The virtual worlds where robots are trained

Freddo the robot walks across the office and takes a plastic bottled offered by a staff member. Given that a robot recently beat Usain Bolt's 100m sprint record, it's not the most startling ...
The African Exponent

Rediet Abebe: The Ethiopian Computer Scientist Who Broke Harvard's Systemic Barrier While Building AI Tools Against Global Poverty

Why did it take until 2019 for one of Harvard's oldest fellowship societies to induct its first female computer scientist, ...
Red Pepper

The Blueprint of Zert Essential: Algorithm, Ambition, and the Mythologies We Build to Survive

It’s a pragmatic, if cynical, view of modern clout culture. The metrics Sirajje delivers to his clients are real. His ...
Lawton Constitution

Siler, 'Surviving Seniors' fight to improve Ike progra,

There is a small club of sorts associated with the Eisenhower football team; let’s just call it the “Surviving Seniors,” Eagles who are still playing after having three different head coaches in their ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Algorithm opt-in best way to stop big tech serving manosphere content to young men, says advocate

Chanel Contos is warning tech giants could design their way around weaker attempts to rein in harmful social media algorithms. The Teach Us Consent chief executive used a National Press Club speech to ...
The Motley Fool

Palantir's Maven Is Now an Official Pentagon Program of Record. Here's What Guaranteed Budget Dollars Are Worth.

Maven traces its roots to the Pentagon's 2017 plan, Project Maven, which was conceived as a drone-imagery labeling program. Palantir won a Pentagon contract in 2024 worth up to $480 million; the ...