Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools
Westfield Public Schools held a regular board meeting in late March at the local high school, a red brick complex…
Google to Tone Down Message Board After Employees Feud Over War in Gaza
For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees.…
Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback
The Maryland Legislature this weekend passed two sweeping privacy bills that aim to restrict how powerful tech platforms can harvest…
In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides
Insurance companies have long blamed private-equity-owned hospitals and physician groups for exorbitant billing that drives up health care costs. But…
What to Know About Tech Companies Using A.I. to Teach Their Own A.I.
OpenAI, Google and other tech companies train their chatbots with huge amounts of data culled from books, Wikipedia articles, news…
Four Takeaways on the Race to Amass Data for A.I.
Online data has long been a valuable commodity. For years, Meta and Google have used data to target their online…
Four Takeaways on the Race to Amass Data for A.I.
Online data has long been a valuable commodity. For years, Meta and Google have used data to target their online…
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
The race to lead A.I. has become a desperate hunt for the digital data needed to advance the technology. To…
Is A.I. Already Taking Jobs? +A Filmmaker Tries Sora + The XZ Backdoor Caper
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube This week we look at how A.I. is…
Want to Invest in SpaceX or Stripe? There’s a Fund for That.
Stripe, a payments start-up, is one of the most successful companies to emerge from Silicon Valley in a generation. Last…