Tag: Technology
Creating realistic deepfakes is getting easier than ever. Fighting back may take even more AI
WASHINGTON – The phone rings. It's the secretary of state calling. Or is it?For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks...
Map Your Brain for Better Sleep (Maybe) With the Somnee Sleep Headband
I have struggled with insomnia for as long as I can remember. I’ve tried basically every sleep aid on the market, plus I need...
How can you know if an AI is plotting against you?
The last word you want to hear in a conversation about AI’s capabilities is “scheming.” An AI system that can scheme against us is...
Personalized prices sure sound like a bad idea
During Amazon’s semi-annual Prime Day bonanza, the underwear I usually buy were on deep discount at a price so low I assumed it was...
Billionaire Mark Cuban reads around 700 emails every day in his quest for near inbox zero—and prefers that to ‘boring’ meetings
Email was once seen as the next frontier of communication that’s fast, accessible, and free to use. But now that inboxes are being flooded...
From tech podcasts to policy: Trump’s new AI plan leans heavily on Silicon Valley industry ideas
An artificial intelligence agenda that started coalescing on the podcasts of Silicon Valley billionaires is now being forged into U.S. policy as President Donald...
Can you ever expect privacy in public? Coldplay kiss camera saga tells us a lot about the answer
NEW YORK – When the “KissCam” at a Coldplay concert landed on a couple who tried (but failed) to duck out of the spotlight,...
Anthropic banned AI in job interviews—now the $61.5 billion tech giant is doing a U-turn and letting applicants use bots, but only if it’s Claude
Hiring has become an all-out AI war with managers juggling thousands of fake applications from North Korea, meanwhile, job-seekers are grappling with automated interviewers....
UK health service AI tool generated a set of false diagnoses for a patient
AI use in healthcare has the potential to save time, money, and lives. But when technology that is known to occasionally lie is introduced...
The brain tech revolution is here — and it isn’t all Black Mirror
When you hear the word “neurotechnology,” you may picture Black Mirror headsets prying open the last private place we have — our own skulls...