Business, Spoken

Created in 2000 to halt urban decay in the Brazilian city of Recife, the initiative has brought thousands of tech jobs to the region. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Telegram “war correspondents” have promoted the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, but many have also supported mercenaries who launched a failed coup. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite mass protests by users and moderators, Reddit's unique communities look likely to survive the rebellion over the company's new business strategy. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Swedish platform promises to help fund your favorite artists while making you rich and saving the music industry. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As artificial intelligence explodes, the field is expanding beyond the usual suspects—and the usual motivations. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Demis Hassabis says the company is working on a system called Gemini that will tap techniques that helped AlphaGo defeat a Go champion in 2016. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Environment-focused politicians are winning elections across Europe. Their idealism is crashing into reality, but pragmatism risks alienating supporters. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

ChatGPT is stoking fears of mass layoffs, but a study of several EU countries found the deep-learning boom of the 2010s actually created job opportunities. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A landmark right-to-repair law in Massachusetts is great for car owners. The US government argues it’s also great for hackers. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

WIRED cofounder Kevin Kelly believes tech ultimately bends towards good—you just might have to wait a while. For now, he's got a book of life advice. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The iconic Alibaba founder disappeared from view after criticizing China's government. He returned to the country in March—as a teacher, not a businessman. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The search giant took $10 million in ads from, and gave grants to, “crisis pregnancy centers” that work to prevent women from accessing abortions. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The ecommerce giant’s “delivery service partners” are under constant pressure to perform, but say they have little freedom to manage their own businesses. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fresh claims from a former US intelligence officer about an “intact” alien craft may get traction on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers want to believe. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Deals to let GM and Ford EV owners use Tesla charging points show the EV maker turning its giant Supercharger network into a competitive advantage. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

AlphaDev has made small but significant improvements to decades-old C++ algorithms. Its builders say that’s just the start. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A widely shared story highlights the need for greater transparency in the development and engineering of AI systems. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The SEC has launched two lawsuits in 24 hours, putting a huge question mark over the future of retail crypto trading in the US. Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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