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Google's AI ethicists warned about the risks of using AI to impersonate humans. Now one of Google’s own thinks there’s a ghost in the machine
My story on this portentous moment of religiosity & hype around AI and AGI and how it's impacted one individual washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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The new Wash Post Tech Help Desk team is taking your questions in a live q&a now riiiight here: washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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“Why did they say the iPhone is more safe?” said the fiancé of Jamal Kashoggi, whose phone was among those hacked using Pegasus software. Despite Apple’s reputation for privacy, iPhones are no match for spyware, @craigtimberg and @ReedAlbergotti report: washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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My small part in the Pegasus Project, which shows just how widespread hacking of human rights workers, journalists and politicians has become, thanks to NSO Group tech. Many victims had iPhones, which are meant to be secure. Here's why they're not (Thread) washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Facebook suspended Donald Trump for two years for inciting violence during the Capitol riots.
Listen to reporters @lizzadwoskin @Cat_Zakrzewski and experts @evelyndouek @katieharbath discuss what's next for the platform on Twitter Spaces today at 5pm ET.
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Amazon, the #2 private employer in the US, is also a leader in another category: how often its warehouse workers are injured. A Post analysis of OSHA data shows higher injury rates than at rival’s warehouses - w/ data mensch @chrisalcantara washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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It's still hard to add captions on TikTok (and many other sites) and that can be constraining for deaf creators and users. We took a look at accessibility on social media and how much more than matters during the pandemic washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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How has a year of pandemic changd us?
Americans spent, on average, nearly 40% more time on mobile devices in the second half of 2020 than 2019 — some 4 hours each day.
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SCOOP: Facebook is going beyond vaccine misinfo to conduct a major DL study of vaccine doubters, new docs show. Finds “substantial harm” from stuff that doesn’t break the rules. Just 111 people are behind the worst comments. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Emoji are now so common, but a decade ago, they only existed in one skin tone. Apple didn’t bring diverse emoji to the iPhone until 2015. And when they did, they left this Black entrepreneur devastated. Must-read by @ReedAlbergotti : washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Reading an e-book on your Kindle: $10/month. Getting it from the library: don’t even try, because Amazon won’t sell its titles to the library. Who said Amazon drives prices down? Must-read by @geoffreyfowler washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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“Screen time” — as a concept to track meticulously, to fret and panic about, to measure parents’ worth in — is no longer considered a valid framework in a pandemic world. How a year lived online has changed our kids. Must-read by @heatherkelly washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Google for years has been celebrated as trying to fix Silicon Valley’s race gap. But critics say its donations & new programs are merely “showboating.”
Important, deeply reported story by @nitashatiku washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Amazon adds Microsoft, Unilever to its climate group that critics say lacks transparency washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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This is big:
"The FTC is seeking a permanent injunction in federal court that could, among other things: require divestitures of assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp.”
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Cruise launching driverless cars in San Francisco. But the robocars aren't in complete control: a safety operator will stay in the car for now, & can bring it to stop in case of emergency. Basically, the backup driver is being moved to the passenger seat washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Amazon now employs more than 1 million people, adding 400,000 jobs this year to handle the surge in online shopping
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“The legacy of discrimination from the Indian caste system is rarely discussed as a factor in Silicon Valley’s persistent diversity problems,” @nitashatiku writes, but elements of the same system have been replicated in hiring here washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Microsoft will give workers the option to do their jobs from home for half their work hours, or seek manager approval to work remotely full time wapo.st/3iLKfcc
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An 85% spike in racist & anti-Asian tweets in the three days after Trump announced his coronavirus test, the ADL says. "China must pay for giving Trump COVID ... We will have justice" wapo.st/3lwMguC @lizzadwoskin