Category Archives: Business

4 Tips to Spot Misinformation on the Web

Don’t believe everything you read on social media.

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China Tried to Keep Kids Off Social Media. Now the Elderly Are Hooked

As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China’s elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship. Many feel they have no choice.

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Hard Drives, YouTube, and Murder: India’s Dark History of Digital Hate

India’s next election will be partly decided online. But even before the internet reached the country’s rural regions, divisive videos were distributed using hard drives and laptops.

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YouTube and Reels Could Decide India’s Elections

Major political parties in India are courting social media influencers to reach rural voters, paying for reach and dodging tough questions.

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Sam Altman’s Second Coming Sparks New Fears of the AI Apocalypse

Five days of chaos at OpenAI revealed weaknesses in the company’s self-governance. That worries people who believe AI poses an existential risk and proponents of AI regulation.

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Mods Are Asleep. Quick, Everyone Release AI Products

In the five days between Sam Altman’s mysterious firing and rehiring as OpenAI’s CEO, multiple companies dropped new artificial intelligence tools.

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US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Launch Fraud Investigation Into Elon Musk

A letter members of Congress sent to the SEC claims that Musk misled Neuralink investors in a post on X about the fate of monkeys used to test a brain-chip interface.

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The Rise of AI in Alternative Browsers—and What’s Next

Developers at smaller companies have been adding new ways to experience the internet with AI assistance. Their visions for the future radically differ.

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Crypto Started With Grand Dreams, Then Backroom Deals. Now It’s Mired in Lawsuits

A self-described Ethereum pioneer says he’s suing his former colleagues over the origins of a piece of crypto infrastructure—and to show how “rotten” the industry has become.

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Sam Altman Reaches Agreement to Return to OpenAI

After days of chaos at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, the company says it has “in principle” reached an agreement for ousted CEO Sam Altman to return to his post.

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