AI models propagate false race-based medical information, Stanford researchers find (stanforddaily.com)
A group of Stanford researchers found that large language models can propagate false race-based medical information.
For Years, Prison Life Was Isolated From Tech. Now Tech Is Beginning to Define It. (slate.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/time-online-how-technology-is-c…
What Do You Want To Know About Synthesizers? (lemmy.ca)
Hey guys, I’m writing a user manual for some software I’m publishing. It’s a software synthesizer design toolkit, for making your own software synthesizer in your programming language of choice. Of course, in order to make your own synthesizer, you must know how one works....
OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft (www.businessinsider.com)
Humana also using AI tool with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)
Humana also using AI tool with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit claims::The AI model, nH Predict, is the focus of another lawsuit against UnitedHealth.
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight::A jury has decided for Epic Games in the Epic v. Google trial, giving the Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker a historic win in its fight to change how app stores work.
Chinese AI companies allow you to resurrect the dead; visit with absent children; and reconnect to your ex. (techxplore.com)
The salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wages (www.businessinsider.com)
'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn (www.vice.com)
‘Eyes Everywhere’: Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn::Privacy experts worry that a proposed reform bill would greatly widen how the government can surveil Americans’ digital communications.
GM Says It's Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety (www.motortrend.com)
GM Says It’s Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety::undefined
Ford's CEO says he definitely didn't pay for that viral video of a stuck Cybertruck needing a rescue on a snowy hill (archive.ph)
Ford’s CEO says he definitely didn’t pay for that viral video of a stuck Cybertruck needing a rescue on a snowy hill::undefined
Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees / If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it'll be classified as a job (www.theregister.com)
Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees / If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it’ll be classified as a job::If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it’ll be classified as a job
Israel is using an AI system to find targets in Gaza (text.npr.org)
Hyundai unveils car tires with built-in, push-button snow chains (newatlas.com)
Hyundai unveils car tires with built-in, push-button snow chains::undefined
Spritely and Veilid: Exciting Projects Building the Peer-to-Peer Web (www.eff.org)
Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot (apnews.com)
Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot::Tesla is recalling nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S., more than 2 million, to update software and fix a defective system when using Autopilot.
E3: Once world's biggest gaming show permanently axed - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
To Whom Go The Spoils? (www.hamiltonnolan.com)
The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge (www.theverge.com)
X outage breaks all outgoing links, again (www.theverge.com)
X outage breaks all outgoing links, again::An outage on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, caused the site to display an error message when users tried to click outgoing links.
1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles (cleantechnica.com)
1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles::Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! We love covering electric … [continued]
Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Home (www.iflscience.com)
Etsy lays off 225 workers after ‘essentially flat’ sales, says CEO | Business (www.theguardian.com)
Etsy lays off 225 workers after ‘essentially flat’ sales, says CEO | Business::Staff notified via livestream Wednesday by Josh Silverman, who acknowledged ‘unfortunate’ timing during holiday season