From chatting with the Robo Rabbi to being #BlessedByTheAlgorithm, religion and artificial intelligence are entangled with each other, says the University of Zurich’s Beth Singler.
Layoffs are shaking up the most exclusive corner of Silicon Valley. Bloomberg News’ Sarah McBride says what once was unthinkable in venture capital is now just another sign of the times.
Assembly Bill 316 would keep self-driving trucks that weigh over 10,000 pounds off the road. Aurora Innovation CEO Chris Urmson discusses the bill’s implications for his company.
Stacey Higginbotham, editor of the Internet of Things newsletter, calls the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program a good start in securing smart devices against cyberattack. But privacy issues remain largely unaddressed.
Leaders of the biggest artificial intelligence companies are forming advisory groups and making public commitments to develop the technology safely and securely. Harvard’s Rumman Chowdhury says the industry should look outside itself for meaningful regulation.
In Virginia, 11- to 18-year-olds are preparing to send a 6×6 centimeter cube with dehydrated blood, and another one with an EpiPen, to see how it survives in space.
Tom Goldstein, computer science professor at the University of Maryland, explains the pros and cons of open-source generative AI models and why open approaches are unlikely to proliferate.
Mastodon is an example of a decentralized social media platform — it doesn’t rely on one single company and its server. But it comes with privacy and content moderation concerns.
