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Elon says Tesla will field 1M fully autonomous robo-taxis by 2020 – AI experts call BS
Elon Musk, the PT Barnum of tech, is currently getting a ration of ridicule from some of the world's foremost leading AI experts over his ridiculous claim that Tesla will field a million fully autonomous cars by 2020. https://twitter.com/kaifulee/status/1126238951960993792 Musk, ...
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Online extremism is taking a mental toll on researchers studying it
The deluge of hate and extremist content on social platforms are taking a toll on their mental health and leaves some with ...
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Revenge of the nerds: Facebook is developing human-level AI to fight bullying
Facebook might be taking its bullying problem a lot more seriously than you think. Rather than hire more humans to flag troubling ...
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Tumblr’s Head of Culture and Fashion shares the platform's most curious subcultures
Valentine Uhovski started his career as an editor and journalist, and has written for the likes of The Wall Street Journal and Interview Russia. He's now in his eighth year manning the helm of Tumblr's Culture and Fashion verticals. Since joining, he's helped to foster and shape ...
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Dead Facebook users could outnumber the living by 2069
Within the next 50 years, Facebook could feel more like a place for the dead than the living, according to academics from ...
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Here's what Democratic presidential hopefuls say about AI on Twitter (not much)
In the era of Trumpian politics the public forum is no longer the evening news or the morning paper: it's Twitter. We decided ...
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Bumble will use AI to automatically censor unsolicited nudes
Starting in June, users of dating apps including Bumble, Badoo, Chappy, and Lumen will have access to the AI-based tool “Private ...
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China’s dating apps are experimenting with livestreamed matchmaking
China’s largest date-to-marry matchmaking apps are experimenting with leveraging live-streaming to help users find love, with mixed results. Back in January, industry powerhouse Shijijiayuan 世纪佳园 launched a streaming video feature meant to facilitate live conversation ...
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Unwanted sexting linked to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem
A new study shows early evidence that receiving unsolicited sexual imagery through text, or being coerced into sending it ...
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TikTok Watch: High-schoolers are trolling teachers by using their first names
The results are entertaining to watch.
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Twitter users trolled Jack Dorsey so hard they had to shut off the screen during his TED Talk [Update]
Ted Talk organizers today hosted a conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The conversation went mostly as planned. It ...
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The internet's idiots are already trying to discredit Katie Bouman’s historic accomplishments
People online have pointed out how Bouman wasn’t the only one on the team or the only author of the research papers so ...
