AI Dungeon reader comments 154 with 108 posters participating Share this story In December 2019, Utah startup Latitude launched a pioneering online game called AI Dungeon that demonstrated a new form of human-machine collaboration. The company used text-generation technology from artificial intelligence company OpenAI to create a choose-your-own adventure game inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. ..
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Getty Images | MirageC reader comments 65 with 53 posters participating Share this story The average US home-Internet bill increased 19 percent during the first three years of the Trump administration, disproving former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s claim that deregulation lowered prices, according to a new report by advocacy group Free Press. For ..
reader comments 93 with 62 posters participating Share this story Pharmaceutical companies spend around $6.5 billion a year on advertising, and even though Facebook prohibits the use of “sensitive health information” in ad targeting, about $1 billion of that ad spending ends up in the companies’ pockets. Big Pharma, it turns out, has found some ..
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on December 14, 2017, in Washington, DC, the day of the FCC’s vote to repeal net neutrality rules. reader comments 140 with 118 posters participating Share this story The largest Internet providers in the US funded a campaign that generated “8.5 million fake comments” to the Federal Communications Commission ..
reader comments 192 with 81 posters participating Share this story Carbon pollution from China’s bustling, coal-intensive economy last year outstripped the carbon pollution of the US, the EU, and other developed nations combined, making up a whopping 27 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. As China’s economy has grown in the last 30 years, ..
Enlarge / Pharmaceutical bottles on a conveyor belt in South Africa. reader comments 21 with 19 posters participating Share this story The Biden administration has thrown its weight behind an international effort to loosen patent and other legal protections for COVID vaccines. “The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending ..
reader comments 94 with 72 posters participating Share this story Enlarge / The Snapchat speed filter in action. 9th Circuit opinion A California federal appeals court has denied legal immunity to Snapchat developer Snap for the 2017 death of two teens and a 20-year-old when their car crashed into a tree at 113 miles per ..
reader comments 49 with 37 posters participating Share this story Netflix’s former vice president of IT operations was convicted of taking bribes from technology vendors in exchange for awarding them contracts with Netflix, the US Department of Justice announced Friday. The former Netflix VP’s illegal scheme forced colleagues to use a variety of products, including ..
reader comments 176 with 86 posters participating, including story author Share this story The US Environmental Protection Agency announced a rule Monday that would phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the potent greenhouse gases that are widely used as refrigerants. Though HFCs aren’t intentionally emitted in the regular use of refrigerators and air conditioners, they often leak out ..
reader comments 106 with 70 posters participating, including story author Share this story Kroger, one of America’s biggest grocery chains, is beginning to test a drone-delivery service near Dayton, OH. Starting this week, Kroger will begin testing deliveries near the company’s store in Centerville, Ohio. “Customer deliveries are scheduled to begin later this spring, and ..
