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Sep 14, 2020 • 9min
AI Ruined Chess. Now, It's Making the Game Beautiful Again
A former world champion teams up with the makers of AlphaZero to test variants on the age-old game that can jolt players into creative patterns.
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Sep 11, 2020 • 9min
Startup Perks Go Remote—and Take a More Inclusive Approach
Tech companies are swapping on-campus gourmet chefs for free snack deliveries, but they're also stepping up childcare support and mental health services.Â
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Sep 10, 2020 • 7min
Google Offers to Help Others With the Tricky Ethics of AI
After learning its own ethics lessons the hard way, the tech giant will offer services like spotting racial bias or developing guidelines around AI projects.
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Sep 9, 2020 • 7min
Google and Apple Change Tactics on Contact Tracing Tech
The companies will handle more of the technology for notifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. Privacy won't be affected, they say.Â
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Sep 8, 2020 • 9min
A Dogfight Renews Concerns About AI's Lethal Potential
Alphabet's DeepMind pioneered reinforcement learning. A California company used it to create an algorithm that defeated an F-16 pilot in a simulation.
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Sep 7, 2020 • 8min
California Lawmakers Push for More Diversity in the Boardroom
If it succeeds, AB979 would require Facebook, Netflix, Nvidia, Salesforce, and others to add directors of color.
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Sep 4, 2020 • 10min
How the Pandemic Reshaped Election Campaigns—Maybe Forever
The digital infrastructures have been under construction for years. But the pandemic has forced candidates to embrace them and to get creative with how they use them.
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Sep 3, 2020 • 8min
MAGA TikTok Creators Stand by Trump—Despite a Potential Ban
Conservative influencers say they understand the president's moves to shut down the platform in the US, even if it costs them their audience.
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Sep 2, 2020 • 11min
Should Google’s Ad Market Be Regulated Like the Stock Market?
A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening.
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Sep 1, 2020 • 7min
Covid Hits Minorities Hardest, but Data Often Doesn't Show It
Many states are not collecting the race or ethnicity of coronavirus patients, which can make it harder to know the true impact on low-income communities.
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