Business, Spoken

A sweeping upgrade to Amazon’s Alexa taps AI technology like that behind ChatGPT and also allows the virtual assistant to attempt to read body language. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TikTok Shop, which launched in the US last week, is littered with impossibly cheap—and fake—products. Snail slime is just the beginning. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York joined a wave of states that require pay transparency in job ads. New data suggests most US postings now include a salary range, but they are sometimes laughably vague. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Surveys suggest teachers use generative AI more than students, to create lesson plans or more interesting word problems. Educators say it can save valuable time but must be used carefully. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of schools, hospitals, and other public buildings made from RAAC, a cheap, lightweight concrete, have to close—the victims of quick fixes and decades of cost-cutting. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple ignored the tech industry's obsession with generative AI at the new iPhone launch, offering subtler AI features that make everyday tasks like photography and phone calls better. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new US government body would force companies to seek a license before working on powerful AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4, under a bipartisan proposal by senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

European politicians are nervous about where TikTok’s data goes. The company is spending big on local data centers, but analysts say it’s not enough. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A law meant to crack down on short-term rentals in New York City took effect Tuesday. Thousands have dropped off the map, but there are still hosts offering bookings that may break the law. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UK government has admitted that the technology needed to securely scan encrypted messages sent on Signal and WhatsApp doesn’t exist, weakening its controversial Online Safety Bill. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can now set up alerts for whenever your home address, phone number, and email address appears in Search. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden administration has changed its mind about a Massachusetts state law giving mechanics and car owners access to more diagnostic data. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Pew survey finds that a majority of Americans are more concerned than excited about the impact of artificial intelligence—adding weight to calls for more regulation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The European Union is desperate for its own artificial intelligence giant. German startup Aleph Alpha might be its best hope. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A developer used widely available AI tools to generate anti-Russian tweets and articles. The project is intended to highlight how cheap and easy it has become to create propaganda at scale. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but it will also help Meta. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Artificial intelligence may streamline a form of business communication that’s already super fake. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teachers are caught between cracking down on cheating with generative AI and using it to help empower students. It’s going to be a challenging year. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The curvy translucent plastic design of the iMac was the test case for Steve Jobs' “whole-widget” strategy that led to the creation of the iPhone. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A botnet apparently connected to ChatGPT shows how easily, and effectively, artificial intelligence can be harnessed for disinformation. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In March a viral letter called for a pause on AI development, warning that algorithms could outsmart humanity—but many experts who signed on did not believe the technology poses an existential risk. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices