Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher’s Conduct
Google employees claim a senior researcher fired earlier this year sought to undermine two more junior AI researchers by suggesting their results were wrong or even falsified.
Google Has a Plan to Stop Its New AI From Being Dirty and Rude
The future of computing is AI-powered chatbots that have read the entire internet—if Google can figure out how to tame them.
How Starlink Scrambled to Keep Ukraine Online
Elon Musk’s intervention demonstrates how satellite internet could route around war or censorship far beyond Ukraine.
The Race to Save Social Posts That May Prove Russian War Crimes
Painstaking new techniques for archiving social media posts could provide crucial evidence in future prosecutions.
TikTok’s Black Box Obscures Its Role in Russia’s War
Outside researchers can’t easily monitor how truth or lies circulate on the social media platform—raising concerns about its role in spreading misinformation.
Deepfake Zelensky Was Quickly Defeated. The Next One May Not Be
The response to a video impersonating the Ukrainian president gives a blueprint for how to stop more sophisticated attempts.
Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers
It takes five minutes to put a name to a soldier’s face using little more than a screenshot, but there’s a catch.
This App Can Diagnose Rare Diseases From a Child’s Face
Doctors often struggle to identify rare conditions they may only see once in a lifetime. Face2Gene helps specialists find others with the same condition.
Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?
Fighting fraud is important. But so is respecting privacy and guarding against bias. It’s a “no-win situation,” one former official says.