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Anthropic has hired researcher Kyle Fish to develop the moral and ethical rights that AI should be afforded if it were to become sentient. The Big Picture: AI is developing at breakneck speed as companies race to create systems that replicate human capabilities without all those pesky human needs (money, rest, food, etc.). But as companies develop chatbots […]
The Great Drone Panic of 2024 (which turned out to be a big nothing-burger) will go down as one of the oddest but far-reaching conspiracies of 2024 — a tale of how citizens, government officials, and even the President-Elect got caught up in mass, social-media driven paranoia. Why It Hits: Outcry over the drones is […]
While direct-to-streaming movies dominated the COVID years in a rush to catch up with Netflix’s original library, it turns out that releasing movies in theaters is really the best way to capture the most engagement when it lands on a streamer. The Big Picture: A lot of money was spent to ramp up production during […]
The United Nations is on the brink of passing one of two treaties that could reshape the world’s relationship with plastic, its global production, and, most importantly, the pollution it creates. Why It Hits: It’s no shock at this point how terrible plastic is for our bodies and the environment. Yet, its malleability for use […]
CAA and YouTube announced a joint partnership that will give talent across Hollywood, sports, and the creator economy tools to manage their AI likeness and quickly take down unauthorized deepfakes. The Big Picture: Public figures, celebrities, and creative talent have been playing Whac-A-Mole to remove deepfakes of themselves from social media while also dealing with […]
Microsoft is actively pitching that its Copilot AI system will help enterprise customers save money on labor costs— aka not needing to hire more people or giving the ability to lay off existing staff. Why It Hurts: Tech giants have been trying not to advertise the disruption that their systems could have on company head counts — […]
Delhi, India — the most polluted city in the world — is dealing with what seems to be the worst air pollution in recorded history… and is turning to some novel tech innovations to provide short-term relief. Blue Sky: Geoengineering — manipulating the atmosphere with human-made tools — is becoming a hot topic of conversation as the world […]
Tesla’s new job opening announces that the automaker is building a “teleoperation” team — employees who can remotely operate cars and other tech — as it prepares to launch its robotaxi service. Why It Hits: Waymo, the biggest robotaxi company in the US, already has a teleoperation team in place… but what it can control is still limited. […]
OpenAI is in the early stages of developing an internet browser that would act as the go-to terminal for using ChatGPT on the web. The Big Picture: A web browser from OpenAI would be the tech company’s latest assault on rival Google, which runs the most popular browser, Chrome, and has tried to catch up in AI with […]
Google’s DeepMind unit created an artist-mimicking AI music generator, codenamed “Orca,” that allegedly worked so well the tech giant couldn’t release it for fear of legal fallout. Why It Hits: It’s no secret that AI systems have been trained on vast amounts of copyrighted data. It’s what makes them so powerful… and a disaster when it comes to the law. […]