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Brains connected to the computer: will it be the end of humans’ ability to decide?
The possibility of connecting the mind to a computer is getting closer. The scenarios that open up range from hope to hypervigilance
The possibility of connecting the mind to a computer is getting closer. The scenarios that open up range from hope to hypervigilance
Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat have now been classed as ‘very large online platforms’ subject to more stringent controls
The investigation will look into whether X failed to do enough to curb the spread of illegal content and whether measures to combat ‘information manipulation’
The tycoon’s descent into the pit of far-right hoaxes has been crystallized on social media. His identity crisis seems to have been marked by financial interests and personal issues
Automation and advances in artificial intelligence are posing the enormous challenge of a labor revolution in which machines threaten millions of jobs with obsolescence
Giorgia Meloni’s far right party has drawn up a controversial guest list for its debating jamboree in Rome
It’s the third dead since 2016 in which a Tesla that was using Autopilot ran underneath a crossing tractor-trailer, raising questions about the partially automated system’s safety
The Oxford University professor posits the emergence of ‘a new species’ stemming from algorithms
It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads, and is the latest divisive public personality to get back their banned account
It is no longer a window to the world, nor an inexhaustible source of information, nor even a place to spend time discovering something curious or interesting. Instead, it is increasingly dull, uniform and unreliable
The most popular article was about ChatGPT. The second most-read article was the annual list of deaths. Matthew Perry and Lisa Marie Presley garnered significant interest
The announcement comes two days after CEO Elon Musk said advertisers pulling out are engaging in ‘blackmail’ and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away
The tech tycoon regrets the tweet he shared, but accuses companies of blackmail for suspending advertising
Lookups for the word ‘authentic’ are routinely heavy on the dictionary company’s site but were boosted to new heights throughout the year
The Swedish workers are demanding that the carmaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, which most employees in Sweden have
The billionaire and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the Kfar Azza kibbutz, a rural village that Hamas militants stormed on Oct. 7 in a deadly assault that launched the war
Juan Joya Borja became famous through online parodies of a TV interview full of his high-pitched laughter. After being portrayed as an Apple or an Nvidia engineer, he is now seen discussing OpenAI’s decision to fire Sam Altman
Widespread amazement at creative artificial intelligence has resulted in the fever of technocapitalism, which aims to monopolize profits and impose regulations that favor its interests over those of society
The trouble cropped up as the ship’s engines were almost done firing to put it on an around-the-world path
Billionaire owner Musk has faced accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on the platform since purchasing it last year
After an FAA ruling last April following the failure of the first test launch, the private space company has modified its craft and launch pad to meet authorization requirements
The U.S. Aviation Authority has reactivated authorization for another attempt after the explosion during the first launch last April
A document filed with the SEC over a merger between Digital World Acquisition Corp and Trump Media & Technology Group also highlights the former president’s failed businesses
The new global internet operators plan to launch half-a-million satellites by the end of this decade. These objects alter astronomical observations and inject pollutants into the atmosphere, resulting in potential risks for the ozone layer
The company was set to unveil a GPT-4 Turbo that can retrieve information about world and cultural events as recent as April 2023 and a tool to describe what’s in images to people who are blind
While the latest artificial intelligence craze has sparked another wave of investments in the quest to build a humanoid, most of the current prototypes are clumsy and impractical
The Artificial Intelligence Security Summit discusses the ‘existential threat’ posed by this technology, as well as risks that already exist, such as the elimination of jobs and large-scale disinformation