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Mushrooms could help curb plastic waste
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Why Big Tech leaders aligned themselves with White House politics this year
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Dr. AI will see you now
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Bytes: Week in Review - Micron's big earnings, Oracle's data center woes and "sl...
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The challenges of integrating ads in AI search engines
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Tech sector job postings on Indeed (mostly) stabilized this year
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How states are competing in the data center gold rush
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A case for AI models that understand, not just predict, the way the world works
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Bytes: Week in Review - Apple's leadership departures raises concerns over its A...
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The little-known regulatory bodies that can make or break AI data centers
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The latest TV innovations have their critics
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3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.
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Using AI chatbots for mental health support poses serious risks for teens, repor...
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Bytes: Week in Review - Amazon scales back AI anime dubs
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Have we given up on data privacy?
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What happens when all your coworkers are AI?
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How far away are we from humanoid robots doing our chores?
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What it's like to be in a relationship where wearable AI records your conversati...
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AI's role in improving accessibility
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Can digital apps help solve Africa’s unemployment crisis?
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AI-enabled ed tech vendors fail to disclose capabilities and safeguards, report...
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The federal data and tools that "died" this year
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AI-generated "letters to the editor" are flooding academic publications
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Bytes: Week in Review — Meta wins antitrust case
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The difference between Grokipedia and Wikipedia
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This school trains the workforce behind China's automated factories
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For politicians, what makes a successful TikTok?
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Bridging the uncanny valley of lab-grown meat
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Bytes: Week in Review – Wikipedia urges AI companies to pay for its data, again
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How to train your humanoid robot
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Are there enough workers to build geothermal energy networks?
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The old technique that could power future nuclear reactors
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Chocolate's high tech and climate-friendly pivot
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Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts
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Former regional Fed president: We need an "AI land grant act"
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Silicon Valley's tech bro culture is changing
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Sora 2's disinformation problem
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Sam Bankman-Fried returns to court to challenge fraud verdict
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Bytes: Week in Review - Is AI to blame for this week's wave of layoffs?
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California's public GPU infrastructure experiment
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“China’s H-1B” talent visa gets praise abroad and backlash at home
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Wikipedia co-founder: Trust and empathy are essential
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Sites marketed as tools for catching infidelity can also be misused by stalkers
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Bytes: Week in Review - OpenAI officially joins the browser wars
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The aerospace industry is betting on hybrid air taxis
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How Indigenous communities are adopting AI
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How will AI-led e-commerce affect small businesses?
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New CA law requires Uber and Lyft to bargain with drivers
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Bytes: Week in Review — Instagram to limit content for teens, Walmart lands Open...
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Documents show ICE wants a nonstop social media surveillance system
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