Are passwords on their way out? Chrome's latest update includes support for Passkey, a new way to log in to your favorite websites. And while social media giant TikTok may be known for its dance videos and memes, a new report reveals that young users are increasingly turning to the platform for news content. Also as AI becomes more advanced, we must grapple with the messy morality of allowing it to make life-and-death decisions. Stay tuned for more on these top stories and more.

Summary:

Your parents will still try to write a 2048-bit RSA key on a Post-it note — With a huge list of caveats, initial Google passkey support is here. Signing in to one Apple device should sync your passkeys' access to other Apple devices via iCloud, and the same goes for Android via a Google account, but not Windows or Linux, or Chrome OS.

Amid ongoing concerns about its data-gathering processes, and its possible linkage to the Chinese Government, TikTok’s influence continues to grow, with the platform now a key source of entertainment for many of its billion active users. And it’s not just entertainment, TikTok is also increasingly being used for search, with Google reporting earlier this year that, by its estimates, around 40% of young people now turn to TikTok or Instagram to search for, say, restaurant recommendations, as opposed to Google Search or Maps. That’s the focus of the latest report from the Reuters Institute, which looks at how people are using TikTok for news content, and which sources are playing a role in shaping their opinions in the app.

Yet where Nitschke sees AI as a way to empower individuals to make the ultimate choice by themselves, others wonder if AI can help relieve humans from the burden of such choices. AI is already being used to triage and treat patients across a growing number of healthcare fields. Hospitals around the world bought new or co-opted existing AI tools to assist with triage.

00:00 - Intro
01:53 - RIP Passwords? Passkey support rolls out to Chrome stable
10:24 - New Report Shows That Young Users are Increasingly Turning to TikTok for News Content
23:18 - The messy morality of letting AI make life-and-death decisions

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