The Download: Alabama’s embryo ruling impact, and remote learning for pre-schoolers
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The weird way Alabama’s embryo ruling takes on artificial wombs
Justice Jay Mitchell, writing for the majority, pounced on what he called the “latent implication” of the defense’s argument. What about a baby growing...
When cloud AI lands you in court
In a recent legal ruling against Air Canada in a small claims court, the airline lost because its AI-powered chatbot provided incorrect information about...
Google’s ‘Woke’ Image Generator Shows the Limitations of AI
Far-right internet troll Ian Miles Cheong blamed the entire situation on Krawczyk, whom he labeled a “woke, race-obsessed idiot” while referencing posts on X...
The Download: tracking animals, and biotech plants
Last week, MIT Technology Review hosted an event where we dug into the future of batteries and the materials that go into them. We...
GitHub Copilot makes insecure code even less secure, Snyk says
GitHub’s AI-powered coding assistant, GitHub Copilot, may suggest insecure code when the user’s existing codebase contains security issues, according to developer security company Snyk.GitHub...
Why Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ Has Taken Over TikTok
In her delightfully cheeky Verizon Super Bowl commercial, Beyoncé swore to do one thing: Break the internet. As the commercial demonstrated, she could not—at...
Fast-growing Zig tops Stack Overflow survey for highest-paid programming language
Zig has topped an annual Stack Overflow survey in the category of highest-paid programming technology, making the relative newcomer to the scene a solid...
Data at the center of business
Mark: That's a great question. And first, I would say across JPMorgan Chase, we do view this as an investment. And every time I...
Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private
The third new feature, which is not enabled by default and which Signal recommends mainly for high-risk users, allows you to turn off not...
