A Campaign Aide Didn’t Write That Email. A.I. Did.
The swift advance of artificial intelligence in politics is already blurring the boundaries between fact and fake.Read More
Year: 2023
Carlos Moreno Wanted to Improve Cities. Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Him.
Researchers like Carlos Moreno, the professor behind a popular urban planning concept, are struggling with conspiracy theories and death threats.Read More
In Hundreds of TikTok Videos, Its Users Defend the App
After lawmakers grilled TikTok’s chief executive last week, the app’s users argued that the platform should not be banned in the United States over...
Learning how a “large language model” operates.Read More
Tinkering With ChatGPT, Workers Wonder: Will This Take My Job?
Artificial intelligence is confronting white-collar professionals more directly than ever. It could make them more productive — or obsolete.Read More
Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Alibaba and once one of China’s most prominent entrepreneurs, has made a rare public appearance in the country.
Lyft announced on Monday that Amazon veteran David Risher will join as chief executive next month, and that co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer...
Lyft Co-Founders to Resign; David Risher Is Named CEO
Lyft has been slow to bounce back from early pandemic problems even as the business of its much bigger rival, Uber, has improved.Read More
Biden Acts to Restrict U.S. Government Use of Spyware
The president signed an executive order seeking to limit deployment of a tool that has been abused by autocracies — and some democracies —...
Have AI Chatbots Developed Theory of Mind? What We Do and Do Not Know.
Some researchers claim that chatbots have developed theory of mind. But is that just our own theory of mind gone wild?Read More