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When asked if the Ranch Fire, a 4,293-acre fire in San Bernardino County, was contained, the chatbot said that the “latest” ...
In the end, both Republicans and Democrats helped doom a 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation after it cleared the House ...
Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.
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Digital Book Banning Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites The Trevor Project? Blocked. Planned Parenthood? Blocked. NASA?
Pixel Hunt “Out Of Control”: Dozens of Telehealth Startups Sent Sensitive Health Information to Big Tech Companies An investigation by The Markup and STAT found 49 out of 50 telehealth websites ...
Today’s cars are akin to smartphones, with apps connected to the internet that collect huge amounts of data, some of which is highly personal. Most drivers have no idea what data is being transmitted ...
Many of the drivers are elderly, immigrants, and women. Eleven have died as a result of the assaults, dozens more have been severely or permanently injured. Some of the carjackings are “wrong place at ...
Allstate’s Algorithm Suckers List: How Allstate's Secret Auto Insurance Algorithm Squeezes Big Spenders Insurers are supposed to price based on risk, but Allstate’s algorithm put a thumb on the scale ...