By now, if you have spent any amount of time reading about the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, it is likely that you have seen the AI-generated image above. This is the exact same type of AI-
They are problems of success, really, these modern ills. Social media addiction, gaming disorders, the compulsive over-eating of sugar and processed gloop: they are products of a society with more tha
A superb new article on LLMs from six AI researchers at Apple who were brave enough to challenge the dominant paradigm has just come out. Everyone actively working with AI should read it, or at least
Technology What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis. Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. October 10, 2024 Subscribe to Listen1.0x 0:0011:
My founder friends constantly think about growth. They think about how to measure their business growth and how to get to the next order of magnitude scale. If they’re making $1M ARR today, they think
Every once in a while, Brian W.'s girlfriend gets a little confused. One time, he messaged her to suggest they go out for Italian food. He was thrilled when she texted back, saying it sounded like a g
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is curating your social media feed and giving you directions to the train station. It’s also throwing the fossil fuel industry a lifeline. Three of the biggest tech compan
Many disabled people are not included in official U.S. data. This is because there is “No Box to Check” to indicate their particular disability on surveys from the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal
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I’ve spent over two decades interacting with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in some regard. From my first site in 1999 to late last year, I regularly had to think about my website and how it appeare
In this article AMZN Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five day
Price growth continued to soften in the US last month, falling to its lowest level since February 2021 as the Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates for the first time since the start of the p
Consumer and digital rights activists are calling on the US Federal Trade Commission to stop device-makers using software to reduce product functionality, bricking unloved kit, or adding surprise fees
The datacenter industry is set to emit 2.5 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide between now and the end of the decade, three times more than if generative AI had not been develop
Former President Donald Trump shared AI-generated images of women wearing "Swifties for Trump" t-shirts to his Truth Social account on Sunday, including a satirical post that claimed Taylor Swift fans
Public Service Announcement Scientists and Economists Alert! Global Emergency Compounded by the AIDS-like Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Over a million people in the US are being infected with sever
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Robert is a bright and sparky 19-year-old who has always dreamed of becoming an engineer. He enjoyed maths and science throughout school and was accepted into a local university engineering program. B
Dell has made another round of layoffs, which The Register understands have cut deep and seen even company veterans let go. HR exit meetings kicked off on Tuesday morning, spurring a wave of LinkedIn
One in five patients registered to a pair of GP surgeries in the north of England have long Covid, according to a report that lays bare stark regional inequalities. The north-west of England had highe
Donald Trump shared several AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans vowing their support for his presidential campaign on Sunday, reposting them with the caption “I accept!” on his Truth Soci
When “I can has cheezburger?” became one of the first internet memes to blow our minds, it’s unlikely that anyone worried about how much energy it would use up. But research has now found that the vas
Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of do
Watch key moments from Harris and Walz's first interview The Democratic ticket spoke to CNN about their policies and when she heard Biden was dropping out. 30 Aug 2024US & Canada This video has been r
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Alejandra Palma lives in perpetual fear of the next storm. “We are constantly checking the weather,” said Palma, who co-owns Root Hill Cafe in Brooklyn’s low-lying Gowanus neighborhood. “If we see tha
While Finland rolls out bird flu vaccines to its vulnerable populations, the U.S. has done virtually nothing to prepare, and nothing to respond to the rampant spread on dairy farms. The USDA only plan
Almost exactly six months ago I blogged in The Coming Storm about how 2024 looked like a "somewhat disruptive" year. Hoo, boy! Let's recap point by point from that piece. Taiwan was first on 13th Janu
A general view of Philadelphia City Hall on June 17, 2023. Mark Makela/Getty Images For office workers in 2024, the debate over in-person versus hybrid versus remote work is still going strong. Nowher
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11 hours ago - Business Emily Peck Data: Moody's; Note: Data covers vacancy rates in Tier 1 metro areas; Chart: Axios Visuals Office vacancy rates reached a record 20.1% in the second quarter — the hi
One of the worst heat waves on record for the western United States is set to peak between the weekend and early next week, bringing a brutal, enduring spell of high temperatures to the Southwest, muc
At a glance Many respiratory virus illnesses peak during the winter due to environmental conditions and human behaviors. COVID-19 has peaks in the winter and also at other times of the year, including
Maxwell Tabarrok is an economics researcher at Dartmouth College and the author of the Maximum Progress substack. Maximum Progress is a blog about the economics, history, science, philosophy, and cult
There's no limit to what it can steal from you. Those are the words of Natalie, a Covid survivor who went hiking on her wedding day. Now she spends her life in a darkened bedroom. If you want to see w
For most of us, the word “medium” means “a channel or system of communication, information, or entertainment”. For a biologist, though, the term means something rather different: “the nutrient solutio
Yesterday I was forwarded a bunch of messages that Prof. Ben Zhao (a computer science professor A full professor with tenure, so I feel entirely within my rights to call him out here. at the Universit