ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem

Italy’s recent ban of Open AI’s generative text tool may just be the beginning of ChatGPT’s regulatory woes. Read more »

Why Halt AI Research When We Already Know How To Make It Safer

The Open Letter proposing a pause on giant AI experiments exaggerates hypothetical future harms while ignoring steps that can be taken immediately to mitigate them. Read more »

Brace Yourself for a Tidal Wave of ChatGPT Email Scams

Thanks to large language models, a single scammer can run hundreds or thousands of cons in parallel, night and day, in every language under the sun. Read more »

How Health Coaches Help Senior Clients with Chronic Health Issues

As the famous saying goes, “age is just a number.” But when it comes to managing chronic conditions, that number can make a big difference.   Older adults are more likely to experiencemultiple... Read more »

Palantir’s Plan to Decipher the Mysteries of Long Covid

The tech giant is helping researchers and clinicians decipher vast amounts of data generated by people with persistent symptoms. Read more »

A Toxic Time Bomb Is Ticking in the Arctic

Thousands of contaminated sites are sitting on permafrost that’ll soon thaw, a looming disaster that could spread beyond the region. Read more »

There Are Too Many Cons in Contraception

Alice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, the world’s first contraception review platform, discusses the power of equipping women with information. Read more »

A Tiny Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won

Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war. Read more »