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Aug 17, 2023 • 4min
YouTube Music Adds a TikTok-Like Video Feed to Attract Gen Z
Gregor Dodson, a director of product management, shares why Samples is the music streaming app's newest video feature.Read this story here.
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Aug 16, 2023 • 6min
This Psychologist Wants To Vaccinate You Against Fake News
Controlled exposure to misinformation can help protect people from falling for it in the future, according to new research.Read this story here.
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Aug 15, 2023 • 9min
Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets
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.
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Aug 14, 2023 • 5min
Smell Your Way Out of the Uncanny Valley
In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable device aims to bring a whiff of authenticity to virtual reality.
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Aug 11, 2023 • 5min
Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data
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.
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Aug 10, 2023 • 11min
This AI Company Releases Deepfakes Into the Wild. Can It Control Them?
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.
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Aug 9, 2023 • 9min
The Ghost of Privacy Past Haunts the Senate’s AI Future
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.
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Aug 8, 2023 • 6min
Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself
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.
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Aug 7, 2023 • 5min
Apps Are Rushing to Add AI. Is Any of It Useful?
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.
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Aug 4, 2023 • 9min
Please Stop Asking Chatbots for Love Advice
We get it, relationships are hard. But asking ChatGPT how to do emotions is not going to work. Here are some better ideas.
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