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How to get ahead of bad chatbots

In a recent announcement from the White House, the Biden-Harris administration revealed its plans to make bad chatbots a thing of the past. Part of a government-wide effort called “Time Is Money,” the idea is to take on the “limitations and shortcomings” of customer

Why this tiny English village doesn’t want a data center next door

Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of Abbots Langley was converted into homes that preserve its centuries of history. Now, its residents are fighting to stop a development next door that represents the future.

A proposal to build a data center on a field across the road was rejected by local authorities amid fierce opposition from villagers. But it’s getting a second chance from British Prime Minister Keir S

USC researchers offer a glimpse inside the right-wing echo chamber on X and Telegram

Researchers at the University of Southern California say they found evidence of thousands of X and Telegram accounts working together to artificially popularize right-wing narratives. 

Influence groups coordinate to share specific content in order to create the appearance of widespread grassroots support for a given idea or opinion. Those artificially heightened engagement numbers then tell the social platform’s algorithm to distribute the content even more widely.

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‘Now I’m a big boy and I like it’: Young men on TikTok are turning to testosterone boosters

“What happens to your package downstairs when you start testosterone replacement therapy?” asks TikTok user @kmartfit. “You’re gonna notice that your libido and sex drive go through the roof.” 

@kmartfit, who posts hormone optimization content to his almost 80,000 followers, adds that it helps you lose body fat “so that pouch around the trunk of your package

YouTube is eating the TV industry’s lunch

YouTube’s advertising revenue has yet to reach a ceiling in its exponential growth. In Alphabet’s recent earnings call, the company claimed $8.9 billion in quarterly revenue from YouTube ads alone. At this rate, YouTube ads revenue could match that of the entire broadcast advertising industry for 2024.

Meanwhile, the television market continues to decline

The case for OpenAI becoming a B Corp

The cofounder of B Lab, the global nonprofit that came up with the B Corp certification for accountable, sustainable, and transparent companies, believes that OpenAI should sign up to its system and dedicate itself to becoming more responsible.

Andrew Kassoy tells Fast Company that as the leader of the AI revolution, the makers

Ideogram is a great AI tool for making quick—and free—visuals

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

Even if you can’t draw or take a decent photo, you can now illustrate anything. Services like UnsplashPexels, and free 

The biggest employee turnover is about to happen. Why it’s a matter of national security

As the United States gears up for another Presidential election, government agencies face a daunting challenge that extends far beyond the ballot box. While elections signify the democratic process at work, they also represent one of the largest predictable instances of high employee turnover in the public sector. This mass transition of power and personnel creates a perfect storm for potential data breaches, threatening the int

Get more from Google with these 5 search superpowers

Google is an incredibly powerful search engine, but many users aren’t tapping into its full potential. And with nearly limitless results on any given topic, effective searching is about being specific and using the right tools for the job.

Here are several tricks to help you refine your searches and find exactly what you’re looking for more efficiently.

How to spot ‘cheapfakes’ online, according to 2 misinformation experts

Someone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two videos on social media. The first shows a little boy hovering over his father’s dead body, whimpering in Arabic, “Don’t leave me.” The second purports to show a pregnant woman with her abdomen slashed open and claims to document the testimony of a paramedic who handled victims’ bodies after Hamas’s attack in Israel on October 7, 2023.

Even though these videos come from different sides of the I


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