Category Archives: Business

Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession

It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies. What could go wrong?

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Crypto FOMO Is Back. So Are the Scams

After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great riches, but leave them penniless. It’s working.

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Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’

Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination.

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No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs

Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky.

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Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It

Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt’s pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest.

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How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI

Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back (at least a little) control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more.

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Sarcophagus Is a Dead Man’s Switch for Your Crypto Wallet

By combining a century-old idea with cryptocurrency tech, Sarcophagus aims to create a foolproof way to send messages from beyond the grave.

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The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets

Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders.

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Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired

The app that turned green chat bubbles blue has been acquired by Automattic, the parent company of WordPress and Tumblr.

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Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI

Turnitin, a service that checks papers for plagiarism, says its detection tool found millions of papers that may have a significant amount of AI-generated content.

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