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A summary of the draft paper co-authored by Timnit Gebru, which outlined the main risks of large language AI models and provided suggestions for future research — The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business. — hide
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| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
1,200+ Google employees and 1,500+ academic, industry, and civil supporters have signed a petition condemning the termination of AI scientist Timnit Gebru — More than 1,500 researchers also sign letter after Black expert on ethics says Google tried to suppress her research on bias
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
OnlyFans says it will generate $2B+ in sales in 2020, now has 85M users, is adding around 500K users a day, and is paying out $200M+ a month to its 1M+ creators — As Cardi B prepared the release for her new song “WAP,” she checked off all the usual components of her promotional plan …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google considered banning some of IAC's Chrome extensions over practices like browser hijacking, but hasn't acted yet, partly due to antitrust concerns — Alphabet unit considers penalties after its audit faulted IAC's treatment of Chrome browser extensions
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
How Biden's digital campaign, largely focused on positive, authentic messaging and “Facebook moms”, defeated Trump's “Death Star” digital operation — The campaign's empathetic digital strategy held up surprisingly well against President Trump's passionate digital following.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Some police departments in California and Georgia have started using autonomous drones this year to track vehicles and people, raising civil rights questions — In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
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| Jeffrey Paul: |
Macs with T2, M1 chips cannot be restored to factory state without contacting Apple over the internet, limiting their use in niche cases like airgapped systems — Modern Apple computers can no longer be fully used and maintained in 100% offline environments, or in ways that will reasonably ensure …
| Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg: |
TikTok videos offering dubious financial advice are drawing millions of views, as young people increasingly turn to the app as a source of financial literacy — Buy several credit cards with different due dates. Max out spending on the first one, use another to pay it off … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's SVP of Retail + People, talks about the company's response to COVID-19 and how its retail staff and stores evolved amid the pandemic — Plus: A patented pizza box, polarization on Parler, and a sad update. — And that it didn't kill you. — The Plain View| Beth DeCarbo / Wall Street Journal: |
How drone deliveries may impact the design of homes, apartment complexes, and neighborhoods, with possibilities like drone landing pads on mailboxes or rooftops — Landing pads, special mailboxes and more: A future where delivery drones buzz through neighborhoods could prompt architects and builders to rethink
Tweets: @wsakaren, @producercities, and @chrismattmann
| Joshua Franklin / Reuters: |
Stem, whose AI-driven energy storage system can automatically switch between battery and grid power, is going public via a SPAC merger at a $1.35B valuation — U.S. artificial intelligence-driven energy storage company Stem Inc said on Friday it has agreed to go public by merging …
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US will not extend the December 4 deadline for TikTok's forced sale but will not enforce the order either, allowing the negotiations to continue — - No new deadline is expected while deal discussions progress — Administration wants to finalize deal before Trump's term ends
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