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How covid conspiracy theories led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism

Before they promoted bunk information on HIV and AIDS, Rogan, Kennedy, and Rodgers were spreading fringe theories about the coronavirus’s origins, as well as loudly questioning basic public health measures like vaccines,... Read more »

The Download: AIDS denialism, and AI safety mechanisms

Several million people were listening in February when Joe Rogan falsely declared that “party drugs” were an “important factor in AIDS.” His guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, the former evolutionary biology... Read more »

What to know about China’s push for hydrogen-powered transportation

So when I learned that in parts of China, companies are putting hydrogen-powered bikes on the road for anyone to ride, it was a real “the future is here” moment for me.... Read more »

How covid conspiracies led to an alarming resurgence in AIDS denialism

Before they promoted bunk information on HIV and AIDS, Rogan, Kennedy, and Rodgers were spreading fringe theories about the coronavirus’s origins, as well as loudly questioning basic public health measures like vaccines,... Read more »

AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes

Safeguarded AI’s goal is to build AI systems that can offer quantitative guarantees, such as a risk score, about their effect on the real world, says David “davidad” Dalrymple, the program director... Read more »

The Download: climate-friendlier air conditioners, and fighting explicit deepfakes

Cooling represents 20% of global electricity demand in buildings, a share that’s expected to rise as the planet warms and more of the world turns to cooling technology. During peak demand hours,... Read more »

Your future air conditioner might act like a battery

New cooling technologies that incorporate energy storage could help by charging themselves when renewable electricity is available and demand is low, and still providing cooling services when the grid is stressed.   “We... Read more »

Google is finally taking action to curb non-consensual deepfakes

Though terrible, Swift’s deepfakes did perhaps more than anything else to raise awareness about the risks and seem to have galvanized tech companies and lawmakers to do something.  “The screw has been... Read more »

A playbook for crafting AI strategy

While these prognostications may prove true, today’s businesses are finding major hurdles when they seek to graduate from pilots and experiments to enterprise-wide AI deployment. Just 5.4% of US businesses, for example,... Read more »

The Download: the risks of addictive AI, and hydrogen bikes’ limitations

—Zeyi Yang The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Tech stocks in the US took a big plunge on FridayDue to worries about... Read more »