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As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China’s elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship. Many feel they have no choice. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US government is reportedly willing to suspend criminal charges against crypto exchange Binance, provided it steps into line—and pays $4 billion. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
EV production often relies on coal power and harmful labor practices. Climate activists in Squid Games costumes disrupted the LA Auto Show this weekend to demand urgent change. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Industry watchdog Check My Ads is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to investigate X for unlabeled—and potentially misleading—advertisements. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won’t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Meta, Google, Amazon, and other major tech firms have laid off thousands of people. The public sector has tried—and in some cases, succeeded—to lure them in. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Machine learning algorithms that digested decades of weather data were able to forecast 90 percent of atmospheric measures more accurately than Europe’s top weather center. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Six nuclear reactors just 9 feet across planned for Idaho were supposed to prove out the dream of cheap, small-scale nuclear energy. Now the project has been canceled. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Cruise set out to win the autonomous car race by starting with urban driving. After a pedestrian was dragged under a robotaxi, the company and its parent GM are cutting jobs and making other changes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An experimental AI helper attempts to operate a web browser in the same way a human does to take on office admin like processing invoices or screening job applicants. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI-powered services like LazyApply zip through the grunt work of job applications, helping one programmer apply for 5,000 jobs. But they can make mistakes, and some recruiters scorn the technology. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The troubled coworking company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. WeWork says locations will remain open. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
xAI, Elon Musk’s new company, claims to have built a powerful language model with cutting-edge performance in just two months. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement, health care, and other areas—and to shut down any algorithms doing harm. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US, China, and others signed a declaration coordinated by the UK warning AI could be “catastrophic.” Yet none seem to be suggesting development of the technology should slow down. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Prior to his arrest, the FTX founder did a string of media interviews to tell his side of the story. In the courtroom, those comments came back to haunt him. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Joe Biden’s new executive order is billed as the biggest governmental AI plan ever. Unless he can convince a dysfunctional US Congress and overseas rivals to play along, its effects will be limited. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The ranks of doomsday preppers have swelled since the pandemic, with many stocking up on freeze-dried rations in case things go bad. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Popularity on GitHub can open valuable doors for developers and startups. Underground stores sell “stars” on the platform, offering coders a way to literally fake it till they make it. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Book publishers are experimenting with chatbot editions of new titles, providing "conversational companions" for readers. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These five features of Instagram helped Meta deceptively hook teens and harm their mental health, allege lawsuits filed today by 42 US states. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Amazon delivery drivers at hundreds of sites around the world will be asked to drive through camera-studded archways that log every dent, scratch, or damaged tire. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US Congress won’t pass federal AI regulation anytime soon. NYC is forging ahead with an AI Action Plan and a proposal for a new Office of Algorithmic Data Integrity. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New York’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against crypto companies, including the Winkelvoss twins’ Gemini, alleging they misled investors. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The companies behind ChatGPT and other popular and powerful AI systems aren’t transparent enough about their training data and how they work, according to a new report from Stanford University. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
German startup Vay is pushing teledriving—in which cars are remotely operated by humans—as easier to achieve than fully autonomous driving. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The American government has tightened its restrictions on exports of chips and chipmaking equipment, closing loopholes that let Chinese companies access advanced technology. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
ChatGPT-style chatbots that pretend to be people are being used to help companies develop new product and marketing ideas. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
