A look at media coverage of generative AI over the past six months, as journalists and academics criticize the hype and provide ways to improve reporting
The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months. Tweets: @emilymbender , @emilymbender , @emilymbender , @janebsinger , @emilymbender , @datad...
Instagram's Dual copies BeReal's front and back camera capture feature, but misses the point: people like BeReal because it's non-addictive by design
so it sat on the shelf until device support caught up George Kedenburg III / @gk3 : @parismartineau this feature is actually ~3 years old, maybe convenient timing that it just finally shipped to 100% ...
Sources: over 12 news outlets, including AP and Fox Business, formed a consortium to sift leaked Facebook docs from Frances Haugen, reporting stories separately
It's not often that major news organizations coordinate to sift through a large trove of leaked company documents and agree … Tweets: @jamesrbuk , @goldstein222 , @parismartineau , @timkarr , @alexsta...
Sources detail attempts by Amazon delivery drivers in Chicago to beat peers to new orders by hanging smartphones in trees near Amazon's delivery stations
- Scammers seem to have rigged Amazon system to get orders first — Operation reflects ferocious rivalry for gigs in a bad economy Tweets: @kateconger , @parismartineau , @caseynewton , @kimbhasin ,...
Some US hospitals are equipping isolation wards with tablets and smartphones so doctors can conduct virtual rounds, patients can see their families, and more
Paris Martineau / Wired : Tweets: @wiredscience , @parismartineau , and @nxthompson Tweets: @wiredscience : Hospitals are deploying tablets and smartphones in the fight against #Covid19 to protect st...
New report says the proliferation of right-wing content on YouTube is driven by both supply and demand rather than the platform's recommendation algorithm
In a new report, Penn State political scientists say that it's not the recommendation engine, but the communities that form around right-wing content. Tweets: @parismartineau , @wired , @parismartinea...
Behind the rise of the funeral livestreaming industry in the US, where an estimated 20% of funeral homes offer livestreaming services
It was early enough in the morning that Natalie Levy probably shouldn't have been awake—she had recently left a high-stress job at a private-equity firm in San Francisco … Tweets: @parismartineau and ...
Airbnb to give NYC data on 17K+ listings, plus data on every listing between Jan. 1, 2018 and Feb. 18, 2019 that could have potentially violated NY rental laws
FOR MUCH OF the past decade, Airbnb and New York City have been embroiled in a high-profile feud. Airbnb wants legitimacy in its biggest market. Tweets: @parismartineau , @wired , and @parismartineau...
A look at burgeoning industry of influencer marketing, where brands routinely shell out $60K+ for one video review, or $85K+ to publicly disparage a competitor
WHEN SAHARA LOTTI started her lash extensions company, Lashify, in 2017, she didn't know what she was getting herself into. Tweets: @carnage4life , @jasongay , @nxthompson , @scottthurm , @sub8u , @pa...
Clients of therapy-by-text services like Talkspace, BetterHelp complain about bad service, high prices, deceitful advertising around free trials
Paris Martineau / The Outline : Tweets: @ruchosharma , @parismartineau , @outline , and @parismartineau Tweets: Ruchira Sharma / @ruchosharma : I remember trying the free versions of these countless ...