😞 DeepMind accused of mishandling sexual misconduct allegations

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DeepMind accused of mishandling sexual misconduct allegations. A former DeepMind employee has accused the artificial intelligence group's leadership of mishandling multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment, raising concerns over how grievances are dealt with at the Google-acquired company. (Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times)

Madhumita Murgia @madhumita29

NEW: A former employee of DeepMind has accused the company of mishandling sexual assault and misconduct allegations, suggesting institutional failures in how the org deals with serious grievances (1/3)

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Dyson's bizarre new headphones have a built-in air purifier. Dyson is getting into headphones in the most Dyson way possible: the Zone, a pair of noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones with air purification technology built in, thanks to a bizarre-looking magnetic face visor. (Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge)

The Verge @verge

Dyson’s bizarre new headphones have a built-in air purifier theverge.com/2022/3/30/2300…

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Hackers steal $620M in Ethereum and dollars from Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis' Ronin network. Sky Mavis reported its network has been hacked, with thieves taking 173,600 in Eth and $25.5 million, taking a total of $620 million. (Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat)

VentureBeat @VentureBeat

Hackers steal $620M in Ethereum and dollars from Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis’ Ronin network

venturebeat.comHackers steal $620M in Ethereum and dollars from Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis’ Ronin networkSky Mavis reported its network has been hacked, with thieves taking 173,600 in Eth and $25.5 million, taking a total of $620 million.

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Chatbots could one day replace search engines. Here's why that's a terrible idea. The vision of a know-it-all AI that dishes out relevant and accurate information in easy-to-understand bite-size chunks is shaping the way tech companies are approaching the future of search. And with the rise of voice assistants like Siri and… (Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review)

Emily M. Bender @emilymbender

A key problem with how "AI" is sold is that we are told that computers can do things they can't actually do—and sometimes that we can do things we can't actually do. Case in point: we can't actually get our information needs met with simple Q-A pairs.

technologyreview.comChatbots could one day replace search engines. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea.Language models are mindless mimics that do not understand what they are saying—so why do we pretend they’re experts?

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Forcing WhatsApp and iMessage to Work Together Is Doomed to Fail. The newest law designed to rein in Big Tech aims to make all your favorite messaging apps work seamlessly together. Sounds great, right? Well, we have some bad news. Every day, billions of messages are sent using end-to-end encryption. (Matt Burgess / WIRED)

WIRED Science @WIREDScience

Europe’s Digital Markets Act requires interoperability between popular messaging apps. But experts warn encryption could be compromised.

trib.alForcing WhatsApp and iMessage to Work Together Is Doomed to FailEurope’s Digital Markets Act requires interoperability between popular messaging apps. But experts warn encryption could be compromised.

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