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“Being a simulation is a possible consequence (or conclusion)" of the proposed second law of infodynamics, physicist Melvin Vopson says.

Silicon Valley's 'techno-optimism' cult believes we should let rich tech guys do whatever they want.

«He then goes on to list a number of “enemies,” which are “not bad people, but rather bad ideas”—including sustainability, tech ethics, and risk management.»

Scientists report success in melting imitation lunar soil with a laser mimicking concentrated sunlight in order to eventually build habitats in space.

Did the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin really just break their silence? Let's go down the rabbit hole.

Financial catastrophe is now only a few clicks away, a problem that is showing quiet signs of becoming a crisis. "I can't just get rid of my phone," one problem gambler says.

It's about rewiring the gamer's relationship to video games, not abstinence.

The phrase 'as an AI language model' is starting to flood Amazon user reviews and Twitter bot accounts.

«“Generative AI tools like chatbots further lower the cost for bad actors to generate false but credible content at scale, defeating the (already weak) moderation defenses of social media platforms,»

AI researchers are warning developers to focus more on how and why a system produces certain results than the fact that the system can accurately and rapidly produce them.

OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?

To some, LinkedIn's try-hard nature has become a perfect example of the worst of corporate culture. But the site's influencers say the joke's on everyone else, as they pull in big money with ease.…

People are creating a new kind of nonconsensual pornography by combining deepfakes with 3D avatars that can be manipulated to do whatever they want.

Someone used an algorithm to paste the face of 'Wonder Woman' star Gal Gadot onto a porn video, and the implications are terrifying.

Musk's first few days at Twitter create the image of someone who owns a company he doesn't want and has no idea how to manage.

Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.

Competition, miscalculations, and regulatory scrutiny have all but killed the advertising giant's dreams of diversifying its business and rolling up the digital world into its platform.

They're iconic, they contain a huge share of the population, and they're almost entirely absent from video games' depictions of reality.

Internal Army documents obtained by Motherboard provide insight on how the Army wanted to reach Gen-Z, women, and Black and Hispanic people through Twitch, Paramount+, and the WWE.

This is the latest example of how bias creeps into artificial intelligence.

A trio of cases concerning LGBTQ employment rights are heading to the Supreme Court this week. Workers' livelihoods—and actual lives—are on the line.

How easy is it to exploit Airbnb? While searching for my grifter, I found out.

Nearly 1,000 people flooded our inbox with their stories. We found some patterns.

European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic. Now the tech giant is threatening to pull its services from more than 400 million European users.

A 2016 study explains why you can't stop looking at your phone, even when you are ostensibly having fun with your friends.

A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking.

It's like going off a drug.

«Ironically, the brain's evolution is what enables us to believe in religion at all.»

Linguistic games and research are revealing a hidden connection between what words look and sound like, and what they mean.

Jason Allen's AI-generated work "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" took first place in the digital category at the Colorado State Fair.

The “synergistic mindset” is about making unavoidable stressors work in your favor.

«Students who watched the training session exhibited a lower stress response based on heart rate and other physiological measures.»