https://stephaniearnett.art/overlay 2024-10-12T14:13:28+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1870772507077898571988924162158/Stephanie-Arnett.png https://stephaniearnett.art/nav-main 2026-03-15T02:01:51+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1870772507077898571988924162158/Stephanie-Arnett.png https://stephaniearnett.art 2026-03-15T02:01:50+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G869893239669391294007305120348/horizontal.svg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1847083132852499304134748725358/2022-06-08-0002.jpeg Chinese hackers exploited years-old software flaws to break into telecom giantsA multi-year hacking campaign shows how dangerous old flaws can linger for years. Author: Patrick Howell O’Neill https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1847089581871120961141412782190/monkey-work-2.jpg Here’s my guess: Neuralink will unveil a vision implant at today’s “show and tell”Elon Musk’s brain interface company is planning an event to show its latest efforts to connect brains and computers. Author: Antonio Regalado https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1847096406613025911464224153710/covid-media-narratives-final.jpg How to navigate covid news without spiralingAs the pandemic changes so quickly, there’s a better way to think about getting and sharing the information you need. Author: Mia Sato https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1847096779347936664839424106606/5111995.jpg Why business is booming for military AI startups The invasion of Ukraine has prompted militaries to update their arsenals—and Silicon Valley stands to capitalize. Author: Melissa Heikkilä https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D1847098539001300600067262308462/burnout-AI.jpg Responsible AI has a burnout problemCompanies say they want ethical AI. But those working in the field say that ambition comes at their expense. Author: Melissa Heikkilä https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1847099322582095363101595852910/Mom-tech.jpg Chore apps were meant to make mothers’ lives easier. They often don’t.Rather than reducing the burden of housework, they tend to become yet another thing to worry about Author: Tanya Basu https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1847100804685747965295520440430/nuclear-power-BLOOMa.jpg We’re getting a better idea of AI’s true carbon footprintAI startup Hugging Face has undertaken the tech sector’s first attempt to estimate the broader carbon footprint of a large language model. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1847103559909889558627859357806/Wechat-BigLittles.jpg The dark side of a super app like WeChatWhen one app gives you everything, losing it becomes unbearable. Author: Zeyi Yang https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1847184146632751127280692289646/dropped.jpg The internet runs on free open-source software. Who pays to fix it? Volunteer-run projects like Log4J keep the internet running. The result is unsustainable burnout, and a national security risk when they go wrong. Author: Patrick Howell O’Neill https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1847185077750604991844019658862/compromised-tux2.jpg The US military wants to understand the most important software on EarthOpen-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going. Author: Patrick Howell O’Neill https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A1847308299805854826877377896558/roe-misinfo.jpg Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills onlineProposed laws would punish ISPs, online publishers, and credit card companies for providing information about or direct access to pills. Author: Tate Ryan-Moseley https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F1847386153108626297322561921134/phone-alone3a.gif How to log offSick of spending all your time staring at your devices? Here’s how to strike a healthier balance. Author: Rhiannon Williams https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1847386730381035339989270192238/tiktok-endless-bugs001.gif Welcome to TikTok’s endless cycle of censorship and mistakesTikTok bugs keep frustrating the app's marginalized users. It's a familiar problem. Author: A.W. Ohlheiser https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V1850517473914059741763828244590/russia-tech4.jpeg How Russia killed its tech industryThe invasion of Ukraine supercharged the decline of the country’s already struggling tech sector—and undercut its biggest success story, Yandex. Author: Masha Borak https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1850518125434613681111481770094/intrepid.jpeg The secret police: Inside the app Minnesota police used to collect data on journalists at protestsIntrepid Response is a little-known but powerful app that lets police quickly upload and share information across agencies. But what happens to the information it collects? https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1850519249726771485561233662062/hired-gun3n-1001.jpeg A private security group regularly sent Minnesota police misinformation about protestorsThere are 13 private security guards for every one police officer in downtown Minneapolis, but these groups are far less regulated than police departments. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2840074606824475663959832453230/unemployment4f.jpg https://stephaniearnett.art/photo-illustration 2024-10-12T14:19:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D1847309696833123761122850431086/AI-liar-search1-2.jpg Why you shouldn’t trust AI search enginesPlus: The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video. Author: Melissa Heikkilä https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1847312049604649898333901742190/silicon-castle.jpg Covid-19 has blown apart the myth of Silicon Valley innovation The pandemic shows that the US is no longer much good at coming up with technologies relevant to our most basic needs.Author: David Rotman https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E1847315418717987520646408888430/canary-web.jpg How to know if artificial intelligence is about to destroy civilization These canaries in the coal mines of AI would be signs that super-intelligent robot overlords are approaching Author: Oren Etzioni https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1847317064850088426265666445422/WorstTech.jpg The biggest technology failures of 2020 The covid pandemic made this the year we counted on technology more than ever. Here's how it failed us. Author: Antonio Regalado https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1847319675193502064683186970734/draft-gif-maker.gif How CRISPR could help save crops from devastation caused by pests Gene editing insects could help reduce reliance on pesticides—and help protect billion-dollar industries. Author: Emma Foehringer Merchant https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R1847335526812725996627662528622/spacebears4.jpeg Why Meta’s latest large language model survived only three days online Galactica was