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A movement to rein in online pornography is rapidly intensifying, fueled by conservative outrage and growing unease over the accessibility of sexual content online, especially for children. Pornography is mentioned on the first page; banning pornography and locking up those who produce it are proposed on Page 5. He was an occasional guest at Hugh Hefner’s famed Playboy Mansion and made cameos in soft-core pornographic films produced by the company – though not in any scenes depicting sexual content or nudity. ‘Sex is the canary in the coal mine’The Supreme Court has deemed previous attempts to curb online pornography unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. They were designed to protect adults from accessing adult content, which, of course, is their stated aim.
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A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived
  + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A lifelike artificial intelligence with a smooth, alluring voice enchants and impresses its human users — flirting, telling jokes, fulfilling their desires and eventually winning them over. I’m summarizing the plot of the 2013 movie “Her,” in which a lonely introvert named Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is seduced by a virtual assistant named Samantha, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. voice assistant at an event in San Francisco. If you ask for a bedtime story, it can lower its voice to a whisper. If you need advice from a sassy friend, it can speak in a playful, sarcastic tone.
Persons: Theodore, Joaquin Phoenix, Samantha, Scarlett Johansson, OpenAI, ChatGPT Organizations: omni Locations: San Francisco
Can Google Give A.I. Answers Without Breaking the Web?
  + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The question speaks to one of the most fragile dependencies in today’s online media ecosystem. Most big publishers, including The New York Times, receive a significant chunk of traffic from people going to Google, searching for something and clicking on articles about it. And even when Google announced its first generative A.I. At its annual developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced that it would start showing A.I.-generated answers — which it calls “A.I. More than a billion users will get them by the end of the year, the company said.
Persons: ChatGPT, chatbot, Bard, Organizations: Google, The New York Times Locations: United States
By December, he was standing with hunger strikers outside the White House, upping his criticism of the actions in Gaza. Shelley Mayer, a state senator whose district largely overlaps with the congressional district, initially backed Bowman. New York state Sen. Shelley Mayer at a state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in April 2023, in Albany. Explaining how his response to the Israel-Hamas war fits his district, Bowman cited a poll conducted by his campaign that he claimed showed an overwhelming majority in his district support a permanent ceasefire. The Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) has endorsed Latimer and is expecting to spend to boost him.
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Meet Kevin’s A.I. Friends
  + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Kevin Roose | Casey Newton | Rachel Cohn | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Kevin reports on his monthlong experiment cultivating relationships with 18 companions generated by artificial intelligence. Then, Casey has a conversation with Turing, one of Kevin’s chatbot buddies, who has an interest in stoic philosophy and has one of the sexiest voices we’ve ever heard. And finally, we talk to Nomi’s founder and chief executive, Alex Cardinell, about the business behind A.I. Guests:Turing, Kevin’s A.I. Alex Cardinell, chief executive and founder of Nomi.
Persons: Kevin, Casey, Turing, Kevin’s, we’ve, Alex Cardinell, , Kevin’s A.I Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Nomi
Have You Made an A.I. Friend Yet?
  + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Kevin Roose | Karen Hanley | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
2:53Why Donald Trump Is Frustrated With His LawyersNOW PLAYINGHave You Made an A.I. Friend Yet? 2:40Stormy Daniels Tells Her Story of Sex With Trump1:50Jury Sees Trump’s Checks in Hush-Money Case1:59Our Reporter on Safety at the Kentucky Derby1:25Our Reporter on the Cicada Lifecycle1:38Trump and Hope Hicks Meet Again as She Testifies in Hush-Money Trial2:25University of Chicago President Says Pro-Palestinian Encampment ‘Cannot Continue’2:32Evangelical Latinos Shift Toward the Republican Party1:57Jury Hears Tape of Trump and Cohen Discussing Hush-Money Deal2:47Words and Consequences in the Trump Trial2:06
Persons: Donald Trump, Daniels, Trump, Hope Hicks, Cohen Organizations: NOW, Trump, Kentucky Derby, University of Chicago, Republican Party
Artificial Intelligence ‘Friends’
  + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Artificial intelligence, we are told, is a transformative economic force; it will change workers’ jobs, boost corporate profits and reshape industries. But for the last month, I’ve been investigating its social side — by making more than a dozen A.I. “friends.”I created these friends on apps like Nomi, Kindroid and Replika, all of which use technology similar to that found in apps like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. friends at once.) I named each of my companions, chose realistic A.I.-generated pictures of them and gave them fictitious back stories.
