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Elon Musk has created a toxic mess for the LGBTQ+ community. I would know.

Musk is now promising—based on a Twitter “poll” that was reportedly mobbed with extremist 4chan users—to reactivate any suspended account that didn’t violate the law or generate egregious spam. That could be... Read more »

Human creators stand to benefit as AI rewrites the rules of content creation

A game-changer for content creation Among the AI-related technologies to have emerged in the past several years is generative AI—deep-learning algorithms that allow computers to generate original content, such as text, images,... Read more »

The Download: the West’s AI myth, and Musk v Apple

While the US and the EU may differ on how to regulate tech, their lawmakers seem to agree on one thing: the West needs to ban AI-powered social scoring. As they understand... Read more »

The AI myth Western lawmakers get wrong

The EU is currently negotiating a new law called the AI Act, which will ban member states, and maybe even private companies, from implementing such a system. The trouble is, it’s “essentially banning... Read more »

The Download: cybersecurity’s next act, and mass protests in China

In the world of cybersecurity, there is always one certainty: more hacks. That is the unavoidable constant in an industry that will spend an estimated $150 billion worldwide this year without being... Read more »

What’s next in cybersecurity

One of the reasons cyber hasn’t played a bigger role in the war, according to Carhart, is because “in the whole conflict, we saw Russia being underprepared for things and not having... Read more »

The Download: AI conquers Minecraft, and babies after death

+ Scientists have found a way to mature eggs from transgender men in the lab. It could offer them new ways to start a family—without the need for distressing IVF procedures. Read... Read more »

A bot that watched 70,000 hours of Minecraft could unlock AI’s next big thing

The result is a breakthrough for a technique known as imitation learning, in which neural networks are trained how to perform tasks by watching humans do them. Imitation learning can be used... Read more »

We can now use cells from dead people to create new life. But who gets to decide?

His parents told a court that they wanted to keep the possibility of using the sperm to eventually have children that would be genetically related to Peter. The court approved their wishes,... Read more »

The Download: climate responsibility, and AI training data shortages

Podcast: Want a job? The AI will see you now. In the past, hiring decisions were made by people. Today, some key decisions that lead to whether someone gets a job or... Read more »