AI developers including Google and OpenAI promised the Biden administration to check for problems such as biased output. The agreement is not legally binding. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
