Biden Administration to Investigate Worker Surveillance Software
Is your employer monitoring your mouse clicks, keystrokes, or webcam? What about your location or pace of work? If so, the White House wants to hear from you—from the confines…
9 of the Best Flops on Display at the Museum of Failure
Screenshot: Museum of Failure/Gizmodo Do or do not, there is no try, and nowhere is that better exemplified than at the Museum of Failure. The Museum of Failure is a…
We Need a Consumer-First Approach to A.I.
A.I. marketing is at a fever pitch, promising that this new wave of generative AI tools, powered by large language models, can help us do everything from navigating legal contracts…
AI Will Make Our Society Even More Unequal, Economists Warn
Photo: Ascannio (Shutterstock) Is AI Moving Too Fast? | Future Tech Off English On November 30 2022, OpenAI launched the AI chatbot ChatGPT, making the latest generation of AI technologies…
Senator Takes the First Step Towards Federal AI Regulation
Colorado Senator and failed Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet introduced a new bill Friday to create an “AI Task Force” of government experts who could identify risks and reduce potential…
ChatGPT Answers Patients’ Online Questions Better Than Real Doctors, Study Finds
AI may not replace your doctor anytime soon, but it will probably be answering their emails. A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine Friday examined questions from patients and found…
Walmart Uses AI to Negotiate Shopping Cart Prices With Suppliers
Walmart has been reportedly using a chatbot developed by California-based Pactum Inc., a company that specializes in autonomous negotiation software.Image: Sundry Photography (Shutterstock) As the music industry struggles with AI’s…
Just How Bad Was Tucker Carlson for the Planet?
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Extreme Weather Events in 2022 | Extreme Earth Off English Tucker Carlson spent years denying, deflecting,…
Meta Begins to Dig Itself Out of ‘Year of Efficiency’ Hole
Meta has had a lot to prove about its future ambitions. First it was all about the “metaverse,” but now it’s AI. Before, the company could sit back and let…
AI-Generated Amazon Reviews Are Beginning to Spread
Image: maxuser (Shutterstock) From Republican smear campaigns against Biden to a collaboration between The Weeknd and Drake going viral, it feels like AI is coming for every part of our…