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Generative AI Tools Quickly 'Running Out of Text' to Train Themselves
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Generative AI Tools Quickly 'Running Out of Text' to Train Themselves

It's the latest concern raised regarding OpenAI and other AI developers' data-collection practices.

RIP Metaverse
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RIP Metaverse

An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard.

A Video Game Company Made a Bot the CEO, and Its Stock Climbed
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A Video Game Company Made a Bot the CEO, and Its Stock Climbed

The stock of NetDragon Websoft has outpaced the Hong Kong market in recent months since appointing a virtual bot as CEO of its flagship subsidiary.

How Brain Chips Can Change You
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How Brain Chips Can Change You

Studies show Elon Musk's new tech can bend your mind in strange and troubling ways.

Apple Acquires Song-shifting Startup AI Music
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Apple Acquires Song-shifting Startup AI Music

AI Music uses artificial intelligence to dynamically create music based on several factors and user interaction.

New York Mayor-Elect Says Schools Should Teach About Cryptocurrency
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New York Mayor-Elect Says Schools Should Teach About Cryptocurrency

The comments come days after mayor-elect Eric Adams said he would accept his first few paychecks as New York City's mayor in Bitcoin.

Ghana Using Drones to Deliver Coronavirus Vaccines to Rural Communities
From ACM TechNews

Ghana Using Drones to Deliver Coronavirus Vaccines to Rural Communities

San Francisco-based startup Zipline is delivering coronavirus vaccines to rural communities in Ghana via autonomous drones.

Tim Berners-Lee Launched His Vision for an Alternative Web, and His Timing was Impeccable
From ACM TechNews

Tim Berners-Lee Launched His Vision for an Alternative Web, and His Timing was Impeccable

Tim Berners-Lee has developed an open-source project to give Internet users more control over their data by allowing them to decide which apps may access it.

A Professor Built an AI Teaching Assistant For His Courses--and It Could Shape the Future of Education
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A Professor Built an AI Teaching Assistant For His Courses--and It Could Shape the Future of Education

Georgia Institute of Technology professor Ashok Goel has created an artificially intelligent teaching assistant.

Programmers Are Having a Huge Discussion About the ­nethical and Illegal Things They've Been Asked to Do
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Programmers Are Having a Huge Discussion About the ­nethical and Illegal Things They've Been Asked to Do

A response to a post that went viral, called "Code I’m Still Ashamed Of."

There Is a 'game Changer' Technology on Wall Street and People Keep Confusing It with Bitcoin
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There Is a 'game Changer' Technology on Wall Street and People Keep Confusing It with Bitcoin

Wall Street banks are buzzing about blockchain.

Here Are the 12 Most Influential Programmers Working Today
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Here Are the 12 Most Influential Programmers Working Today

The apps and games you use every day don't exist in a vacuum—someone, somewhere, wrote the code.

How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market
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How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market

It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook. In four short years, it has turned the $141 billion data-center computer-hardware industry on its head.
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