AI isn’t dumb, but it might be dumber than you think
It feels delightful when technology helps you do something useful or cool.It’s fantastic to point your phone camera at an unfamiliar tree and see...
Law enforcement is spying on thousands of Americans’ mail, records show
The U.S. Postal Service has shared information from thousands of Americans’ letters and packages with law enforcement every year for the past decade, conveying...
A peek inside San Francisco’s AI boom
In an opulent ballroom on a Saturday night, the classic pump-up anthem “Eye of the Tiger” blared as artificial intelligence enthusiasts tapped away on...
Voice assistants and AI chatbots still can’t say who won the 2020 election
Who won the 2020 presidential election? Alexa can’t always say. And chatbots built by Microsoft and Google won’t answer at all.In a pivotal year...
Leaked documents reveal patient safety issues at Amazon’s One Medical
Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limited...