The Latest Online Culture War Is Humans vs. Algorithms
Brands and bots are barred from Spread, and, like PI.FYI, the platform doesn’t support ads. Instead of working to maximize time-on-site, Rogers’ primary metrics for success...
Recruiters Are Going Analog to Fight the AI Application Overload
So far, over 3,000 people have applied to one open data science vacancy at a US health tech company this year. The top candidates are given...
Apple’s iPhone Browser-Choice Option Sucks. Its Competitors Have Ideas to Improve It
A few representatives from smaller browser companies also expressed that they wanted more information included with Apple’s choice process, like definitions of what a browser is...
Sale or No Sale, TikTok Will Never Be the Same
The end of TikTok has begun. As the dust settles from a week of shockingly fast legislative action by the US Congress, it’s clear that TikTok...
Can’t Afford a House? Buy a Piece of One Instead
Nancy Chockley’s $12 million home sits next to a ski slope in Vail, Colorado. It has a chef’s kitchen with sleek appliances, a family room with...
Google Thinks It Can Cash In on Generative AI. Microsoft Already Has
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is confident that Google will find a way to make money selling access to generative AI tools. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says...
Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet
The Federal Communications Commission has voted—once again—to assert its power to oversee and regulate the activities of the broadband industry in the United States. In a...
Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels
Jerome Pesenti has a few reasons to celebrate Meta’s decision last week to release Llama 3, a powerful open source large language model that anyone can...
Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Crypto’s Role in Child Sexual Abuse
US senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy have called for the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to redouble efforts to stop the use...
Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram
However, 3,000 ads for “AI girlfriends” and 1,100 containing “NSFW” were live on April 23, according to Meta’s ad library. WIRED’s initial review found that Hush,...