Political pressure continues to mount on TikTok, the super popular video app owned by China’s ByteDance. In the United States, TikTok is now banned on government devices as lawmakers debate how to address its Beijing ties. And around the world, 40 other countries have taken similar measures.
Meanwhile, Lemon8, another social network owned by the same Chinese company, has emerged and begun to top the charts. As its popularity surges in America, here are some things you sh
Valley legend and super investor Ron Conway is reportedly planning a meeting of leading influencers in the burgeoning AI industry to talk about how to develop AI systems without stumbling into potentially catastrophic unintended consequences.
Axios’s report of the meeting comes just a week after hundreds of tech and scientific community members signed a letter calling for a “pause” in the development of generative AI systems. Meeting attendees will reportedly di
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued guidance warning consumers to avoid using free public charging stations because “bad actors” have figured out ways to hijack connected devices.
In a tweet, FBI Denver wrote that hackers can introduce harmful malware and monitoring software onto your phone, tablet, or computer when connected to public USB ports in locations such as airports.
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Actor Diana-Maria Riva is all too familiar with one of her shows being canceled. For a performer, it’s a painful, unfortunate part of show business. But this was different.
In December, Riva was floored when she found out that Gordita Chronicles, her recently canceled family comedy, would be removed from HBO Max’s vast streaming library—one of dozens of shows that HBO last year effectively wiped from existence for U.S. viewers. Among others, Westworld, The
Crafting marketing email can be a drain on time and money for businesses, whether the owners are generating the content themselves or outsourcing to another firm.
For companies that send email through Mailchimp, there’s now a third option: letting AI generate any marketing missives. On Monday the company announced the beta launch of a tool called Email Content Generator, which uses OpenAI’s GPT technology to create marketing copy that users can drag and drop into email
Alan Kay was a pioneering computer scientist. In the 1970s, at Xerox PARC, he led the design and development of the first modern computer-desktop interface—ultimately creating the “windows” we spend so much of our time gazing into today. He also spent a lot of time thinking about the future. And it deserves mentioning that he wasn’t scared of AI. Not one bit.
“Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior,
When LinkedIn launched in 2003, the very idea of sharing your employment history and educational background in public was a bit of a mind-bender. But as the service boomed, millions did just that. LinkedIn went on to become a primary tool used by companies and recruiters to find job candidates. Ever since, it’s had a positive impact on countless careers.
Still, when LinkedIn members summarize their experience, they’ve typically done so in the way employers expectȁ
When we asked GPT-3, an extremely powerful and popular artificial intelligence language system, whether you’d be more likely to use a paper map or a stone to fan life into coals for a barbecue, it preferred the stone.
To smooth your wrinkled skirt, would you grab a warm thermos or a hairpin? GPT-3 suggested the hairpin.
And if you need to cover your hair for work in a fast-food restaurant, which would work better, a paper sandwich wrapper or a hamburger bun? GP
When Carter Barnhart was fourteen, she was sexually assaulted. For over two and a half years, she struggled to sleep through the night, grappling with PTSD and anxiety. Finally, she went to Newport Academy, a residential mental health treatment program in California that had just started. Barnhart was patient No. 2 and, at Newport, she found healing. Her freshman year of college, she emailed the founder and asked if she could intern. She would spend the next 11 years working for Newport.
The story has been as exciting as drivers burning rubber and brushing walls to eek out victory in iconic race cars made by the likes of Aston Martin, Ferrari, and McLaren. One cannot underestimate the impact that the Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive has had on the growth of Formula One fandom since its 2019 debut—particularly in the United States. The show, which has now aired five seasons on the streaming giant, has fundamentally altered the sport.
How so? In 2018,