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Two new books offer radically different approaches to how people should think about smartphones and social media. Powered by WPeMatico

Despite recent warnings that generative AI is overhyped, new data from Pew Research Center shows a rapid increase in the number of people who have used ChatGPT at work. Powered by WPeMatico

Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms are checked for bias, will “put the public interest first.” Powered by WPeMatico

A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars. Powered by WPeMatico

Amazon listings for low-cost tech products can send shoppers down a rabbit hole of weird brand names, duplicate listings, and suspect reviews. Data from Fakespot shows bug zappers are ascendant. Powered by WPeMatico

Companies will no longer be allowed to use software checks to verify replacement parts in a major step forward for the right-to-repair movement. Powered by WPeMatico

Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial. Powered by WPeMatico

Here’s Elie Hassenfeld, your high school EA crush. As effective altruism spirals into self-doubt, the idealist quant is still at it, helping Silicon Valley richies give away hundreds of millions each year. Powered by WPeMatico

A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will appeal, saying the crypto-tracing technique at the heart of the case is “pseudoscience.” Powered by WPeMatico

Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet—eclipsing Meta’s Llama 2. Powered by WPeMatico