Human-plus-AI solutions mitigate security threats
This greatly expanded attack surface can spell bad news for companies that aren’t properly equipped to defend themselves against cybersecurity...
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The Download: medical ethics, and AI watermarks
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Ukraine is unleashing regular drone attacks...
ESPN Penn Entertainment Deal Is Disney’s First Move Into Sports Betting
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey Takeaways ESPN and Penn Entertainment have entered into a multi-year...
Inside MIT’s nuclear reactor laboratory
MIT’s research reactor was built in the 1950s, and its purpose has shifted over the decades. At various points, it’s...
Who gets to decide who receives experimental medical treatments?
Just last year, a woman received a CRISPR treatment designed to lower her levels of cholesterol—a therapy that directly edited...
Merging physical and digital tools to build resilient supply chains
Supply-chain traceability: Produce grower Ocean Mist Farms encodes traceability data, such as which crew picked the produce, the farm location,...
Why watermarking AI-generated content won’t guarantee trust online
Further complicating matters, watermarking is often used as a “catch-all” term for the general act of providing content disclosures, even...
The Download: the promise of stem cell treatments, and China’s screen time crackdown
When covid-19 began to spread, countries closed businesses and told people to stay home. Many thought that would be enough...
Novavax Earnings Call Reveals Surprise Profit, But Stocks Still Slide
(Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKey takeaways Novavax surprised on the upside with...
After 25 years of hype, embryonic stem cells are still waiting for their moment
“If awards were given for the most intriguing, controversial, and hush-hush of scientific pursuits,” I wrote, “the search for the...
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,...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Rallies After Bumper Earnings Report
(Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNE)GettyKey takeaways Berkshire Hathaway saw its earnings climb 6% to a new quarterly record...
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....
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...
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...
Pharma Earnings Reports Are Moving The Markets And AI Shakes Up The Emerging Tech Space – Forbes AI Newsletter August 5th
AFP via Getty ImagesTL;DR Pharmaceuticals are moving the markets AI tech is continuing to make waves Top weekly and monthly...
Lupin Pharmaceuticals Just Recalled Two Birth Control Pills – Did It Affect The Stock?
Getty ImagesGettyKey Takeaways Lupin Pharmaceuticals has recalled two batches of its Tydemy birth control pills after reporting defects The company’s...
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...
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...
Warner Bros. Discovery Earnings Call Reveals Progress On Debt Mountain, But Streaming Subscribers Down
Getty ImagesKey takeaways Warner Bros. Discovery reported downbeat earnings across the board for the second quarter However, the company’s short...