Politics on Twitch is thriving as other social media sites try to discourage political posts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/31/twitch-palestinians-fundraiser-politics/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The reality: You are helping AI learn, whether you want to or not. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/31/opt-out-ai-training-meta-chatgpt/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The tech giant put AI-generated answers at the top of search results for most people in the United States two weeks ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/30/google-halt-ai-search/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The Biden administration announced plans to renew the experimental free tax filing service that it tested this year, and to make it available in more than 12 states. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/30/direct-file-irs-taxes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
“Mr. Harris, are you driving?” the judge asked Corey Harris, who said he was on his way to the doctor’s office during a hearing on his suspended license. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/30/zoom-court-hearing-suspended-driving-license/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Tesla has settled another case alleging a defect in its technology and design before heading to a jury trial, the second time in two months. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/30/tesla-settles-another-defect-case-avoiding-jury-second-time-this-year/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Instructions for sending voice notes through text messages, WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger and more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/30/how-to-send-voice-message-record-save/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Crypto, AI and clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Aging utilities can’t keep up. On today’s episode of “Post Reports,” we look into who will be left to pay the price. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/get-ready-for-a-hot-ai-summer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
What does “All Eyes on Rafah” mean? The phrase is seen on a likely AI-generated image depicting a tent camp in Rafah, Gaza, and went viral after an Israeli strike. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/29/all-eyes-on-rafah-meaning-ai-image/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
New AI tools claim they can serve as professional coaches for workers, helping them with complex issues and professional development. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/29/ai-career-coaches/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Ed Dwight told himself he didn’t care that he trained to go to space but didn’t make it. That changed when peers persuaded him to take a Blue Origin flight at age 90. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/05/29/ed-dwight-blue-origin-astronaut/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
TikTok offered the Biden administration control over its U.S. operations and a kill switch if things went south. The administration took a pass. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/29/tiktok-cfius-proposal-rejected/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Companies want you to care about the distinction between “on device” and cloud artificial intelligence. You just want technology to work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/24/apple-microsoft-ai-products-events/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
OpenAI expects the new model to bring the company closer to achieving “AGI,” or artificial general intelligence, a hotly contested idea that refers to computers matching the power of human brains. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/28/openai-chatgpt-ai-llm/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
As OpenAI and other tech firms make advances, the media industry is split between pushing back and making deals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/05/27/ai-media-barry-diller-iac-nyt/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Election officials around the world are adopting “prebunking” campaigns, as AI and other threats jeopardize voting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/26/us-election-misinformation-prebunking/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
When software runs your car, home theater, thermostat and more, one botched update can ruin everything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/17/sonos-new-app-update-problems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The Islamic State-affiliated media broadcast News Harvest shows how artificial intelligence can be used to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/17/ai-isis-propaganda/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The GM-owned self-driving company suspended operations after the crash, but is starting to make a comeback. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/15/cruise-settlement-victim-self-driving-gm/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Our new era of work has led many to working harder and more often, carrying over bad habits from the height of the pandemic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/15/work-burnout-tips-hybrid/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The 31-page “road map” calls for a $32 billion infusion for AI research and development and asks congressional committees to develop legislation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/15/congress-ai-road-map-regulation-schumer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The donation from Jacob Helberg, a Palantir adviser who helped push the TikTok ban, shows how some in the tech industry are coalescing against Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/14/trump-donors-tech-jacob-helberg/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
This time the problem is a helium leak, the latest in a series of problems that have delayed Starliner’s development by years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/14/boeing-starliner-launch-delay/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Gemini, an AI-video generator and the biggest changes to search in two decades. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/14/google-io-announcements-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
You’ll soon start seeing more of Google’s AI “answers.” They take some decoding. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/14/google-ai-search-can-you-trust/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Virtually overnight, the Middle East has emerged as the most powerful geopolitical force in the tech industry, due in part to the Biden administration’s fears about China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/14/middle-east-ai-tech-companies-saudi-arabia-uae/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Crafted by a bipartisan group of Senators, the “road map” reviews AI’s impact on the military, health care and workers and could be released as soon as Tuesday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/13/congress-ai-laws-research-regulation-schumer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
In a letter sent Friday, Air Force Assistant Secretary Frank Calvelli said he was “growing concerned” about the United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/13/pentagon-worried-ula-vulcan-development/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Microsoft and Google are bringing chatty AI-powered search results to the masses, but you can get better results today with these tricks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/15/search-tips/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The tech giant is rolling out AI-generated answers that displace links to human-written websites https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/13/google-ai-search-io-sge/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The talks are aimed at preventing disastrous accidents and unintended war amid an AI arms race. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/13/us-china-ai-talks/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
A surge of companies now claim to offer hyper-accurate detection services, but their capabilities are largely untested. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/12/ai-deepfakes-detection-industry/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The always-on Bluetooth tracking technologies from Apple and Google help pinpoint lost or stolen devices. But they can be abused. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/10/android-find-my-network-google-is-it-safe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Apple has apologized for an iPad ad that appeared to destroy art supplies and musical instruments. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/09/apple-ipad-ad-apology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Ascension, which operates 140 hospitals in 19 states, says the hack has disrupted clinical care. The extent and duration of the disruption weren’t immediately clear. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/09/cyberattack-hack-hospital-ascension/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
A commercial for the new iPad Pro seems to celebrate the destruction of analog art. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/08/apple-ipad-ad-tim-cook-backlash/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
‘By the end of the second day, you’re like: Trust no one,’ said one Arizona county recorder who completed a first-of-its-kind exercise on the threat of AI in the coming election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/08/arizona-election-workers-trained-with-deepfakes-prepare-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The move is expected to impact chip sales by Intel and Qualcomm to Huawei’s smartphone and laptop business lines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/07/huawei-export-sanctions-chips/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
As Apple launched new iPads, the Cupertino, Calif., company has steadily ramped up comments on its AI work, with CEO Tim Cook saying AI will be “transformative.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/07/apple-new-ipad-pro-m4-ai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
What every TikTok user needs to know about a new potential ban of the viral-video app, including when it could disappear and how to save your data. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/23/tiktok-ban-us-start-explained/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The filing ignites a high-stakes court battle in Washington that could prove to be an existential fight for one of the world’s most popular apps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/07/tiktok-legal-challenge-law-ban/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
If a misbehaving valve needs to be replaced, the launch will be pushed to next week. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/07/boeing-starliner-launch-valve-delay/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The $20 million AI ‘sandbox’ will allow federal agencies from DoD to the IRS to test cutting-edge technologies amid global AI race. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/07/mitre-nvidia-ai-supercomputer-sandbox/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Many political ads on Facebook in India hide their true buyers, according to civil society groups and recent studies, threatening the integrity of the process. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/06/india-facebook-ad-policies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Workers are fighting office mandates by filing legal complaints and lawsuits as employers increasingly take a hardline stance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/06/return-office-mandates-lawsuits-employees/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Twitch wasn’t always a place for news and political content. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/05/twitch-gaza-protests-streaming/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The move could spark outrage among Trump’s supporters, but some advisers are arguing it would help him reach young voters who believe it’s cool to be “Trump-adjacent.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/05/trump-tiktok-campaign-debate/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Monday’s planned launch comes as the aerospace giant is dealing with the fallout from problems with its airline division. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/05/boeing-starliner-test-launch-crew/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
The tech giant has nine products with more than a billion users https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/03/google-antitrust-monopoly-company-ownership-youtube/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Regulators said B.F. Borgers’ “deliberate and systemic failure” led to errors in more than 1,500 of its filings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/03/trump-media-auditor-borgers-suspended-permanently/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger