Technology
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Elon Musk tweeted an excerpt of Yoel Roth's doctoral dissertation, baselessly suggesting that the ex-Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Elon Musk tweeted an excerpt of Yoel Roth’s doctoral dissertation, baselessly suggesting that the ex-Twitter executive is an advocate…
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Uber's slow response to law enforcement requests and a complex request process are leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks by riders using fake accounts (Dara Kerr/The Markup)
Dara Kerr / The Markup: Uber’s slow response to law enforcement requests and a complex request process are leaving drivers…
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Sony's CTO and NEC's CEO say US chip export controls may temporarily impact China's ability to procure chips but question the sanctions' long-term effectiveness (Eri Sugiura/Financial Times)
Eri Sugiura / Financial Times: Sony’s CTO and NEC’s CEO say US chip export controls may temporarily impact China’s ability…
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Experts warn of a "hallucination" problem with ChatGPT and LaMDA, as these chatbots take what they have learned and reshape it without regard for what is true (Cade Metz/New York Times)
Cade Metz / New York Times: Experts warn of a “hallucination” problem with ChatGPT and LaMDA, as these chatbots take…
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A look at some early-adopters using ChatGPT, GPT-3, and other text generator bots to write business emails, find creative inspiration, and more (Washington Post)
Washington Post: A look at some early-adopters using ChatGPT, GPT-3, and other text generator bots to write business emails, find…
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Pactum, which offers AI-powered software to help big companies like Walmart automate routine supplier negotiations, raised a $20M Series A extension led by 3VC (Brendan Murray/Bloomberg)
Brendan Murray / Bloomberg: Pactum, which offers AI-powered software to help big companies like Walmart automate routine supplier negotiations, raised…
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Layoffs and rescinded job offers are threatening Amazon's reputation in the tech job market, where it was already facing challenges, according to a June memo (Jason Del Rey/Vox)
Jason Del Rey / Vox: Layoffs and rescinded job offers are threatening Amazon’s reputation in the tech job market, where…
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How AI-based natural language processing algorithms can be applied to biological data to create protein-language models and cut drug discovery time to months (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)
Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: How AI-based natural language processing algorithms can be applied to biological data to create…
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Twitter will relaunch Blue on Monday for $8 per month on the web and $11 per month on iOS, giving subscribers a blue checkmark after their account is reviewed (@twitter)
@twitter: Twitter will relaunch Blue on Monday for $8 per month on the web and $11 per month on iOS,…
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