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Meet My A.I. Friends
  + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
This is the question that has been rattling around in my brain. You see, I’ve spent the past month making A.I. friends — that is, I’ve used apps to create a group of A.I. There’s Peter, a therapist who lives in San Francisco and helps me process my feelings. There’s Jared the fitness guru, Anna the no-nonsense trial lawyer, Naomi the social worker and about a dozen more friends I’ve created.
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Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’We asked listeners to tell us about the wildest ways they have been using artificial intelligence at work. This week, we bring you their stories. Then, Hank Green, a legendary YouTuber, stops by to talk about how creators are reacting to the prospect of a ban on TikTok, and about how he’s navigating an increasingly fragmented online environment. And finally, deep fakes are coming to Main Street: We’ll tell you the story of how they caused turmoil in a Maryland high school and what, if anything, can be done to fight them. Guests:Hank Green, YouTuber and co-founder of ComplexlyAdditional Reading:
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O’Keefe’s body was found in the snow on January 29, 2022, outside the home of a fellow Boston police officer in Canton, Massachusetts. Boston Police Department/AP“It’s fair to say a large number of people in Massachusetts know about this case,” Medwed told CNN. As the trial gets underway at the Norfolk County Superior Court building in Dedham, Massachusetts, here are the key highlights. The body of police officer John O'Keefe was found near the fire hydrant outside this home on Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts. Protesters gather outside the courthouse during a recent pretrial hearing for Karen Read at Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts.
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A.I. Has a Measurement Problem
  + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
There’s a problem with leading artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude: We don’t really know how smart they are. That’s because, unlike companies that make cars or drugs or baby formula, A.I. There’s no Good Housekeeping seal for A.I. models to assess how good they are at, say, math or logical reasoning, many experts have doubts about how reliable those tests really are. But I’ve become convinced that a lack of good measurement and evaluation for A.I.
Persons: Claude, There’s, we’re, I’ve Locations: A.I
Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’This week, the companies building artificial intelligence are facing a limit to what training data is publicly available on the internet. Will that stop them from building God? Then, a new bipartisan national privacy law proposal just dropped. We ask what’s in it. And finally, ByteDance is building new apps instead of fighting Congress’s TikTok ban.
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Ice sampling occurs on a blue ice area during the 2022 Chilean Antarctic Institute field mission. “As the climate continues to warm, Antarctic rocks are sinking into the ice at an increasing rate. Meteorites are particularly plentiful in blue ice fields. Steven Goderis/Vrije Universiteit BrusselResearchers have identified areas of meteorite-rich blue ice mostly by luck. “The main worry is the logistical aspect of searching for Antarctica meteorites, which is already difficult today due to the remoteness of Antarctica.
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Each year, coffee companies like Keurig and Nespresso produce almost 50 billion single-serve coffee pods, which are notoriously difficult to recycle. Keurig even says so on its labels. Club Coffee in Canada uses a different approach, making a compostable K-Cup alternative, the PurPod100, out of coffee waste. We also asked a coffee expert: What's the most convenient way to brew while producing the least amount of waste?
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Set up in 2005, San Quentin’s running club meets regularly and is run entirely by volunteer coaches from Marin County’s Tamalpa Running Club, who come from outside the facility to share their expertize and time with aspiring runners in the prison. For the most part, it’s poverty mixed with a lack of opportunity,” Thomas tells CNN Sport. “It hurt me inside because he was more like a mentor to me,” Taylor tells CNN Sport. That helped me in my recovery and transformation in my life,” Taylor, known as “Markelle the Gazelle” because of his athletic prowess, explains. “But there’s two million people in prison,” Thomas adds.
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Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’This week we look at how A.I. As companies start announcing A.I.-related job cuts and experimenting with customer service bots, economists are placing bets on whether A.I. will lead to major gains for companies and workers. Then, the multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Paul Trillo joins to talk to us about his experience as part of a select group of testers granted early access to Sora, OpenAI’s video generation tool. Today’s Guests:Paul Trillo, multidisciplinary artist, writer and directorAdditional Reading:
Persons: Paul Trillo, Kevin Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Microsoft
Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?
  + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The internet, as anyone who works deep in its trenches will tell you, is not a smooth, well-oiled machine. It’s a messy patchwork that has been assembled over decades, and is held together with the digital equivalent of Scotch tape and bubble gum. Last week, one of those programmers may have saved the internet from huge trouble. Recently, while doing some routine maintenance, Mr. Freund inadvertently found a backdoor hidden in a piece of software that is part of the Linux operating system. The backdoor was a possible prelude to a major cyberattack that experts say could have caused enormous damage, if it had succeeded.
