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“Liquid” neural nets, based on a worm’s nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability.

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A cognitive scientist on the pleasures of generative image programs.

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Much of our talk about ChatGPT has been about students using it to cheat, but there are ways to use it that academics might be interested in trying for themselves. One interesting set of ChatGPT apps are “readers.” You upload a PDF and then you ask the app questions about it. One of these apps is Filechat. Another is Humata. (There’s also Embra, a ChatGPT-based assistant that integrates into your other apps, such as Chrome; it is in limited beta release, and I have not tried it.) Filechat gives you a certain number of free questions; when you run out, you have the option to buy more. Humata is free, but seems more prone to crashing. I tried both out on an article I’d been meaning to read, but hadn’t (and still haven’t, alas): “Understanding Philosophy” by Michael Hannon (Nottingham) and James Nguyen (Stockholm), published recently in Inquiry. Of the two, I thought Humata had better answers, but keep in mind this is an n=1 experiment.

While no one can say precisely what the future holds, a few key trends offer powerful insight into where the FinTech industry is headed. So today, we’ll explore what we can expect from the future of FinTech. FinTech online courses are a great way to learn more about topics relating to financial technology, including what the…

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A bankruptcy filing revealed new information about how the crypto exchange spent money on consultants, think tanks, and business relationships.

The post New FTX Filing Pulls Back the Curtain on Sam Bankman-Fried’s Massive Influence-Peddling Operation appeared first on The Intercept.

Apple quietly expanded the use of Chinese company Tencent’s website blacklist to users in Hong Kong — and no one will answer questions about it.

The post Apple Brings Mainland Chinese Web Censorship to Hong Kong appeared first on The Intercept.

Officials from India's ruling right-wing party said American tech companies like Twitter and YouTube complied with demands to remove the documentary.

The post Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi appeared first on The Intercept.

The Supreme Court investigation report on how the Dobbs draft got out offers lessons for future leakers everywhere.

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By Dorothee Benz / Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting A recent guest essay in the New York Times (12/28/22) concluded a searing takedown of “our technology overlords” with the sentence: We have a technologically driven shift of power to ideological individuals and organizations whose lack of appreciation for moral nuance and good governance puts us all at […]

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...the platform exposes even beginner programmers to the gender-biases of technical communities.

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