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News TechCrunch 3 months ago
How OpenAI's human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face
OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a
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News NPR 3 months ago
Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy.
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News TechCrunch 3 months ago
OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre-release models
OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.
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News Gallup 3 months ago
One in Four U.S. Employees Locked in Jobs for Health Insurance
One in four employees stay in jobs they want to leave to keep their health insurance, with women and those with chronic conditions most affected.
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News Ben Werdmuller 3 months ago
Communities will build trust and loyalty for local public media. Chicago Public Media is taking a big leap forward.
Chicago Public Media is launching a region-wide social platform as a way to bolster its journalism. I believe it represents a path to the future.
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News Ben Werdmuller 3 months ago
CNN and CNBC promote gambling to make a cheap buck
Some newsrooms are making money from deals with prediction markets. It will only serve to further destroy the public's trust in news.
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News Ben Werdmuller 3 months ago
Governance can prevent AI from being used to undermine democracy. But only if it has teeth.
The apparatus to cement centralized, undemocratic power has already been built. Regulations have a part to play, but they can't just be recommendations.
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News Ben Werdmuller 3 months ago
Happy 250th birthday, America
Let's keep building.
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News Ben Werdmuller 3 months ago
OpenAI wants to give us 5% of its success. It's a bad bargain.
A wealth fund that shares 5% of AI success with government and voters is either based on hype or not nearly enough to cover the damage. Either way, the incentives are perverse.
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News Ben Werdmuller 3 months ago
I have a theory about AI fake news site The Editorial
I was taken in by a fake AI news site. I think it may be an attempt to poison LLMs with propaganda.
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