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The Download: the AI Hype Index, and spotting machine-written text
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: The AI Hype Index There’s no denying that the AI industry moves fast. Each week brings a bold new announcement, product release, or lofty claim that pushes the bounds of what we…
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Dulling the impact of AI-fueled cyber threats with AI
IT leaders are placing faith in AI. Consider 76 percent of IT leaders believe that generative AI (GenAI) will significantly impact their organizations, with 76 percent increasing their budgets to pursue AI. But when it comes to cybersecurity, AI has become a double-edged sword. While poised to fortify the security posture of organizations, it has…
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Judges and Border Police Targeted by Anti-Government Extremists, Doxed as ‘Traitors’
A report from the US Department of Homeland Security claims that self-identified militia members have posted the names and photos of US government officials in reaction to their work on the US-Mexico border.
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Influencers Get Their Final Marching Orders for the Election
The Trump and Harris campaigns have built huge networks of influencers and content creators. They have one last job—getting people out to vote.
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Why agriculture is a tough climate problem to solve
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. As a climate reporter, I’m all too aware of the greenhouse-gas emissions that come from food production. And yet, I’m not a vegan, and I do enjoy a good cheeseburger (at least…
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Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results
The web’s biggest AI-powered search engines are featuring the widely debunked idea that white people are genetically superior to other races.
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Sólo el 48% de las iniciativas digitales cumplen o superan los objetivos empresariales
De media, únicamente el 48% de las iniciativas digitales en toda la empresa cumplen o superan los objetivos de resultados de negocio. Así se desprende de la última encuesta global anual de Gartner, un estudio que radiografía la opinión de más de 3.100 CIO y ejecutivos de tecnología, y más de 1.100 líderes ejecutivos fuera…
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Companies to shift AI goals in 2025 — with setbacks inevitable, Forrester predicts
Forrester Research this week unleashed a slate of predictions for 2025. Noting that companies pursued bold experiments in 2024 driven by generative AI and other emerging technologies, the research and advisory firm predicts a pivot to realizing value. “2025 will be about the pursuit of near-term, bottom-line gains while competing for declining consumer loyalty and…
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This App Set Out to Fight Pesticides. After VCs Stepped In, Now It Helps Sell Them
Plantix started with the mission of making farming more environmentally friendly. So how did it end up selling the very products it wanted to fight against?
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‘Take Back the States’: The Far-Right Sheriffs Ready to Disrupt the Election
Constitutional Sheriffs are duly elected lawmen who believe they answer only to god. They’ve spent the last six months preparing to stop a “stolen” election—by any means necessary.