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September 19, 2024
At the same time that whistleblower Frances Haugen was giving testimony to Congress about the negative effects of Facebook and Instagram on children in the autumn of 2021, a previous engineering director at the social media company, who had returned as a consultant, sent a concerning email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the same
READ MORENEW YORK (AP) — WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking a stunning fall for the office sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world. On Monday evening, WeWork declared that it had reached a restructuring support agreement with
READ MOREOn Sunday evening, behind the scenes before the second performance of Lauryn Hill and the Fugees’ tour commemorating their anniversary in Los Angeles, the anticipation builds. It will be a while before Hill takes the stage to perform her solo set of “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” which was released 25 years ago. The audience
READ MORESAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Less than a year into its meteoric rise, the company behind ChatGPT unveiled the future it has in mind for its artificial intelligence technology on Monday, launching a new line of chatbot products that can be customized to a variety of tasks. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed a crowd of over
READ MOREThe trading of WeWork stock was temporarily suspended on Monday amid speculation that the company, previously valued at $47 billion, is considering filing for bankruptcy. Last week, sources familiar with the matter revealed to The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets that WeWork was preparing to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. Last
READ MOREThea Ramirez, a former social worker, has created a tool that uses artificial intelligence to assist social service organizations in locating the most suitable adoptive parents for some of the country’s most at-risk children. However, a recent investigation by the Associated Press revealed that the Family-Match algorithm has had limited success in the states where
READ MOREThere are some children who are without parents, while others have been taken away from their parents. A large number of these children are older and have significant needs or disabilities. Many of them carry the effects of past trauma, having been moved between foster homes, separated from their siblings, or subjected to sexual and
READ MOREOn Monday, Google will attempt to safeguard a valuable aspect of its online domain while also navigating the ongoing legal proceedings of the largest antitrust case in the United States in 25 years. A 10-person jury in a San Francisco federal court will determine if Google’s digital payment system in the Play Store, which distributes
READ MOREIn the aftermath of Hurricane Michael’s impact on the Florida Panhandle half a decade ago, Bonny Paulson’s house in Mexico Beach, Florida was surrounded by boats, cars, and trucks that reached up to the windows. Despite being built on pillars 14 feet above ground, the unique round shape of Paulson’s home, resembling a ship, withstood
READ MORECreating a robot that combines human-like qualities with functionality has been a long-standing aspiration in the field of engineering, influenced by popular science fiction. The recent surge in interest for artificial intelligence has led to a renewed investment frenzy in the pursuit of creating a humanoid. However, many of the current models are awkward and
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