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Ukraine’s War Brings Autonomous Weapons to the Front Lines Feb 28, 2023

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Drones that can find their own targets already exist, making machine-versus-machine conflict just a software update away.

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Amazon Has a Donkey Meat Problem Feb 27, 2023

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The online retailer sells products meant for human consumption that contain donkey meat. A new lawsuit claims that’s illegal in California.

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Alphabet Layoffs Hit Trash-Sorting Robots Feb 24, 2023

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The company recently laid off thousands of human workers and is also shutting down a unit working on robots that learned to open doors and clean tables.

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Generative AI Is Coming For the Lawyers Feb 23, 2023

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Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong?

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One Startup’s Plan to Help Africa Lure Back Its AI Talent Feb 22, 2023

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Lelapa is building a research lab to serve African businesses and nonprofits, with the hope that locally grown algorithms can better serve communities.

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Germany Raises Red Flags About Palantir’s Big Data Dragnet Feb 21, 2023

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A court has issued strict limits on how police can pull innocent bystanders into big data investigations.

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The Scramble to Save Twitter’s Research From Elon Musk Feb 20, 2023

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Fearing the company’s new management, researchers frantically completed studies on misinformation and algorithmic bias, then published them online.

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Audiobook Narrators Fear Spotify Used Their Voices to Train AI Feb 17, 2023

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After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files.

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The Generative AI Race Has a Dirty Secret Feb 16, 2023

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Integrating large language models into search engines could mean a fivefold increase in computing power and huge carbon emissions.

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The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump Feb 15, 2023

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Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk’s Twitter, suggesting the decentralized platform is not a direct replacement.

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