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Hollywood writers are once again on strike. Their goal? Nothing less than figuring out how humans and AI can coexist with runaway late-stage capitalism.
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Our nearly inevitable cyborg overlords may have a lot more squish and atomic scale wiring than we were taught to expect by science fiction.
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ChatGPT and its competitors are set to turn search, news, and social media into a complete dumpster fire.
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In a legal and technical first, a robot lawyer is about to help a human defendant. Is it a good idea? And what happens next?
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Generative AI is meant to help writers, artists, and coders. But it may be stealing from them first, creating a legal and ethical nightmare.
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Bitcoin’s rival wants to eliminate its vast contributions of energy waste and global warming. Will the original crypto coin follow suit?
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Governments are no longer just interested in controlling social media narratives with bots and premium content. They’re now reaching for new laws.
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We keep seeing artificial intelligence do more and more impressive things. But the most impressive thing it can do next is to fit in our hands.
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In a quest for productivity from remote workers, companies are creating a totalitarian nightmare in which computers police employees’ every second.
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Writing, animation, and illustration, things that used to be uniquely human, are now being invaded by artificial intelligence. So, what’s next for creatives?