supposed to help scientists. Instead, it mindlessly spat out biased and incorrect nonsense. Author: Will Douglas Heaven https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R1847368986992866416909147758702/cycloptic-grass-blinking.gif The field of natural language processing is chasing the wrong goal Researchers are too focused on whether AI systems can ace tests of dubious value. They should be testing whether systems grasp how the world works. Author: Jesse Dunietz https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q1847370969759599923654012756078/psychedelic-VR-2b.jpeg VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence On key metrics, a VR experience elicited a response indistinguishable from subjects who took medium doses of LSD or magic mushrooms. Author: Hana Kiros https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1847375767536372566623873458286/poison-corrupts4.jpg This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AIThe tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models. Author: Melissa <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/author/melissa-heikkila/">Heikkilä</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1847376333076652378411306901614/fake-gothic3_1.jpg Bans on deepfakes take us only so far—here’s what we really needThere is a big elephant in the room: outright bans might not even be technically feasible. Author: Melissa <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/author/melissa-heikkila/">Heikkilä</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U1847376919941368339406982013038/emote-actress1.jpg How Meta and AI companies recruited striking actors to train AIHollywood actors are on strike over concerns about the use of AI, but for as little as $300, Meta and a company called Realeyes hired them to make avatars appear more human. Author: Eileen Guo https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D1847377549473403342892850012270/Turbine-Meat-merged.gif We’re on track to set a new record for global meat consumptionThat’s a problem for the climate. But the solution can’t be to tell people to stop eating meat. Authors: Dan Blaustein-Rejto & Alex Smith https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1847381680511058185704677105774/porcelain-blender.mp4 The porcelain challenge didn’t need to be real to get viewsSebastian Durfee created a fake teen challenge—and got banned from TikTok. It kind of proved his point about online moral panics. Author: A.W. Ohlheiser https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1847382285416689850788293697646/rainbow-glue-caution.mp4 The YouTube baker fighting back against deadly “craft hacks”Ann Reardon spends her time debunking dangerous activities that go viral on the platform—but the craze shows no signs of abating. Author: Amelia Tait https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F1847383767520342452982218285166/CashBusiness-loop.mp4 The pandemic has changed how criminals hide their cash—and AI tools are trying to sniff it outLockdown has forced criminals to launder money in new ways, but older tech has been slower to adapt than AI techniques. Author: Will Douglas Heaven https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1847392913914116288168067391598/Church_Cherub.jpg Here are some actual facts about George Church’s DNA dating companyIt’s called Digid8 and will try to use your genes to make sure you never meet the wrong person. Author: Antonio Regalado https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1847394067001641591678429356142/SA-mortgageAIcredit.jpg Bias isn’t the only problem with credit scores—and no, AI can’t helpThe biggest-ever study of real people’s mortgage data shows that predictive tools used to approve or reject loans are less accurate for minorities. Author: Will Douglas Heaven https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O1847395633388467866651295277166/talk-kids-AI2.jpg You need to talk to your kid about AI. Here are 6 things you should say.As children start back at school this week, it’s not just ChatGPT you need to be thinking about. Authors: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/author/rhiannon-williams/" style="font-size: calc(var(--font-scale) * var(--font-size)); letter-spacing: 0em;">Rhiannon Williams</a> & Melissa Heikkila https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P1847407659392778584192989847662/zimmer-winner2_1.jpg A Disney director tried—and failed—to use an AI Hans Zimmer to create a soundtrackAI generated a “7 out of 10” track. “But the reason you go into Hans Zimmer is for 10 out of 10,” says Gareth Edwards. 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Author: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/author/melissa-heikkila/">Melissa Heikkilä</a> Artist: Dogboy https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1849008295680032659150981095534/MIT_Redamonti_ColorS.jpg When my dad was sick, I started Googling grief. Then I couldn’t escape it.I’ve spent months trying to untrain the algorithms that were relentlessly serving me content on loss. Author: Tate Ryan-Moseley Artist: Eva Redamonti https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U1849008454100670764168610373742/Maxomatic_MIT_TR_YahooChina_FINAL.jpg Inside the decades-long fight over Yahoo’s misdeeds in ChinaThe Yahoo Human Rights Fund was intended to support imprisoned Chinese dissidents. Instead, a lawsuit alleges that only a small fraction of the money went to help former prisoners. Author: Eileen Guo Artist: Max-o-matic https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D1849011585749071925618059567214/CHS2.jpg The feud between a weed influencer and scientist over puking stonersA scientist went looking for genes that cause cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. But a public spat with a cannabis influencer who suffers from the disease may have derailed his research. Author: Amanda Chicago Lewis Artist: Kelsey Dake https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1849014491092816790798729535598/AliceF.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1849015176573826569845667586158/WeedHelixF.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1849050534462763572997275312238/MA22_portfolio-capture.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1849050879914939841356048425070/MA22_portfolio-capture2.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1849051067481433582834769256558/MA22_portfolio-capture3.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1849051391719854166427558010990/MA22_portfolio-capture4.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1849052690093935794474348503150/Spread3.jpeg Photographer: Peter Garritano (above) and Stefan Chow (right) https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1849097082035975223920635994222/David_Vintiner__A7A0849.jpg An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scarySynthesia's new technology is impressive but raises big questions about a world where we increasingly can’t tell what’s real. 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