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Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Prosecute Assange nder the Espionage Act
Just as the First Amendment is not a license to yell 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, it is also not a license to jeopardize national security.
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In the Grip of the New Monopolists
Do away with Google? Break up Facebook? We can't imagine life without them—and that's the problem.
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Crisis in Computing
It may not be obvious, but if you’ve checked the weather today, ridden in a car or an airplane, made a phone call, or used any number of consumer products, down...
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Why God Did Not Create the niverse
There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world—no gods required.
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Now Can We Have Instant Replay?
Two horrendous calls at the World Cup show the need for technology—but don't tell the 'slippery slopers'
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Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
The cognitive effects are measurable: We're turning into shallow thinkers, says Nicholas Carr.
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Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber?
Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, says Clay Shirky.
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What Apple's Ipad Means For Your Wallet
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High Tech's Great Leap Backward
Beijing recently announced that starting on July 1, all computers sold in China must come installed with government-designed software to block pornography. Testing...
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Wanted: A Smarter Immigration Policy
Of all the initiatives undertaken in the name of homeland security after 9/11, the visa screening requirements for foreign scientists and engineers have probably...
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Q&A: Ravi Venkatesan
Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Microsoft India, discusses the role technology can play in the new Indian administration and Microsoft's efforts to accelerate the...
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