Two things are certain about the emergence of new technologies. One is that it will be accompanied by a host of world-saving missions. The second is that one of those missions will be “solving” education.
Indeed, the more advanced the technology, the more seductive the idea that it can educate us. But history has shown the opposite: the more advanced the technology, the further it substitutes genuine intellectual labor, the less we learn.
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Last week, the NBA unveiled its new TV rights deal: an 11-year, $77 billion arrangement that will begin with the 2025-26 season. ESPN/ABC will remain the league’s premier broadcast partner, paying $2.6 billion per year for a package that includes the NBA Finals. NBC, which aired most of Michael Jordan’s ruthless eviscerations of the Utah Jazz before losing game rights in 2002, is back in
There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?
Microsoft shares were down more than 6% in after-hours trading Tuesday, despite quarterly earnings beating on the top and bottom lines. It was a lesson to tech companies that earnings mean less to investors today than the growth of artificial intelligence divisions.
The company reported earnings per share of $2.95 in its fourth fiscal quarter of 2024, compared to estimates of $2.93. Rev
Microsoft is calling on Congress to pass new laws that make it illegal to use AI-generated voices and images to defraud people, especially seniors and children.
The call to create a “deepfake fraud statute” was part of a 52-page white paper the tech giant released Tuesday, which laid out its vision about how governments should approach AI. The company proposes the government make it illegal to use voice- and image-generation tools to impersonate someone, whether a political candida
Meta agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with Texas on Tuesday over claims that the Facebook and Instagram-parent company illegally collected users’ facial and biometric data.
It’s the largest privacy settlement by a U.S. state.
“This historic settlement demonstrates our commitment to standing up to the
SpaceX is in talks with U.S. and Australian officials to land and recover one of its Starship rockets off Australia’s coast, a possible first step toward a bigger presence for Elon Musk&#
Perplexity will soon begin to pay publishers when their content is used to form a specific type of the AI search engine’s answers. The business modell revolves around a revenue share from ad sales, an approach that marks a new chapter for the upstart AI company.
Ads have long been a deeply integrated part of Google search results, but building ad inventory into new AI
Two days after President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence last year, Vice President Kamala Harris brought the wonky document to a global AI summit, telling an international audience what set the U.S. apart in its approach to AI safe
There’s a new way to pay the bill at (some) restaurants.
Blackbird, an app launched in 2022 by serial entrepreneur Ben Leventhal, is introducing a payments feature for restaurants, potentially reducing their processing costs and changing the way diners settle up after a meal.
“The check presenter as the way people pay, as the form factor of payments, it hasn’t changed materially in a very, very long time,” Leventhal says. “If you put it in the context of all the oth