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AI Is Using Your Likes to Get Inside Your Head

What is the future of the like button in the age of artificial intelligence? Max Levchin—the PayPal cofounder and Affirm CEO—sees a new and hugely valuable role for...

The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots

I’ve had many conversations over the years about life extension, and the idea often meets resistance. People become upset when they hear of an individual whose life has...

What Happens When a Guy and His AI Girlfriend Go to Therapy

Annie feels a jolt of alarm.“I could just set her there,” Doug says. “That’s easy enough.”“I know, but it would be better if she could do it herself.”“Why?”...

The Age of AI Hacking Is Closer Than You Think

And finally—​sophistication: AI-​assisted hacks open the door to complex strategies beyond those that can be devised by the unaided human mind. The sophisticated statistical analyses of AIs can...

Robo Truckers and the AI-Fueled Future of Transport

While adaptive cruise control might seem very different from a fully autonomous vehicle—and it is, technologically—the two technologies reside on the same spectrum. And in even the most...

The Quiet Invasion of ‘Big Information’

Google and Facebook's privacy violations are common knowledge. But the decisions of a less-known company, Relx, are also impacting people's everyday lives. Source link

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Anthropic says it will challenge Defense Department’s supply chain risk designation in court

In a new blog post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has admitted that it received a letter from the Defense Department, officially labeling it...

Vibrations from F1 car raise fears of driver nerve damage

If you’re driving in an F1 race and hitting speeds of 220 mph (354 kph), you really don’t want parts of the car...

X’s Exclusive Threads feature lets creators paywall the end of tweet threads

Today, X announced some updates to its creator subscriptions platform. The leading change gives participating accounts the option to make part of tweet...

Amazon.com is on the mend after experiencing technical issues

Amazon's website appears to be stabilizing after experiencing technical issues that kept users from logging in and prevented prices from displaying correctly. DownDetector...