The Future, This Week

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  Sandra Peter

  

  3 days ago

  How Gen Z Became the Most Gullible Generation

  POLITICO - By Catherine Kim

  The almighty algorithm is fueling conspiracy theories among young people and ruining their ability to tell fact from fiction on the internet. The video starts with bold red letters blaring: “2016 Democrat Primary Voter Fraud CAUGHT ON TAPE.” A series of blurry security footage follows, showing …

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  Sandra Peter

  

  4 days ago

  The Empty Arsenal of Democracy

  foreignaffairs.com - Michael Brown

  How America can build a new defense industrial base.

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  Sandra Peter

  

  5 days ago

  Unlike everyone else, Americans and Britons still shun the office

  The Economist

  The backlash against remote work, when it came, was fierce. After a post-pandemic honeymoon, when many firms flirted with the idea of letting staff …

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  Sandra Peter

  

  Apr 17

  Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar

  Ars Technica - Benj Edwards

  Frustrated software developer believed AI-generated message came from human support rep. On Monday, a developer using the popular AI-powered code …

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  Sandra Peter

  

  Apr 17

  This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

  404 Media - Emanuel Maiberg, Jason Koebler

  Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way …

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  Sandra Peter

  

  6 days ago

  ChatGPT is now a potent tool for finding the locations of photos, raising doxxing concerns

  tomshardware.com

  OpenAI seems to have inadvertently tuned ChatGPT into a potent geo-guesser.