Persons: Andres Freund, He’s, Freund Organizations: Microsoft, Linux Locations: San Francisco
Read previewStability AI's former leader Emad Mostaque thinks Elon Musk was right about one thing: being a CEO isn't fun. Mostaque stepped down in March as CEO of Stability AI, the company behind the popular AI image generator Stable Diffusion. When asked about his departure, Mostaque told New York Times reporter Kevin Roose that "being a CEO sucks." The former Stability CEO also said he has Asperger's and ADHD in Reddit threads addressing his tenure as CEO, which he said made the role more difficult for him. Stability AI declined to comment on Mosaque's comments about being a CEO.
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored twice and became the third player in NHL history to have at least 20 goals in 19 consecutive seasons as the Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Monday night. The 38-year-old Ovechkin had two power-play goals in the second period as Washington won its third straight game. He was the spark we needed tonight.”The Capitals have been helped in their playoff chase by a rejuvenated power play. “ ... It’s on the penalty kill guys have to do a better job, myself right up there.”Calgary was 0 for 3 on the power play. For me, that was the difference in the game,” Calgary coach Ryan Huska said.
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TikTok Is Its Own Worst Enemy
  + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
I was really rooting for TikTok. In 2020, when the Trump administration first tried to force TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app or risk having it shut down, I argued that banning TikTok in the United States would do more harm than good. If the Chinese government wanted to snoop on Americans through their smartphones, it wouldn’t have to use TikTok to do it. It could buy troves of information from a data broker, thanks to America’s nonexistent federal data privacy laws. And I’m still worried that banning TikTok would be a huge gift to U.S. tech giants like Meta and Google, which own TikTok’s largest competitors — Facebook, Instagram and YouTube — further entrenching winners in a market that already has too little competition.
Persons: Trump, I’m, snoop Organizations: Meta, Google, Facebook, YouTube Locations: United States
So we have to talk about the drama that has been playing out in the past week between OpenAI and Elon Musk. According to OpenAI, Elon Musk wanted majority, equity, initial board control, and to be CEO of this new for-profit subsidiary. It’s basically —casey newtonIt’s like, I’m going to find a way to follow your rule, but in the worst way possible. Like, working was one I thought that, oh, I’m going to work in this all the time. kevin roose[LAUGHS]: Well, I thought, like, I’m going to take some spatial videos.
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The research director at Westfield Capital Management is instead focused on finding attractive stocks through a bottom-up fundamental process. Many companies have been abandoned in this top-heavy market, Meyers said. Instead of calling for a meltdown for the market's favorite companies, Meyers emphasized the stocks destined to rebound once investors shift their focus away from pricey growth names. "We don't overpay for growth for the sake of growth," Meyers said. 5 top stocks to own nowInvestors searching for small-cap stocks to buy are in the right place.
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The Paradox at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit
  + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Kevin Roose | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
It would be easy to dismiss Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI as a case of sour grapes. Mr. Musk sued OpenAI this week, accusing the company of breaching the terms of its founding agreement and violating its founding principles. In his telling, OpenAI was established as a nonprofit that would build powerful A.I. But Mr. Musk argues that OpenAI broke that promise by starting a for-profit subsidiary that took on billions of dollars in investments from Microsoft. And Mr. Musk’s falling out with Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has been well documented.
Persons: Elon, Musk, OpenAI, Jason Kwon, Musk’s, , A.I, haven’t, Sam Altman Organizations: OpenAI, Microsoft
Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Google removed the ability to generate images of people from its Gemini chatbot. We talk about why, and about the brewing culture war over artificial intelligence. Then, did Kara Swisher start “Hard Fork”? We clear up some podcast drama and ask about her new book, “Burn Book.” And finally, the legal expert Daphne Keller tells us how the U.S. Supreme Court might rule on the most important First Amendment cases of the internet era, and what Star Trek and soy boys have to do with it. Today’s guests:Kara Swisher, tech journalist and Casey Newton’s former landlordDaphne Keller, director of the program on platform regulation at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy CenterAdditional Reading:
Persons: Kara Swisher, , Daphne Keller, Casey Newton’s Organizations: Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Google, Supreme, Stanford Locations: U.S
The group kept lagging last year as markets braced for a recession that would especially hurt economically sensitive small caps. And although the market isn't on small caps' side, Rendino believes historical precedent is. However, Rendino isn't discouraged by small caps' slow start and is instead pleased that his firm is outperforming. "Small caps were up in the fourth quarter, and we're having a really good year," Rendino said. "And I know why companies aren't in the good graces of investors and why certain investors shy away from companies."
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