Watermarking AI textual content, and freezing eggs

That’s why the staff behind a brand new decision-making instrument hope it can assist to clear up among the misconceptions across the process—and provides would-be dad and mom a much-needed perception into its actual prices, advantages, and potential pitfalls. Learn the complete story.

—Jessica Hamzelou

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The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to seek out you at this time’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.

1 Elon Musk held a shock assembly with US political leaders 
Allegedly within the curiosity of making certain Twitter is “truthful to each events.” (Insider $)
+ Kanye West’s presidential marketing campaign advisors have been booted off Twitter. (Rolling Stone $)
+ Twitter’s belief and security head is Musk’s greatest champion. (Bloomberg $) 

2 We’re treating covid like flu now
Annual covid photographs are the subsequent logical step. (The Atlantic $)

3 The worst factor about Sam Bankman-Fried’s spell in jail? 
Being reduce off from the web. (Forbes $)
+ Most crypto criminals use simply 5 exchanges. (Wired $)
+ Collapsed crypto firmFTX has objected to a brand new investigation request. (Reuters)

4 Israel’s tech sector is rising up towards its authorities
Tech staff concern its hardline insurance policies will hurt startups. (FT $)

5 It’s doable to energy the world solely utilizing renewable power
At the very least, in keeping with Stanford tutorial Mark Jacobson. (The Guardian)
+ Tech bros love the atmosphere lately. (Slate $)
+ How new variations of photo voltaic, wind, and batteries may assist the grid. (MIT Expertise Assessment)

6 Generative AI is wildly costly to run 
And that’s why promising startups like OpenAI have to hitch their wagons to the likes of Microsoft. (Bloomberg $)
+ How Microsoft advantages from the ChatGPT hype. (Vox)
+ BuzzFeed is planning to make quizzes supercharged by OpenAI. (WSJ $) 
+ Generative AI is altering all the things. However what’s left when the hype is gone? (MIT Expertise Assessment)

7 It’s exhausting to not blame self-driving vehicles for accidents
Even when it’s not technically their fault. (WSJ $)

8 What it’s wish to swap Google for TikTok
It’s nice for meals strategies and hacks, however hopeless for something work-related. (Wired $)
+ The platform actually desires to remain operational within the US. (Vox)
+ TikTok is mired in an eyelash controversy. (Rolling Stone $)

9 CRISPR gene modifying kits are available for purchase on-line
However there’s no assure these experiments will really work. (Motherboard)
+ Subsequent up for CRISPR: Gene modifying for the lots? (MIT Expertise Assessment)

10 Tech staff are livestreaming their layoffs
It’s a candid window into how these notoriously secretive corporations deal with their workers. (The Info $)