Follow New York Times - Technology, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/new-york-times-d-technology Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:04:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDQ7apsy55pXSlmFkX7M1Jw Mr. Musk requested a meeting with Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., which has been investigating Twitter’s privacy and data practices.Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, declined to meet Elon Musk about the agency’s inquiry into Twitter, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:31:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDQ7apsy55pXSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAqi4IGWEdiC5s0ohxaO6Yr Large language models are already good at a wide variety of tasks.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:42:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAqi4IGWEdiC5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAqi4IGWEdiC3n9ye8UNv30 In the Middle East, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies have become part of everyday policing.Dubai’s police run next-generation surveillance systems from a sprawling headquarters north of the city’s downtown skyscrapers and malls.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:23:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAqi4IGWEdiC3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIB9DdKnOcPOcyejEQ2Mq9rY After the collision in the Pacific Ocean this month, Rick Rodriguez and three other sailors were rescued by a fellow boater, with an assist from a satellite internet signal.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:09:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIB9DdKnOcPOcyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDAk1g-lHp2_KCY3L745TL_ ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, is trying to woo popular social media creators to Lemon8 before it is officially introduced this year.Documents that ByteDance shared with marketing agencies in January show that Lemon8 is initially focused on topics like fashion, healthy food and wellness.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:15:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDAk1g-lHp2_KCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDAk1g-lHp2_CejEQ2Mq9rY A first-generation Apple smartphone is going up for auction.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:53:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDAk1g-lHp2_CejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICvXemGNHs6VOT5HJgy6HUf The curious case of the hallucinating software.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:03:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICvXemGNHs6VOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICPpIErl2NleV1cWWor9YPv More than 1,000 tech leaders, researchers and others signed an open letter that urged a moratorium on the development of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems.Elon Musk, the chief executive of Twitter and Tesla, and other tech leaders have criticized an “out-of-control race” to develop more advanced artificial intelligence.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:56:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICPpIErl2NleV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIC99IEomVICpylmFkX7M1Jw More than 1,000 tech leaders, researchers and others signed an open letter that urged a moratorium on the development of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems.Elon Musk, the chief executive of Twitter and Tesla, and other tech leaders have criticized an “out-of-control race” to develop more advanced artificial intelligence.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:23:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIC99IEomVICpylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIBLipQAJlyhgeT5HJgy6HUf Google’s Bard chatbot fared far worse than OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but human assistants might soon be out of their jobs.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:00:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIBLipQAJlyhgeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIBLipQAJlyhgZVjH6qdYdAk Activision Blizzard and NetEase could not agree on a new deal to distribute video games in China, cutting millions of players from the games in January.China’s gaming companies face increasing scrutiny from the country’s government and increasing challenges with international partners. Last year, China’s $39 billion gaming market contracted for the first time in years.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:00:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIBLipQAJlyhgZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAkSNt7bnZlEylmFkX7M1Jw Researchers like Carlos Moreno, the professor behind a popular urban planning concept, are struggling with conspiracy theories and death threats.Carlos Moreno has faced harassment in online forums and over email in recent weeks.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:13:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAkSNt7bnZlEylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIB56IHG-_68TOzdsCmHakzH The swift advance of artificial intelligence in politics is already blurring the boundaries between fact and fake.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:09:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIB56IHG-_68TOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIANfvZcvesifuT5HJgy6HUf After lawmakers grilled TikTok’s chief executive last week, the app’s users argued that the platform should not be banned in the United States over national security concerns.TikTok users have shared dramatic video montages of the app’s chief executive, Shou Chew, to the tune of pop songs and applied the “fancam” treatment typically reserved for celebrities.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:03:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIANfvZcvesifuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDGLz9PInmqVezdsCmHakzH Learning how a “large language model” operates.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:30:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDGLz9PInmqVezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDysKR5uUnnA6CY3L745TL_ Artificial intelligence is confronting white-collar professionals more directly than ever. It could make them more productive — or obsolete.Guillermo Rubio has found that his job as a copywriter has changed markedly since he started using ChatGPT to generate ideas for blog posts.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:00:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIDysKR5uUnnA6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIC7RF8H7ELblF1cWWor9YPv Lyft has been slow to bounce back from early pandemic problems even as the business of its much bigger rival, Uber, has improved.Lyft’s founders, John Zimmer, left, and Logan Green, at the company’s initial public offering party in 2019.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:19:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIC7RF8H7ELblF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICXVUeFEyK14Xn9ye8UNv30 The president signed an executive order seeking to limit deployment of a tool that has been abused by autocracies — and some democracies — to spy on dissidents, human rights activists and journalists.President Biden’s executive order covers only spyware developed and sold by commercial entities, not tools built by American intelligence agencies.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:57:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICXVUeFEyK14Xn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAMSDa6g4b_LilmFkX7M1Jw Part 1 of our weeklong series.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:35:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufIAMSDa6g4b_LilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICx0nMEU3fRzpVjH6qdYdAk The concepts and jargon you need to understand ChatGPT.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:17:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/qXq1tReufICx0nMEU3fRzpVjH6qdYdAk