NYTIMES (Mark Walker) - Risks for Clicks: Why Online Influencers Push Shock Content
A growing number of social media creators are pushing the boundaries of safety and good taste to feed algorithms and win followers.
NYTIMES (Cade Metz) - Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas From You? It’s a Thorny Question.
A controversy around OpenAI’s latest math proof raises a fear that might become increasingly common: that A.I. tools could take valuable insights from one user and hand them to another.
NYTIMES (Brooks Barnes and Matt Stevens) - Film and TV Portrayals of A.I. Go Beyond Science Fiction
Plots involving some kind of artificial intelligence are even part of soap operas. Here’s how they’ve evolved over the decades.
NYTIMES (Kalley Huang and Brian X. Chen) - Key App Developers Have Yet to Embrace Apple’s New Siri A.I.
For the company’s new artificial intelligence system to take off, it will need plenty of support from the makers of popular apps on Apple’s phones.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - When the Algorithm Becomes the Gatekeeper: What AI Hiring Means for Merit
Author By Michelle Brenier The question is what we want AI to optimize.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - Patients opening up to AI over doctors for health questions
Healthvana's AI tool is strictly conversational and refrains from providing medical advice, Palmeri said.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Excess screen time is stopping teens’ brains from developing into adolescence, psychologists say
University of North Carolina psychology professor Mitch Prinstein joins "NewsNation Live" to discuss Meta's historic $17 billion settlement over a lawsuit alleging teen social addiction on its platforms. Prinstein, who was set to testify against Meta before the company agreed to the settlement, discusses the impact social media can have on adolescent brain development and whether the changes included in the agreement go far enough to protect young users. "I think the changes are a really good start. I would love to see more," Prinstein said. #meta #settlement #socialmedia Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live." Weekends starting at 10a/9C Saturdays and 11a/10C Sundays.…
CULTURCIDAL (John Hawkins) - The Truth is a Competitive Disadvantage in the Modern Media
The biggest scandal of the blogger era in the media was “Rathergate.”
It featured CBS’s iconic news anchor, Dan Rather, running a story that made it look like George Bush got preferential treatment in the U.S. National Guard. The problem was that the whole story was based on an “unimpeachable” anonymous source providing documents that bloggers later proved were fraudulent. Later, the source was revealed to be Bill Burkett, a guy with a history of making accusations against George Bush, who lied about where he got the documents and never really gave a good explanation of how he got them. The fallout of that story was enormous. It destroyed Dan Rather’s career and did significant damage to CBS News’s reputation for years. This was an enormous story at the time that helped legitimize bloggers and…Open
NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why.
Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Caroline Jaime) - Artificial intelligence is transforming online dating, matchmaker says
International matchmaker says people are turning away from dating apps because the algorithm is designed to make you feel bad.