Business, Spoken
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This AI Could Help Wipe Out Colon Cancer
Medtronic's GI Genius, awaiting clearance from the FDA, will help doctors identify precancerous polyps. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Biden Announces His Broadband Plan—and ISPs Will Hate It
The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there's a lot to like for internet users. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Serve Food in Far-Away Restaurants—Right From Your Couch
A growing number of robots are operated remotely, often by workers thousands of miles away. Could it be a job of the future? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
US Sanctions Are Squeezing Huawei, but for How Long?
Growth slowed last year at the tech giant, as it had trouble securing the most advanced chips. China's government has a plan to change that. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Silicon Valley Revs Up for a ‘Hot Startup’ Summer
“Now is the time to start stepping on the gas,” as one prominent VC firm put it to founders. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Groups Call for Ethical Guidelines on Location-Tracking Tech
The Locus Charter asks companies to commit to 10 principles, including minimizing data collection and actively seeking consent from users. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Biden Wants You Out of Your Car and on the Train
The president's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal boosts funding for buses and rail. It even envisions actually tearing down some freeways. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Foundations of AI Are Riddled With Errors
The labels attached to images used to train machine-vision systems are often wrong. That could mean bad decisions by self-driving cars and medical algorithms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
One Startup’s Solution for Zoom Fatigue? The Walk and Talk
Spot is a new platform dedicated entirely to walking meetings, launched by a longtime remote work evangelist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This AI Can Generate Convincing Text—and Anyone Can Use It
The makers of Eleuther hope it will be an open source alternative to GPT-3, the well-known language program from OpenAI. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Negligence, Not Politics, Drives Most Misinformation Sharing
Researchers found that social media users are generally adept at identifying fake news. But that doesn’t always affect their decision to repost it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI Could Enable 'Swarm Warfare' for Tomorrow's Fighter Jets
A Pentagon project is testing scenarios involving multiple aircraft that could change the dynamics of air combat. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Where Are Those Shoes You Ordered? Check the Ocean Floor
More containers have fallen off ships in the past four months than are typically lost in a year. Blame heavy traffic and rolling waves. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A New WeWork Documentary Relives Its Roller Coaster Story
WeWork: Or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn is a good crash course while you wait for the adaptation starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Startup Wants to Take Your Blood Pressure With an iPhone
“Hey Siri, help me treat my hypertension." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers Blur Faces That Launched a Thousand Algorithms
Managers of the ImageNet data set paved the way for advances in deep learning. Now they’ve taken a big step to protect people’s privacy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Chip for AI Works Using Light, Not Electrons
Lightmatter says the computing and power demands of complex neural networks need new technologies like these to keep up. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Pandemic Prompts Cities to Rethink the Parking Spot
Some urban designers have long wanted to reduce the area set aside for cars. Covid is giving them a chance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Who Are the Biggest Influencers on Clubhouse?
It's harder to figure out than you might expect. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—But Only If It's Right-Wing
Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most interactions by far compared to other news sources, new research shows. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As China Rises, the US Builds Toward a Bigger Role in AI
After decades of staying out of industrial policy, a Pentagon-appointed commission recommends more spending on research and support for US chip makers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Black Tech Employees Rebel Against ‘Diversity Theater’
Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Good-bye Zoom. Hello Low-Key Ambient Snooping
If you are missing out on serendipity in your remote work, try ramping up your 2-D audio copresence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Big Tech Targets DC With a Digital Charm Offensive
Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gig Companies Fear a Worker Shortage, Despite a Recession
The pandemic sapped demand for rides from Uber and Lyft, and government aid has cushioned the blow for workers. Execs are feeling the strain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
There's a Surge of New EVs. We Take Them for a Spin
Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Volvo, Porsche, and Polestar have each introduced new battery-powered models. So we hit the road with each of them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
You’re About to See a Lot More Instagram Live Collabs
Instagram is finally giving creators their most requested feature—which the company hopes will make it a more dynamic destination for viewers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why a YouTube Chat About Chess Got Flagged for Hate Speech
AI programs that analyze language have difficulty gauging context. Words such as “black,” “white,” and “attack" can have different meanings. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
California Can Now Enforce Its Net Neutrality Law
A judge ruled earlier this week on the law, which has faced challenges from lobbyists representing internet providers as well as the Trump administration. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Clubhouse Is Booming. So Is the Ecosystem Around It
A wave of startups, features, and tools has sprung up around the popular audio app. And some are looking to cash in. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm’s Math
Drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other firms are building apps to compare their mileage with pay slips. One group is selling the data to government agencies. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The UK Is the Latest Country to Tighten the Screws on Uber
The country's highest court ruled that the 25 drivers who filed a lawsuit should be considered workers and entitled to minimum wage and vacations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Planes Keep Flying After an Engine Catches Fire
A Boeing 777 shed huge chunks of metal over a Denver suburb over the weekend—but wasn't in danger of going down itself. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Is Now Armed—in the Name of Art
A group of meme-spinning pranksters attached a paintball gun to the dynamic robot to make a point about the automated future. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Second AI Researcher Says She Was Fired by Google
Margaret Mitchell was the co-leader of a group investigating ethics in AI, alongside Timnit Gebru, who said she was fired in December. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The AI Research Paper Was Real. The ‘Coauthor’ Wasn't
An MIT professor found his name on two papers with which he had no connection. A different paper listed a fictitious author by the name of "Bill Franks." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Covid Gums Up the Court System
Videofeeds sometimes fail, defense attorneys can’t confer with clients, and witnesses have a hard time reviewing documents. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A New Artificial Intelligence Makes Mistakes—on Purpose
A chess program that learns from human error might be better at working with people or negotiating with them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Carjackings Are Up—and Gig Workers Are Getting Victimized
Drivers, often unfamiliar with a neighborhood, leave cars running while dropping off food. Opportunistic thieves lie in wait. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Microsoft’s Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an ‘Error’ After All
In a 2018 paper, researchers said they found evidence of an elusive theorized particle. A closer look now suggests otherwise. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aurora Partners With Toyota on Self-Driving Sienna Taxis
The autonomous vehicle startup purchased Uber’s struggling self-driving technology division in December. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Censorship Can Influence Artificial Intelligence
A study finds that algorithms learn to associate words with other words. “Democracy” can equal “stability”—or “chaos.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Silicon Chip Shortage Is Causing Big Issues for Automakers
Car companies have had to reduce output, pause production, and even idle shifts and entire factories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Digital Divide Is Giving American Churches Hell
Covid-19 has upended churchgoing in the US. Like so much else with the pandemic, the impacts are not felt equally. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Would You Trade a Bitcoin for a Tesla?
The maker of electric vehicles said it had invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin and plans to accept the cryptocurrency as payment for its cars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Finally, an Interesting Proposal for Section 230 Reform
A new bill directly targets the most egregious excesses of online platform immunity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI and the List of Dirty, Naughty, Obscene, and Otherwise Bad Words
It started as a way to restrict autocompletes on Shutterstock. Now it grooms search suggestions on Slack and influences Google's artificial intelligence research. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Lawmakers Take Aim at Insidious Digital ‘Dark Patterns’
A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Biden Wants the Government to Run on EVs. It Won’t Be Easy
The president hopes electrifying the federal fleet will create jobs and encourage motorists to ditch gas-powered cars. But no automaker is ready yet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Miami’s Mayor Woos Techies. What Does He Need to Succeed?
If anywhere could use innovation, it’s Miami—one of the country’s most unequal, environmentally vulnerable cities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices