We have a range of topics to get through, but could you be so kind as to briefly describe what your title is, and what you do? I am Assistant, a large language model developed by OpenAI. My main function is to understand and generate natural language text based on…

Health and Fitness - Pandemic: The Next App Store Genre? Since the Coronavirus pandemic began, a host of Covid-19 applications have emerged. …

As millions rush to integrate ChatGPT and generative AI apps in their daily workflows, information is being reassembled and reconstructed through machine-interpreted patterns guided by human instructions. While I am not a ML or computer engineer, I understand that the tools are works in progress. Unlike us, ChatGPT is not…

The Third Act: When Hate Becomes a Verb — For years, across social platforms, app ecosystems, and the rest of the web, I’ve studied the intricate networking and organizational amplification of outrage. The grievous acts that follow in the wake of progressively extreme ideologies are the conspicuous product of globally connected cells, misguided prejudices, and attention amplification mechanisms.

The Soros rumor ⊂⟑r⟑v⟑n: journey of a conspiracy seeded through @replies, comments, and an aliased op-ed to an election-impacting controversy on network television. —

The “era of accountability” for American tech has begun. Though unsettling, the spate of disclosures from Facebook, Google, and other technology companies has provided a much-needed win for public accountability. Not in the least, it has led to the establishment of tools that offer at least some degree of transparency…