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Christine Li is a model and influencer, but not an actor, so when she saw herself playing a cruel character in a Chinese microdrama she felt bewildered, then angry and afraid.This post was originally published […]

If you give artificial intelligence a goal of maximizing profit, how far will it go? AI agents appear capable of lying, concealing, and colluding, according to new research from Harvard Business School.This post was originally […]

Generative AI is best known for creating images and text. Now, it is helping industries make better planning decisions. Georgia Tech researchers have created a new AI model for decision-focused learning (DFL), called Diffusion-DFL. Recent […]

Before big tech engineers can improve the fairness of recommendation systems, such as social media feeds and online shopping results, they need to define what “fairness” even means. Should an app show people only the […]

Many consumers—and state policymakers and even utility companies—are worried about the possibility of large numbers of data centers raising electricity demand and power prices.This post was originally published on this site.

The European Commission set out Thursday how it wants Google to make a wide range of data accessible to rival search engines in order to comply with the bloc’s digital rules.This post was originally published […]

Cozy is a vibe. So much so that even video games have been getting cozy.This post was originally published on this site.

European Union regulators have threatened to force WhatsApp parent Meta Platforms to reverse a move that they say effectively limits the AI chatbots of rival companies from accessing the messaging app.This post was originally published […]

A new study by SIEPR’s Michael Blank is among the first to examine an overlooked effect of generative AI: it’s significantly boosting how much people get done at home. Barely a day goes by when […]

Digital platforms such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb are playing an increasingly important role in how markets function and how people find information, products and services online. This is the conclusion of a […]