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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

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