Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

Move over yellow taxis? 🚖 Waymo granted first permit to begin testing autonomous vehicles in New York City. CNBC reports:

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Waymo granted first permit to begin testing autonomous vehicles in New York City

Waymo is getting one step closer to starting its engine in New York City.

#Waymo #Transportation #Tech #Technology #AutonomousVehicles

Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

Microsoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel’s military. [@AssociatedPress](

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) reports: "Microsoft late last week said it was tapping a law firm to investigate allegations ... that the Israeli Defense Forces used Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform to store phone call data obtained through the mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank."

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Microsoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel's military

Police officers have arrested 18 people during protests at Microsoft headquarters. The protests, led by workers, took place over two days and calle...

#Microsoft #Israel #Gaza #Technology

Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

13 things we saw at the wild Google Pixel 10 launch, from [@TechRadar](

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) "Hosted by Jimmy Fallon from New York, the show saw the launch of the new Google Pixel 10 series phones, the Pixel Watch 4, plus new Buds 2a earphones and a lengthy list of new AI features."

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13 things we saw at the wild Google Pixel 10 launch

Google has just wrapped up another Made by Google launch, and what a whirlwind it was. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon from New York, the show saw the launc...

#Google #Pixel10 #SmartPhone #Technology

Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

Microsoft has added COPILOT AI to Excel — but give it a miss if you use the spreadsheet software for numerical calculations or in scenarios with legal regulatory and compliance implications because COPILOT "can give incorrect responses," the company warns. Here's more from [@theverge](

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Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells

Get ready for some AI spreadsheeting.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Copilot #Microsoft #Tech #Technology

Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

"Three years into the hype, it seems that one of AI’s enduring cultural impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it," writes Charlie Warzel for [@TheAtlantic](

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). He takes a look at how the technology is generating breathless excitement among some, what it means to be "AGI-pilled," and the consequences for young people of effectively telling them that their careers are going to be stymied before they've even begun. "Many people simply don’t know what conclusions to draw about AI, but it is impossible not to be thinking about it," he writes. "Even if you personally don’t believe in the hype, you are living in an economy that has reoriented itself around AI."

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AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event

Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

#Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Culture

Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide so-called backdoor access to any encrypted user data stored in the cloud, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said. [@AssociatedPress](

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Gabbard says UK scraps demand for Apple to give backdoor access to data

Britain has dropped its demand for Apple to provide backdoor access to encrypted user data stored in the cloud. U.S.

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Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

Silicon Valley’s AI deals are creating zombie startups. CNBC reports: "While the deals often produce big payouts for founders and AI leaders, they can leave investors, other employees and the remaining company in limbo."

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Silicon Valley's AI deals are creating zombie startups: 'You hollowed out the organization'

Unable to make big AI purchases because of regulatory hurdles, tech giants have spent billions to buy top talent from startups, leaving behind shel...

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SiliconValley #Business #Tech

Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools.” Read more from [@Techcrunch](

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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims | TechCrunch

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and CharacterAI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, raisin...

#Tech #AI #Technology #Meta

Flipboard Tech Desk 5 months ago

Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood. @TechCrunch reports: "Luis von Ahn was loudly criticized this year after declaring that Duolingo would become an 'AI-first company.'"