Category Archives: Business

YouTube Music Adds a TikTok-Like Videofeed to Attract Gen Z

Gregor Dodson, a director of product management, shares why Samples is the music streaming app’s newest video feature.

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The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Decade of AI

Mustafa Suleyman, cofounder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, talks about how AI and other technologies will take over everything—and possibly threaten the very structure of the nation-state.

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How Amazon’s In-House First Aid Clinics Push Injured Employees to Keep Working

A WIRED investigation and federal citations show how first aid clinics in Amazon warehouses sometimes direct injured employees to get back on the job, risking further injury.

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YouTube Music Adds a TikTok-Like Video Feed to Attract Gen Z

Gregor Dodson, a director of product management, shares why Samples is the music streaming app’s newest video feature.

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This Psychologist Wants To Vaccinate You Against Fake News

Controlled exposure to misinformation can help protect people from falling for it in the future, according to new research.

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How X Is Suing Its Way Out of Accountability

The social media giant filed a lawsuit against a nonprofit that researches hate speech online. It’s the latest effort to cut off the data needed to expose online platforms’ failings.

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This Showdown Between Humans and Chatbots Could Keep You Safe From Bad AI

Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas.

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Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets

San Francisco ride-hail drivers are about to share the roads with robot competitors. They say that the self-driving cabs need to work on their traffic skills—and watch out for bodily fluids.

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Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, Has a Hopeful Plan for Keeping Future AI Friendly

Geoffrey Hinton left Google so he could speak more freely about AI’s dangers. He argues that building analog computers instead of digital ones might keep the technology more loyal.

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Smell Your Way Out of the Uncanny Valley

In simulated environments, smell is often the neglected sense. Scentient’s wearable device aims to bring a whiff of authenticity to virtual reality.

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