Profile of Alvy Ray Smith, a Pixar co-founder who created the algorithms fundamental to animated movies and left after severe disagreements with Steve Jobs Techmeme · 9 months ago
300+ organizations are urging the EU to redefine key terms in the draft AI Act, asking to label more AI systems as high risk and ban some forms of AI entirely Techmeme · 9 months ago
Following Open AI's GPT-3, startups in China, South Korea, Israel, and Germany are building general purpose AI language tools for non-English languages Techmeme · 9 months ago
Cerebras Systems claims its hardware can now run a neural network with 120 trillion parameters, targeting a nascent market for massive NLP AI algorithms Techmeme · 9 months ago
Researchers find 1K+ web apps, from Ford, American Airlines, and others, mistakenly exposed 38M records stored on Microsoft's Power Apps service Techmeme · 9 months ago
Report says Roblox exploits young game developers, many of them children, including by making it difficult to withdraw money earned through microtransactions Techmeme · 9 months ago
Researchers find a bug in the ThroughTek Kalay SDK, which connects over 83M IoT devices with apps, that lets attackers access audio and video streams Techmeme · 9 months ago
Researchers say algorithms like NarxCare, which are used to identify a patient's risk of misusing opioids, may be actually worsening the US opioid crisis Techmeme · 9 months ago
New study says encouraging consensus among data labelers from diverse backgrounds can lead to better AI for detecting misogyny and harassment on social media Techmeme · 10 months ago
Mozilla's analysis says Facebook's justifications for cutting off API access to researchers running NYU's Ad Observatory project "simply do not hold water" Techmeme · 10 months ago
Analysis: since August 2020, 100+ warships from 16+ countries have had GPS-based location data faked to make it look like they crossed into disputed territory Techmeme · 10 months ago
Creators of PunkSpider say they're relaunching their search engine for hackable sites at Defcon next week to spur web admins to fix thousands of unpatched bugs Techmeme · 10 months ago
SensorTower: Clubhouse had 484K global installs from July 21 to 25, up 17% from the previous five days, after moving from invite-only to general availability Techmeme · 10 months ago
Researchers: Apple and Google should provide more access to iOS and Android system internals to help catch more attacks by Pegasus-like spyware in real time Techmeme · 10 months ago
China's hacking activities are increasingly resembling those of Russia and North Korea after the Ministry of State Security largely took over operations in 2015 Techmeme · 10 months ago
An oral history of Black Twitter, which helped fill a void created by the fizzling out of web forums like BlackVoices, Melanet, and NetNoir in the mid-2000s Techmeme · 10 months ago
Twitch says it is "closely monitoring gambling content", after a review finds some top streamers promote crypto gambling sites, potentially violating local laws Techmeme · 10 months ago
A look at Search Atlas, a tool that lets users compare Google results for the same query from around the world, showing how Google caters to different locales Techmeme · 10 months ago
To limit the power and reach of Facebook, US regulators need to take citizens' data rights more seriously than they do content moderation or even antitrust Techmeme · 11 months ago
Study: an algorithm developed by EHR provider Epic to predict sepsis infections in patients missed two-thirds of sepsis cases and frequently issued false alarms Techmeme · 11 months ago
Privacy activists worry about the lack of transparency and detailed info on how Apple plans to implement driver's licenses and other digital IDs on its devices Techmeme · 11 months ago
As Twitch turns 10, a look at how the service pioneered the patronage system that is prevalent across the internet's creator economy today Techmeme · 12 months ago
Hackers stole and posted 70GB of data from LineStar Integrity Services, a compliance tech provider to pipeline clients, on dark web around time of Colonial hack Techmeme · 12 months ago
Facebook taking feedback from critics, and Zuckerberg transparently signing off on a concrete policy change, shows the Board's valuable, if limited, function Techmeme · 12 months ago
Amid a boom in retro gaming, enthusiasts are scouring online marketplaces for old CRTs, as modern displays can't replicate the unique characteristics of CRTs Techmeme · 12 months ago
Google researchers detail "Half-Double", a new Rowhammer attack technique they say will be difficult to mitigate as future generations of DRAM chips get smaller Techmeme · 12 months ago
Florida's new Stop Social Media Censorship Act almost certainly violates the US Constitution and Section 230, and will likely be struck down in court Techmeme · 12 months ago
A look at CaliberAI, a company that develops a tool for detecting potentially libelous claims, which may be particularly valuable for short-staffed newsrooms Techmeme · 12 months ago
RSA executives recount the hack of its SecurID seeds in 2011, which affected millions of users around the world and redefined the cybersecurity landscape Techmeme · 1 year ago
Q&A with Google SVP Prabhakar Raghavan, who runs Search, Assistant, Ads, Commerce, and Payments, on cookie tracking, Google's culture shift, AI ethics, and more Techmeme · 1 year ago
Early look at Google's Project Starline, a video booth with a 65" display and several sensors and cameras allowing for 3D representations of video call subjects Techmeme · 1 year ago
Top gamers are quitting esports to become Twitch and YouTube influencers as esports organizations and game publishers reallocate resources to streamers Techmeme · 1 year ago