Photography by Marina Testino. All images courtesy of Austin Lee. Austin Lee was born the same year the internet as we know it was invented. In the years since 1983, both have become forces of innovation: Lee as an artist whose work occupies an uncanny valley between the physical and the virtual, and the Internet … Read more
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly AI newsletter. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, AI insiders heatedly discussed an open letter signed by Elon Musk and various industry heavyweights arguing that AI poses an existential risk to humanity. They have asked the labs to … Read more
Image credits: Open AI OpenAI’s AI-powered viral chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the Internet in some cases. OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT, which extend the capabilities of bots by granting them access to third-party knowledge sources and databases, including the web. Available in alpha to ChatGPT users and waitlisted developers, OpenAI says it will … Read more
LR: Moderator Ashley Gold of Axios, Imo Udom and Liv Erickson of Mozilla, Peter van Hardenberg of Ink & Switch | Politician/Derek Robertson AUSTIN, Tex. The upheavals of recent years in the world of technology he turned conventional wisdom upside down by transforming it even-runs into celebrities, titans in turkeysand even the financial system itself … Read more
Receive free updates on Chinese politics and policies Well, I’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding last Chinese politics and politics news every morning. China has begun blocking plans to lay and maintain undersea Internet cables across the South China Sea, as Beijing seeks to exert greater control over the infrastructure that transmits … Read more
Last chance to see? Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Last week, in a party vote, the Republican-controlled House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance a bill that would give President Biden the authority to sanction or ban TikTok. Over the weekend, Democratic Senator Mark Warner announced that, in cooperation with Republican John Thune, he would … Read more
TOPIC ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on February 21, 2023 at 4.31pm Eric Schnapper argues before the judges for the Gonzalez family. Justice Neil Gorsuch was “under the weather” and participated in the argument from a distance. (William Hennessy) The Supreme Court on Tuesday debated the scope of a 27-year-old federal law that protects social media … Read more
CNN business — Most people can live their digital life assuming they can delete their posts, messages and personal data from services whenever they want. But a technical hearing this week called that fundamental assumption into question. Peiter Mudge Zatko, Twitter’s former security chief, told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the social network doesn’t … Read more
Internet traffic in Kherson is routed through Russia Internet routing data for a service provider in Kherson shows that traffic began flowing through Russian networks in May before switching completely in early June. Internet traffic routed through: Source: Kentik Several weeks after taking control of the southern Ukrainian port … Read more
In Myanmar, the junta’s intensifying crackdown on street protesters is mirrored by its growing online restrictions. In Myanmar, the junta’s intensifying crackdown on street protesters is mirrored by its growing online restrictions. In the early hours of February 1, the Burmese military seized power in a coup that triggered months of mass protests. Since then, … Read more
