Business, Spoken
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Why Instacart Is Laying Off Workers As Deliveries Soar
Big grocery chains relied on app-based delivery companies at the start of the pandemic. Now grocers’ priorities have shifted. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care
Machine learning programs trained with patient reports, rather than doctors', find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer
During the pandemic, thousands of women have skipped scans and check-ups. So physicians tapped an algorithm to predict those at the highest risk. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This AI Could Go From ‘Art’ to Steering a Self-Driving Car
DALL-E drew laughs for creating images of a daikon radish in a tutu. But it builds on an important advance in computer vision with serious applications. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook’s Oversight Board Has Spoken. But It Hasn’t Solved Much
The board’s first content moderation decisions show how impossible its task—and Facebook’s—really is. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Janet Yellen Will Consider Limiting the Use of Cryptocurrency
During her confirmation hearing, the Treasury nominee said that blockchain-based financial networks are “a particular concern.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Art and Science of Boarding an Airplane in a Pandemic
Researchers and airlines that obsessed over efficiency have spent the past year worrying about safety too. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US Needs More Foreign Artificial Intelligence Know-How
Jason Furman, a top economic adviser to President Obama, says good ideas come from everywhere—but Trump has dissuaded tech workers from coming to the US. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government
A Harvard medical student submitted auto-generated comments to Medicaid; volunteers couldn’t distinguish them from those penned by humans. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An Algorithm Is Helping a Community Detect Lead Pipes
The model had shown promise in Flint before officials rebelled. Now Toledo is using it, while incorporating more public input. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants
But it’s still using intonation and behavior to assist with hiring decisions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Startup Will Nix Algorithms Built on Ill-Gotten Facial Data
The FTC applies a novel remedy, going a step further than simply deleting the source photos. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring
A bill would require firms to disclose when they use software to assess candidates, and vendors would have to ensure that their tech doesn’t discriminate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues
The Alphabet Workers Union isn’t seeking better pay and benefits. It wants to influence the company’s policies on social and other issues. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Tweets That Got Trump Banned Were Far From His Worst
In the end, what took down @realdonaldtrump was not what he tweeted, but how it was interpreted. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chatroulette Is On the Rise Again—With Help From AI
The hottest app of early 2010 faded quickly when it was flooded with unwanted nudity. Smarter content moderation is helping to revive it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Some UK Stores Are Using Facial Recognition to Track Shoppers
Branches of the British grocer Southern Co-op are using surveillance technology to look for potential shoplifters. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Year of Driving Less—but More Dangerously
Total traffic deaths fell during pandemic lockdowns. But fatalities per mile traveled rose, due to faster driving, fewer cops, and more drug use. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why Do Many Self-Driving Cars Look Like Toasters on Wheels?
Without any need for steering wheels or pedals, the cubes give passengers room to maneuver inside. The latest entrant, from Zoox, can hold 4. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Restaurants Retooled for Takeout—and Survival
Chefs tinkered with food chemistry, while dining apps reengineered logistics. Those changes will endure even after the pandemic is over. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Airlines’ Pandemic-Driven Cargo Business Will Keep Flying
As Covid-19 shut down air travel, the industry quickly pivoted to hauling more stuff. It won’t be pivoting away anytime soon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Newest Weapon Against Covid-19: AI That Speed-Reads Faxes
Local health departments rely on the old-fangled tech to track cases. A hastily developed machine-learning program gives it an assist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy
A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The ‘Healthy Building’ Surge Will Outlast the Pandemic
Because of Covid-19, developers are realizing that incorporating health concerns in a building's design isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Future of Social Media Is All Talk
From Clubhouse to Discord to Twitter, 2020 was all about giving people a voice online. Literally. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Conferences After Covid Will Be Shorter—and Smarter
In-person gatherings will resume eventually, but innovations born during the pandemic will remain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mass Transit Is in Jeopardy—and So Are Cities
Subways and buses are the lifeblood of dense cities like New York. If the system withers, the region becomes a less attractive place to live and work. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher's Firing
Timnit Gebru was one of seven authors on a study that examined prior research on training artificial intelligence models to understand language. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chuck Yeager’s 1947 Flight Inspired Our Supersonic Ambitions
Yeager was the prototype of the American hero, a decorated fighter pilot immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff. He died Monday at age 97. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Guy Is Taking Viewers Along for His Driverless Rides
Joel Johnson, who has taken more than 60 rides in Waymo's Arizona taxis, has posted over a dozen videos and says it's been "rock solid." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Uber Gives Up on the Self-Driving Dream
The ride-hail giant invested more than $1 billion in autonomous vehicles. Now, it's selling the unit to Aurora, which makes self-driving tech. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Prominent AI Ethics Researcher Says Google Fired Her
Timnit Gebru is a leader among those examining the societal impacts of the technology. She had also criticized the company's diversity efforts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Do Diverse Corporate Boards Lead to a Fairer Workplace?
Nasdaq wants at least one woman and one underrepresented minority among directors at listed companies. The proposal goes further than most, but will it matter? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ride-Hail Companies Are Making Life Harder for Scooters
Officials in many cities feel they couldn't rein in Uber and Lyft. Now, they're being stricter with other innovative forms of transportation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
All the Social Media Giants Are Becoming the Same
Which major platform has a news feed, disappearing posts, private messaging, and a live broadcasting feature? That would be … all of them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As Cities Curb Surveillance, Baltimore Police Took to the Air
In a program that overcame three court challenges this year, planes with high-tech cameras circled the city up to 40 hours a week. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Congress Is Eyeing Face Recognition, and Companies Want a Say
Amazon and Microsoft have hired lobbyists. So too have airlines, retailers, wireless carriers, and cruise operators. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Did a University Use Facial Recognition to ID Student Protesters?
University of Miami students accuse the campus police of using the software. Administrators deny it, but they had previously touted the capability. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI Can Run Your Work Meetings Now
A new wave of startups is trying to optimize meetings, from automated scheduling tools to facial recognition that measures who’s paying attention. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile'
A new paper renews concerns about bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
What the EU Gets Right—and the US Gets Wrong—About Antitrust
European regulators focus on how Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google use—and abuse–their vast stores of data to maintain advantages over rivals. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Robots Invade the Construction Site
Boosted by advances in sensors and artificial intelligence, a new generation of machines is automating a tech-averse industry. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apple Will Take a Smaller Cut of Some App Store Revenues
The App Store Small Business Program aims to improve the company’s public image and its standing in antitrust battles. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Marissa Mayer’s Next Act Is Here
The former Yahoo CEO wants to build a better address book on your phone. Does anyone want it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
DoorDash Shows Delivery Can Be Profitable—in a Pandemic
Can the app-based services survive once restaurants reopen and diners aren't sequestered in their homes? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
More Black and Latinx Students Were Going to College. Then Covid Hit
Underrepresented students enrolled in higher education in historic numbers. But financial setbacks and the challenges of remote schooling may reverse any progress. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
One Big Challenge for Biden? China’s Push for Tech Supremacy
Trump’s aggressive policy scored only modest successes. Analysts say the US needs a more nuanced approach if it wants to out-compete Beijing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why Just Zoom When You Can Bend Reality?
Plus: The rise of desktop publishing, the legal fate of the Trumps, and a mix-up for the ages. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
What Happened to the Deepfake Threat to the Election?
Lawmakers and researchers had warned that videos altered using AI could disrupt the 2020 vote. But they didn't turn out to be a problem. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apps Are Now Putting the Parole Agent in Your Pocket
The pandemic has stirred interest in smartphone software for remotely monitoring parolees and people on probation. But the approach has raised alarms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices