Category Archives: Business

How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth

With ecosystems in crisis, engineers and scientists are teaming up to decipher what animals are saying. Their hope: By truly listening to nature, humans will decide to protect it.

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Meta’s News Block Causes Chaos as Canada Burns

News has been removed from Facebook and Instagram after the Canadian government told Meta to pay publishers, leaving consumers unable to access vital information during wildfires.

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Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Matters in a World of Fakes

The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online.

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AI Can’t Read Books. It’s Reviewing Them Anyway

ChatGPT-powered avatars recently gushed over a new book—unconvincingly. But if AI develops actual opinions, authors might be in for a shock.

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The ‘Budget Ryan Reynolds’ Taking Bitcoin FC to the Big Leagues

Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack bought his local nonleague soccer team. Can he really turn Real Bedford FC into a global sports brand?

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Trump’s Prosecution Is America’s Last Hope

Social norms—not laws—are the underlying fabric of democracy. The Georgia indictment against Donald Trump is the last tool remaining to repair that which he’s torn apart.

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The Killer App for Threads Is the Web

Threads coming to the web doesn’t mean the new social app is the ultimate Twitter killer, but it makes it infinitely more usable.

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The Myth of ‘Open Source’ AI

A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big tech companies in a number of ways.

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Meta Releases Code Llama, a Coding Version of Llama 2

Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but it will also help Meta.

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Nvidia Chip Shortages Leave AI Startups Scrambling for Computing Power

Trimming profits, delaying launches, begging friends. Companies are going to extreme lengths to make do with shortages of GPUs, the chips at the heart of generative AI programs.

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