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We’re getting a better idea of AI’s true carbon footprint

To test its new approach, Hugging Face estimated the overall emissions for its own large language model, BLOOM, which was launched earlier this year. It was a process that involved adding up... Read more »

Best practices for bolstering machine learning security

Machine learning security is business critical  ML security has the same goal as all cybersecurity measures: reducing the risk of sensitive data being exposed. If a bad actor interferes with your ML... Read more »

The Download: what Twitter’s collapse would mean, and crypto’s meltdown

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Believe it or not, crypto’s meltdown could have been even worse Traditional financial institutions are still shielded... Read more »

Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history

“In a way, Twitter has become a kind of aggregator of information,” says Eliot Higgins, founder of open-source investigators Bellingcat, who helped bring the perpetrators of the downing of MH17 to justice.... Read more »

Twitter’s imminent collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history

“In a way, Twitter has become a kind of aggregator of information,” says Eliot Higgins, founder of open-source investigators Bellingcat, who helped bring the perpetrators of the downing of MH17 to justice.... Read more »

The Download: restoring Iran’s internet, and justice for a Chinese-American scientist

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Crypto exchange FTX used customers’ money to fund its risky bets  Things are going from bad to... Read more »

This toddler is the first to have been treated for her disease before she was born

It’s true that we tend to assign a special status to fetuses. As someone who has been pregnant, I know that everyone has an opinion on what people should or shouldn’t do... Read more »

Big Tech could help Iranian protesters by using an old tool

But these workarounds aren’t enough. Though the first Starlink satellites have been smuggled into Iran, restoring the internet will likely require several thousand more. Signal tells MIT Technology Review that it has... Read more »

A wrongfully terminated Chinese-American scientist was just awarded nearly $2 million in damages

Chen’s case mobilized a grassroots advocacy network of concerned Chinese-American citizens, who raised awareness about her experience, lobbied members of Congress on her behalf, and raised money for her legal defense. One... Read more »

The Download: who pays for climate change, and blockchain gaming

Dark Forest is a vast universe, and most of it is shrouded in darkness. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to venture into the unknown, avoid being destroyed by... Read more »