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These artists are critiquing how technology promotes consumerism, shapes identity, and enables new forms of censorship. Read more »
Multibillion-dollar companies like Alibaba and Tencent have thrived thanks to a government that provided incentives but otherwise let them grow. Can they count on that in the future? Read more »
In our globalized economy, the term is not only outdated, it’s harmful. Read more »
Machine learning reveals a disturbing level of harassment, abuse, and trolling aimed at women and minorities on Twitter. Read more »
Technology is making people unhinged and violent. Can an algorithm stop them? Read more »
A new approach to AI fakery can generate incredibly realistic faces, with whatever characteristics you’d like. Read more »
The country has struggled for decades to build a competitive semiconductor industry. In making specialized AI chips, though, it’s got a head start. Read more »
Artificial intelligence is being industrialized at remarkable speed in Europe, China, and the US, but diversity remains a problem. Read more »
Researchers borrowed equations from calculus to redesign the core machinery of deep learning for modeling continuous processes. Read more »