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Sure, anyone can use OpenAI’s chatbot. But with smart engineering, you can get way more interesting results. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Officials working on Login.gov, used to access dozens of government sites, worried about algorithmic bias. Their decision breached federal security rules. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Doctored images of the former US president went viral on Twitter. These are the telltale signs that they aren’t what they seem. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Moderators who handled Facebook and Instagram content allege they’ve been blacklisted after raising concerns about working conditions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lawmakers call for an investigation into the SVB collapse, fearing hostile foreign governments will use social media to manipulate markets. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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The collapse of crypto-friendly Silvergate and Signature Bank has left the industry scrambling to find anyone willing to work with them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The UN’s refugee agency has partnered with blockchain and money transfer companies to get vital aid to people displaced by conflict. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Digital traces including social posts and search queries like “How many tank squadrons?” capture a population’s struggle to survive war. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The collapse of SVB isn’t just a tech industry problem—and the rest of the world is about to find out why. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

White-collar workers may soon face the AI disruption everyone’s been panicking about. But the news may be better than you think. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The head of the messaging app says a new law will undermine privacy. The government says it’s about protecting children. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Businesses can now get paid for services built on the large language model, meaning chatbots are going to start appearing everywhere. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A surprising number of industries, from embroidery to aviation, still use floppy disks. But the supply is finally running out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Employee monitoring increased with Covid-19’s remote work—and stuck around for back-to-the-office. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Privacy Pool founder says he can preserve users’ privacy while keeping money launderers and regulators at bay. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Monu Manesar built a huge audience with violent content, but he’s far from the only sectarian streamer in Modi’s India. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The state sponsors titles that cast it in a favorable light and punish indies for depicting a more complex vision of Iranian identity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company's anti-union tactics at retail outlets have drawn government scrutiny and are fueling a drive to get a new labor bill through Congress. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Since Russia’s full-scale assault began, Ukraine’s railways evacuated 4 million people and brought 300 foreign delegations to Kyiv. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Drones that can find their own targets already exist, making machine-versus-machine conflict just a software update away. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The online retailer sells products meant for human consumption that contain donkey meat. A new lawsuit claims that’s illegal in California. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company recently laid off thousands of human workers and is also shutting down a unit working on robots that learned to open doors and clean tables. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lelapa is building a research lab to serve African businesses and nonprofits, with the hope that locally grown algorithms can better serve communities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A court has issued strict limits on how police can pull innocent bystanders into big data investigations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fearing the company’s new management, researchers frantically completed studies on misinformation and algorithmic bias, then published them online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Integrating large language models into search engines could mean a fivefold increase in computing power and huge carbon emissions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk’s Twitter, suggesting the decentralized platform is not a direct replacement. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Kenyan moderator sued the company for work-related PTSD. A new ruling on his case could signal a global reckoning for Big Tech outsourcing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk’s platform no longer supplies. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A search bot you converse with could make finding answers easier—if it doesn’t tell fibs. Microsoft, Google, Baidu, and others are working on it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

City agencies say the incidents and other disruptions show the need for more transparency about the vehicles and a pause on expanding service. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Students from top schools used to waltz from Silicon Valley internships into lucrative jobs. Now, some are reconsidering their options. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Former president Trump tried and failed to ban the app. Now US lawmakers from both parties are preparing legislation they say can finish the job. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Madison Square Garden is under fire for using the technology. Other venues are exploring their own uses of face algorithms, raising privacy concerns. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Electric vehicles are selling fast. But unless people change how they get around, the demand for battery materials threatens its own environmental disaster. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A device called Mill from veterans of Nest, the smart-thermostat creator, transforms your would-be kitchen waste into chicken feed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The digital currency exchange’s stupendous fallout has put local Web3 companies in the Bahamas on the back foot. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Virtual landowners have found a way to put their investments to work, but with unintended consequences. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Britishvolt promised investors it would be the cornerstone of the country’s battery industry. Now it faces bankruptcy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

By reinstating banned accounts and selling blue checks, Musk has supercharged “the most dangerous” Covid disinformation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A London-based startup is networking seamsters with the goal of personalizing fit and making garments last longer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The tractor maker is accused of blocking farmers from fixing their own equipment. A new agreement offers concessions—but campaigners say it’s not enough. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A glitch in the so-called NOTAM system caused the agency to ground flights across the US. But its problems go back years. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Iranian women are baring their heads to protest government controls. A top official said algorithms can identify anyone flouting dress codes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices