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AI can now set (almost) perfect typography
Before we get into our weekly roundup of visual generative AI gluttony, I must confess that my favorite visual story this week has been the...
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36% of workers say they have been discriminated against based on their appearance
New York City is currently poised to pass a bill that would make it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of height or weight, in...
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Redwire, Microsoft, and Marvel are teaming up on a new STEM initiative
An eclectic group is teaming up to bring real-life space technology to students across the country. Ahead of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....
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‘I didn’t see him show up’: Ex-Googlers blast ‘AI godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton’s silence on fired AI experts
Geoffrey Hinton, the 75-year-old computer scientist known as the “Godfather of AI,” made headlines this week after resigning from...
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Lyft Q1 earnings: Losses mount as the ride-hailing service slashes revenue forecasts
Lyft began the year mired in the same ditch it ended in last year, with its ride-hailing service struggling to recover from a pandemic-driven...
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What to know about today’s AI summit at the White House
As concerns about the long-term implications of generative artificial intelligence continue to grow, the White House on Thursday summoned some of...
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DoorDash Q1 earnings: Delivery platform grows revenue 40% compared to a year ago
DoorDash said Thursday that its revenue increased 40% year-over-year in the first quarter of this year, showing there’s continued consumer...
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I tried the new Microsoft Bing AI, and it wants to be the future of everything
There is a lot of debate right now about when the world of generative AI will have its “iPhone moment,” and, in a sense, what...
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Meta accuses Lina Khan of playing politics with children’s data. The reality is more complex
Meta has accused the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of pursuing an anti-Big Tech political agenda, after the agency proposed a “blanket...
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More moms are leaving the workforce, but it’s not because they want to
More women are becoming stay-at-home moms in 2023. But moms aren’t exactly leaving the workforce because they want to. No, they...
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Microsoft opens AI-powered Bing to all, amping up pressure on Google
Microsoft has broadened the functionality of its OpenAI-powered Bing Chat and dramatically widened the number of people who can now use the...
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Is my money safe in a bank? Nearly half of Americans think it’s not, according to a Gallup poll
Almost half of Americans are worried about the safety of the money they keep in banks amid the current state of financial uncertainty, according...
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4 things that people don’t tell you about success
When Laura Gassner Otting’s first “big idea” book, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your...
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As TV advertising suffers a slow death, brands need to embrace digital opportunities
In 1941, New York station WNBT broadcast the first television advert. The spot—for the watchmaker Bulova—ran before a baseball game...
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Kenvue IPO: Stock priced as Johnson & Johnson spinoff set to trade today on NYSE
Kenvue, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is holding its initial public offering and expected to begin trading on the public markets today....
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Financial stress is killing our workplace productivity and costing us our social lives
Financial stress is absolutely soaring among workers, and that stress is getting more and more costly. BrightPlan, a digital financial...
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Hallucinations, data leaks, toxic language: How Arthur AI is draining the ChatGPT cesspool
When ChatGPT took the world by storm last November, enthusiastic internet users who had never seen anything like it flooded OpenAI’s...
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How AI is helping astronomers discover new knowledge about the universe
The famous first image of a black hole just got two times sharper. A research team used artificial intelligence to dramatically improve upon its...
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Meet the women embracing menopause—and those hoping to end it
The palm trees along Ocean Avenue are veiled in mist as I walk toward the Proper Hotel in Santa Monica, California, on a Saturday morning in...
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The fight to save New Mexico’s crumbling adobe churches
Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated frontier of the Spanish empire, tiny mountain...
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How this dead mall became a thriving coworking space
Malls are dying. Mall aren’t dying. The mall’s fate has been analyzed over, and over, and over again. But of all the sweeping...
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A 120-year-old former factory is now the most stunning school in America
A hulking 120-year-old brick building on the shore of the Harlem River in the South Bronx was once a centerpiece of the New York City economy. Its...
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These kitschy King Charles coronation souvenirs are expected to top $300 million
If the ascending of a septuagenarian to the British throne makes you want to commemorate the occasion with a $3,735 limited edition...
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Learning nonprofit Khan Academy is piloting a version of GPT called Khanmigo
Sal Khan, founder and CEO of online learning nonprofit Khan Academy, wants to turn GPT into a tutor. Khan Academy is testing a carefully...
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Trackhouse and Pitbull are bringing a very different kind of brand strategy to NASCAR
When it comes to graphic designs on NASCAR race cars, there is a formula we’re all pretty familiar with: the big numbers and the sponsor...