Week in Tech: Anti-Party Tech, Rigged Card Shufflers and ‘Mad Max’ Mode
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Do you find facelifts frightening? This week, we celebrate sp0o0ky Halloween by NOT having a party at an AirBnB. Oz unpacks the gadget-filled poker scandal, and Karah contemplates the importance of international accents. Tesla’s new full self-driving profile,“Mad Max” mode, breaks traffic laws. And the scariest thing of all: AI has its own will to survive. Finally, on Chat and Me, Fortune’s Eva Roytburg shares her experience with an AI wearable — the ‘Friend’ pendant.
Additional Reading:
- AirBnB Rolls Out Anti-Party System for Halloween
- How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA | WIRED
- AI and the End of Accents | WIRED
- AI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers say | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
- Why Tech Bros Are Getting Face Lifts Now | Wall Street Journal
- US investigates Tesla’s ‘Mad Max’ high-speed driver assistance mode
- I tried the viral AI ‘Friend’ necklace everyone’s talking about—and it’s like wearing your senile, anxious grandmother around your neck | Fortune
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