West Bank residents, who have long complained of missing and outdated data on Google Maps, say the Israel-Hamas war has made the app even worse for navigation
www.wired.com/story/google... Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : A really interesting (and frustrating) story from @peard33.bsky.social about what it's like to use Google Maps in the West Bank www.wired.c...
Ex-ByteDance intern Keyu Tian, who was allegedly dismissed for “serious misconduct”, is a co-author of one of two papers chosen for the NeurIPS Best Paper Award
And then a friend sent me this article. Fitting. — www.wired.com/story/byteda... Jason Koebler / @jasonkoebler : lol: TikTok intern sabotages colleagues' use of an AI computing cluster at Bytedance...
How Shein and Temu, which are spending billions on digital ads and offering steep discounts or free products, have become big threats to Amazon in the US
In the fall of 2020, Amazon looked unstoppable. The pandemic lockdowns had supercharged its e-commerce business … X: @carnage4life , @carnage4life , @joshuaogundu , @lmatsakis , and @kantrowitz X: Da...
How Shein and Temu, which are spending billions on digital ads and offering steep discounts or free products, have become big threats to Amazon in the US
In the fall of 2020, Amazon looked unstoppable. The pandemic lockdowns had supercharged its e-commerce business … X: @joshuaogundu , @kantrowitz , @lmatsakis , and @kantrowitz X: Josh / @joshuaogundu...
Stanford unveils the Foundation Model Transparency Index, featuring 100 indicators; Llama 2 led at 54%, GPT-4 placed third at 48%, and PaLM 2 took fifth at 40%
https://www.nytimes.com/... [image] Mark Coggins / @coggins@mastodon.social : This is the kind of needed AI regulation—requiring model makers to reveal how they trained their language models—that #Ma...
Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turn out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal
I marvel the technology. But. … Kyle Dent : An open letter calls for companies to pause building AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 due to “profound risks to society and humanity.” … Peter Peng : Co...
TikTok continues to allow ads encouraging ADHD self-diagnosis and medication, geared towards young users and likely violating its medical misinformation policy
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GIDEON TAAFFE, KAYLA GOGARTY & ABBIE RICHARDS — A swarm of advertisements encouraging attention … Tweets: @lmatsakis , @benjamindictor , @olivialittle , @thomdunn , @tayl...
A look at Chinese fast fashion online retailer Shein, as 2020 sales reportedly hit $10B thanks to knockoff items, a nimble supply chain, and social media
By connecting China's garment factories with Western Gen-Z customers, Shein ushered in a new era of “ultra-fast” shopping. Tweets: @lmatsakis , @shiraovide , @lmatsakis , @lemonsand , @lmatsakis , @mi...
BlueCity, owner of China's biggest gay dating app Blued, is navigating a precarious environment for LGBTQI orgs by positioning itself as a sexual health service
and thriving https://restofworld.org/... @aurorachaang : great article by @decka227 and @WilliamYang120 on bluecity, a chinese lgbtq tech company. in order to survive, they have to avoid being mistake...
BlueCity, owner of China's biggest gay dating app Blued, is navigating a precarious environment for LGBTQI orgs by positioning itself as a sexual health service
Focusing on HIV prevention and sexual health care has helped BlueCity navigate a precarious environment for LGBTQI organizations. Tweets: @lmatsakis , @anupkaphle , @aurorachaang , @decka227 , @lmatsa...