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New AI-Powered Google Chrome Browser: End of Human Internet?

New AI-Powered Google Chrome Browser: End of Human Internet?

Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Starting next month, Google will begin rolling on a new experimental feature in Chrome, the most popular browser on Earth, and the portal through which an estimated 3 billion people read and contribute to the web: an AI writing assistant. “Writing on the web can be daunting, especially if you… Source link

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U.S. officials condemn U.N. human rights official accused of making antisemitic posts

U.S. officials condemn U.N. human rights official accused of making antisemitic posts

Michèle Taylor, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, at a hearing in Geneva on Aug. 11. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — American officials blasted a high-ranking United Nations diplomat in charge of monitoring the tense situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories, arguing that posts she made about the conflict there disqualified her from being an objective broker. The offending posts were made in 2014 by Francesca Albanese, an unabashed… Source link

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Elon Musk expects Neuralink’s brain chip to begin human trials in 6 months

Elon Musk expects Neuralink’s brain chip to begin human trials in 6 months

By Rachael Levy (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in six months, after the company missed earlier timelines set by him. The company is developing brain chip interfaces that it says could enable disabled patients to move and communicate again, with Musk adding on Wednesday that it will also target restoring vision. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Austin, Texas, Neuralink has in recent… Source link

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‘The worst human being I’ve ever profiled was Roy Cohn’

‘The worst human being I’ve ever profiled was Roy Cohn’

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is on trial for sex crimes this week in Los Angeles. The 70-year-old is already serving a 23-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him of rape in New York, and reportedly at least 100 women have accused him of rape or sexual assault. On a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” the New Yorker staff writer Ken Auletta compared Weinstein to another “evil” yet talented person he profiled — the late Roy Cohn, a key figure during the Red… Source link

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‘The worst human being I’ve ever profiled was Roy Cohn’

‘The worst human being I’ve ever profiled was Roy Cohn’

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is on trial for sex crimes this week in Los Angeles. The 70-year-old is already serving a 23-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him of rape in New York, and reportedly at least 100 women have accused him of rape or sexual assault. On a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” the New Yorker staff writer Ken Auletta compared Weinstein to another “evil” yet talented person he profiled — the late Roy Cohn, a key figure during the Red… Source link

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Are human translators becoming obsolete?

Are human translators becoming obsolete?

Machine translation services have made high quality translations widely accessible, but it has altered the roles of translators By Wesley Lewis / Contributing Reporter Chris Findler says that the introduction of neural machine translation software has reduced the demand… Source link

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Andy Cohen, Bravo slammed by human rights groups ahead of ‘Real Housewives of Dubai’ premiere

Andy Cohen, Bravo slammed by human rights groups ahead of ‘Real Housewives of Dubai’ premiere

Andy Cohen and Bravo continue to face backlash for Real Housewives of Dubai. Ahead of the show’s June 1 premiere and days after the first trailer was released, a group of 12 human rights groups called for the network to publicly oppose the violence against women as well as the homophobic laws perpetrated by the rulers of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. Andy Cohen and Bravo are being slammed by human rights groups ahead of the Real Housewives of Dubai premiere on June 1. (Photo: Slaven… Source link

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‘The idea that there’s not enough human capital in South Africa is outrageous’: Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

As the U.S. faces a cash crunch and global pressure to prioritize vaccinating African countries, two unlikely partners have joined forces to do the same, all without U.S. government funding or help. Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Peter Hotez and ImmunityBio (IBRX) executive chairman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong announced a partnership in late 2021 in which Hotez and his partner, Maria Elena Bottazzi, licensed their free, no-strings-attached COVID-19 vaccine candidate to ImmunityBio. And the… Source link

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