Tag Archives: social-good

"Time is up" to regulate AI, UN advisor says

With tech industry players rolling out shiny new AI investments on the banks of the Hudson River, international leaders gathered across Manhattan on the East River, coalescing for September’s annual UN General Assembly session — a global forum on big issues like sustainable development, ending armed conflict, and, amid it …

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Waymo’s driverless cars are coming to these cities next

Waymo, the driverless car company run by Google parent company Alphabet, already operates autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix, and will soon be available in Atlanta and Austin. The Georgia and Texas Waymo experiences, set to launch early next year, will be a bit different than what …

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Passport renewal process, including photos, now fully online

The State Department announced on Wednesday its entering the late 20th century and immediately making its new online passport renewal system fully available to the public. The new offering replaces the former method — printing out a paper application and mailing it with a check. The State Department declares the …

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Parents have no idea how teens are using AI, survey finds

A new survey found that parents significantly underestimate their teen’s use of generative artificial intelligence. The technology, popularized by the conversational platform ChatGPT, allows users to ask pretty much any question of an AI bot and receive a specific and detailed original response. The survey, conducted this spring by the …

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Spotify is piloting a Premium membership tailored for kids

Spotify is introducing a new way for young listeners to discover music, announcing a new Premium membership pilot tailored explicitly to kids. Unlike Spotify Kids — a child-friendly app that offers singalongs, soundtracks, and playlists curated by Spotify — the new offering is a parent-managed Premium membership for users under …

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