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Apple unveiled the Vision Pro headset and a number of AI-powered features yesterday, but largely ignored generative AI applications embraced by Google and Microsoft. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Criminals may use artificial intelligence to scam you. Companies, like Google, are looking for ways AI and machine learning can help prevent phishing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A young player hoping to be spotted by a Premier League club typically relies on luck as much as talent, but artificial intelligence could change all that. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A nonprofit that helps people with body image problems closed its human-run helpline. The chatbot that remained suggested things like losing weight. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new statement from industry leaders cautions that artificial intelligence poses a threat to humanity on par with nuclear war or a pandemic. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

While other networks sputter, LinkedIn is growing. Here’s how to use the professional social network to highlight your accomplishments and skills. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The EV giant is under pressure to launch new products, but a huge dump of confidential files in Germany details a litany of technical failings. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Researchers say Armenian government workers, journalists, and at least one United Nations official were targeted by the NSO tool. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Artificial intelligence continues to be fed racist and sexist training materials and then distributed around the world. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On a stop in London, the OpenAI CEO called for balanced regulation and warned of the risks of deepfake disinformation. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Advertisers can save money and perhaps make ads more clickable using ChatGPT-style tools to generate text and images. Meta is testing similar technology. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta's business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With iPhones getting harder and more expensive to repair, French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the scourge of planned obsolescence. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Tech regulation has often disappointed. Automation expert Missy Cummings hopes a course to teach policymakers about artificial intelligence can help. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

At a congressional hearing senators from both parties and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a new federal agency was needed to protect people from AI gone bad. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Multiplayer titles like Minecraft encourage creativity, but prototype games built on the blockchain claim to give players more meaningful independence. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Google’s generative AI chatbot Bard took center stage at the company’s I/O conference. The company’s answer to Siri was left backstage. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

To compete with American rivals, Eutelsat’s Eva Berneke first has to navigate Russia’s war in Ukraine, Brexit politics, and jamming attacks by Iran. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Growing fleets, fancier sensors, and tighter budgets are forcing autonomous vehicle developers to get pickier about what stays on their servers. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Challenged by ChatGPT, the king of search launches a feature that can answer queries with text summarizing information found online. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

OpenAI competitor Anthropic says its Claude chatbot has a built-in “constitution” that can instill ethical principles and keep systems from going rogue. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Europe’s parliament is struggling to agree on new rules to govern AI—showing how policymakers everywhere have a lot to learn about the technology. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Startups building chatbots tuned for emotionally engaged conversation say they can offer support, companionship—and even romance. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The government says it’ll fact-check the internet. Kunal Kamra is challenging the IT amendments in court. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Under Elon Musk, hate speech has surged and propaganda accounts have thrived. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The collapse of the exchange has pushed users back to “self-custody” products like Ledger. But those can be risky too. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Something old, something new, something borrowed—and something spouted by ChatGPT. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

UK antitrust authorities have blocked its $69 billion deal to acquire Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A programmer is building chatbots with opposing political views to make a point about biased AI. He’s also planning a centrist bot to bridge the divide. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The first phase of the automaker's redevelopment of the historic Michigan Central station is aimed at bringing more tech workers to the city—and to Ford. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The chatbot is tempting physicians with its ability to spout medical information, but researchers warn against trusting AI with tough ethical decisions. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The programmer Q&A site joins Reddit in demanding compensation when its data is used to train algorithms and ChatGPT-style bots Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A survey by the Pew Research Center found that most employees expect hiring, firing, and workplace assessment to be transformed by algorithms. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Meta is finally allowing people to add more links to their Instagram profiles. It’s an existential threat to link-in-bio companies. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Boost your knowledge and your skills with this transformational tech. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sam Altman says the research strategy that birthed ChatGPT is played out and future strides in artificial intelligence will require new ideas. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If passed, the proposed law would also require internet service providers to block websites that discuss access to abortion. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The ecommerce giant doesn’t have a ChatGPT rival, but it wants to sell you the tools you need to build one. Read the story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed new tailpipe standards that would require electric vehicles to make up two-thirds of new car sales by 2032. Read the article here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Scientific advances have renewed hopes of “unlimited energy,” while economic studies suggest that fusion power will be more costly than wind or solar. Read the article here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ether is finally untethering itself from mining—and driving renewed debate about bitcoin’s environmental impact. Read the article here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mandatory face-recognition tools have repeatedly failed to identify people with darker skin tones. One Dutch student is fighting to end their use. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

BMW and others have been criticized for charging monthly fees for features in new cars like heated seats. Now the tactic is coming to used cars. Read the article here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company’s policy bars use of the AI chatbot to “misinform.” A study found that it readily spouted untruths on topics from Covid-19 to the war in Ukraine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The tech giant’s project in Atlanta is on an “indefinite pause,” leaving locals with the inflated prices but none of the jobs and investment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Playing video games to deal with reality is nothing new, but this game about being an intern in Silicon Valley is perfect if you just need a laugh. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Tech giants want to build massive, “hyperscale” data centers in the Netherlands. A popular political movement wants them stopped. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The way artificial intelligence can rewrite software will have huge implications for the tech industry—and everyone else, too. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Tech luminaries, renowned scientists, and Elon Musk warn of an “out-of-control race” to develop and deploy ever-more-powerful AI systems. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new security tool aims to actually deliver the network insights and coordination that “AI” security tools have long promised. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices