Business, Spoken

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Business, Spoken episodes

May 21, 2023 France Is Fighting to Save Your iPhone From an Early Death
With iPhones getting harder and more expensive to repair, French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the scourge of planned obsolescence.
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10 min
May 19, 2023 Politicians Need to Learn How AI Works—Fast
Tech regulation has often disappointed. Automation expert Missy Cummings hopes a course to teach policymakers about artificial intelligence can help.
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8 min
May 18, 2023 Spooked by ChatGPT, US Lawmakers Want to Create an AI Regulator
At a congressional hearing senators from both parties and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said a new federal agency was needed to protect people from AI gone bad.
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9 min
May 17, 2023 Autonomous Worlds Aim to Free Online Games From Corporate Control
Multiplayer titles like Minecraft encourage creativity, but prototype games built on the blockchain claim to give players more meaningful independence.
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11 min
May 16, 2023 The Curious Case of the Missing Google Assistant
Google’s generative AI chatbot Bard took center stage at the company’s I/O conference. The company’s answer to Siri was left backstage.
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8 min
May 15, 2023 This European Satellite Giant Is Coming for Starlink
To compete with American rivals, Eutelsat’s Eva Berneke first has to navigate Russia’s war in Ukraine, Brexit politics, and jamming attacks by Iran.
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8 min
May 12, 2023 Self-Driving Cars Are Being Put on a Data Diet
Growing fleets, fancier sensors, and tighter budgets are forcing autonomous vehicle developers to get pickier about what stays on their servers.
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13 min
May 11, 2023 Google Just Added Generative AI to Search
Challenged by ChatGPT, the king of search launches a feature that can answer queries with text summarizing information found online.
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9 min
May 10, 2023 A Radical Plan to Make AI Good, Not Evil
OpenAI competitor Anthropic says its Claude chatbot has a built-in “constitution” that can instill ethical principles and keep systems from going rogue.
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9 min
May 09, 2023 The Global Battle to Regulate AI Is Just Beginning
Europe’s parliament is struggling to agree on new rules to govern AI—showing how policymakers everywhere have a lot to learn about the technology.
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11 min

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