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Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
Pretty stunning: *No* major estimate of climate change’s financial costs includes the cost of these wildfire smoke days, @MarshallBBurke tells me
In other words, any estimate you’ve ever read of climate change’s costs did not include the cost of this
heatmap.news/climate/wildfir…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
this is a great piece on how TikTok shapes the aesthetic of food / restaurants. Instagram forced food to make for pristine, dramatic static images, now, TikTok requires moments of motion and "activation" because of video grubstreet.com/article/tikto…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
I talked to @timnitGebru & @mmitchell_ai about Congress asking tech execs to advise on AI oversight like today's hearing
“Government is supposed to be a balance on industry. If industry is writing the laws, then we have no balance" (TG)
washingtonpost.com/technolog…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
Happy book birthday to the great @henrygrabar for PAVED PARADISE, a totally entertaining book that transformed the way I look at my city. Don't take my word for it—here's a WSJ rave wsj.com/articles/paved-parad…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
Turkey’s construction boom made families and politicians wealthy through a system rife with patronage. Our investigation in the aftermath of the Feb.6 earthquake reveals just how fatally shaky that system was. With @RebeccaRuiz @nimetkirac nytimes.com/2023/05/04/world…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed after Watergate that requires justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. Stunning reporting here. @propublica propublica.org/article/clare…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
Goldman Sachs just dropped a BIG piece of research- as many as 300 million jobs could be affected by AI.
The following job sectors are at the greatest risk:
-Administrative: 46% at risk
-Legal: 44% at risk
-Architecture and Engineering: 37% risk
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Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
Me and @nooralsibai wrote about how BuzzFeed is quietly publishing a bunch of AI-generated travel guide articles that feel WAY more cynical than what Jonah Peretti was describing when he announced BuzzFeed's use of AI
futurism.com/buzzfeed-publis…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
A thorough and even handed article on our @spawning_ work in @slate by @heathertal
We've been calling for an ideal of opt-in only training since 2017, but there is no legal requirement for AI companies to follow that.
Our opt-outs offer a practical and robust standard. The more get behind it, the more reason for companies to honor it.
We can have very strong models that respect the wishes of individuals. I'd argue that over time such an agreement benefits both parties.
slate.com/technology/2023/03…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
#BREAKING: The DOJ has sued @Google parent @alphabet, accusing it of illegally abusing its dominance in digital advertising and violating the Sherman Antitrust Act
— It's the 2nd major antitrust lawsuit filed against Google by DOJ
More on @axios
axios.com/2023/01/24/justice…
New on the role of DNA in the Idaho murders: I learned what prompted police focused on their suspect and why there was no mention of forensic genealogy in the affidavit even though the technique was used. This has implications far beyond this case. bit.ly/3ZvN0VJ
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
Without warning or explanation, Musk has suspended @washingtonpost journalist Taylor Lorenz.
Lorenz did not link to accounts tracking private jets or publish Musk’s location
She reached out for comment for a story
taylorlorenz.substack.com/p/…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
The biggest tech companies in the world imagine a future where AI will replace a lot of human labor. But this vision ignores the fact that much of what we think of as “AI” is actually powered by tedious, low-paid human labor. vice.com/en/article/wxnaqz/a…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
The backstory: How anti-vaxxers came together with a young conservative legal movement-groomed judge to kill the travel mask mandate -- while also calling into question the CDC's regulatory ability to combat a future public-health crisis. w/ @heathertal nytimes.com/2022/04/25/trave…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
How a single federal judge killed the CDC's transportation mask mandate -- and what the Biden administration is going to do about it.
@heathertal and I joined @mikebarb on The Daily to sort it out.
nytimes.com/2022/04/26/podca…
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
24 hours ago, a federal judge vacated @CDCgov mask mandate on airplanes
This was deeply disappointing
CDC scientists had asked for 15 days to make a more data-driven durable decision
We should have given it to them
But I'll continue to follow CDC guidance & mask up on planes
Heather Tal Murphy retweeted
At DCA, going through (empty) security maskless and agent tells me he won’t let me through without a mask. I tell him mandate was overturned CDC issued a statement confirming and he said it didn’t apply to TSA. Something about TSA enforcement extended to May 8? True?
