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China is escalating its war on kids’ screen time

(One important caveat I should note: Jeremy Daum, a senior fellow at the Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center, points out that the rules may not, at least at first, be... Read more »

The Download: political AI models, and a wrongful arrest

How they did it: The team asked language models where they stand on various topics, such as feminism and democracy. They used the answers to plot them on a political compass, then... Read more »

AI language models are rife with different political biases

The researchers asked language models where they stand on various topics, such as feminism and democracy. They used the answers to plot them on a graph known as a political compass, and... Read more »

Why it’s impossible to build an unbiased AI language model

An unbiased, purely fact-based AI chatbot is a cute idea, but it’s technically impossible. (Musk has yet to share any details of what his TruthGPT would entail, probably because he is too... Read more »

AI language models are rife with political biases

The researchers asked language models where they stand on various topics, such as feminism and democracy. They used the answers to plot them on a graph known as a political compass, and... Read more »

The Download: Worldcoin under investigation, and food’s complex climate future

It’s a project that claims to use cryptocurrency to distribute money across the world, though its bigger ambition is to create a global identity system called “World ID” that relies on individuals’... Read more »

Worldcoin just officially launched. Here’s why it’s already being investigated.

It’s a project that claims to use cryptocurrency to distribute money across the world, though its bigger ambition is to create a global identity system called “World ID” that relies on individuals’ unique... Read more »

The Download: China’s digital currency ambitions, and US AI rules

Almost three years into the pilot, though, it seems the government is still struggling to find compelling applications for it, and adoption has been minimal. Now the goal may be shifting. China... Read more »

What’s next for China’s digital currency?

Almost three years into the pilot, though, it seems the government is still struggling to find compelling applications for it, and adoption has been minimal. Now the goal may be shifting, or... Read more »

The Download: handling extreme heat, and replicating superconductor results

To keep our bodies at their relatively stable core temperature of around 98.6 °F (37 °C), we constantly lose heat. It’s a process that can be sped up by sweating. But the... Read more »