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A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?
The lengthy campaigns to protect kids on social media offer some lessons for those looking to protect children using artificial intelligence
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Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force
President Donald Trump has tapped his director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence
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'Jane Doe' solidarity posts flood social media after Cornell rape lawsuit
A wave of solidarity has surged on social media in support of a young woman who is suing Cornell University and seven fraternity members she accuses of raping her
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How the Smithsonian is using AI to connect artifacts from the American Revolution
The Smithsonian Institution is using artificial intelligence to better understand its collection related to the American Revolution
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Trail Blazers fire new TV announcer for inappropriate social media posts he made as a teenager
The Portland Trail Blazers fired new play-by-play television broadcaster Braiden Bell on Thursday when past inappropriate social media posts that he made as a teenager resurfaced just hours after the team announced his hiring
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Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts
Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry’s rollout of its massive centers
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Robot umpires flip 54% of challenged calls in ABS debut as teams learn to time appeals
Robot umpires overturned 54% of challenged calls in the first season of the Automated Ball-Strike System
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Astronauts arrive at International Space Station on the quickest US express flight yet
Four astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station following an express eight-hour flight
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Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus
Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money to be used to start a new campus in Miami that will focus on societal challenges
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Wes Moore forms bipartisan governors group on AI, citing federal inaction
Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland is forming a bipartisan group of governors to address concerns about artificial intelligence
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