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Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment
The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implicat...
It was a classic rap beef. Then Drake revived Tupac with AI and Congress got involved
AI can conjure the voice or likeness of a dead celebrity with just a few clicks. This opens a host of legal questions about the rights of the deceased and their heirs to control their digital rep...
Artificial intelligence may help to make the VA claims filing process easier
Stanford students on a hackathon team have created an AI tool designed to help veterans apply for disability benefits. Can their tool beat the Department of Veteran Affairs' notorious red tape?
AI-generated spam is starting to fill social media. Here's why
A Jesus made of vegetables, bizarre log cabins, products that don't exist. AI-generated images are creating new forms of clickbait and causing some users to doubt what's real.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251072726/ai-spam-images-facebook-linkedin-threads-meta
With 'bleisure' and fewer workers, the American hotel is in recovery
A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1250205737/hotel-industry-recovery-pandemic-bleisure
AI gets scientists one step closer to mapping the organized chaos in our cells
As artificial intelligence seeps into some realms of society, it rushes into others. One area it's making a big difference is protein science — as in the "building blocks of life," proteins! Pr...
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1198909978/ai-science-cells-proteins-google-deepmind-alphafold3
People are creating deepfakes of their dead relatives
Companies in China are using deepfake technology to create avatars of dead relatives and loved ones. Does the technology help or hurt the grieving process?
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/12/1250835619/deepfakes-for-the-dead
5 takeaways from NPR's reporting on the purported Matamoros flyer
Here's a summary of NPR's reporting about a purported flyer that was found in a portable toilet at a migrant encampment in Matamoros, Mexico that urged migrants to vote illegally for President Bi...
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1250585392/takeaways-migration-biden-flyer-matamoros
The huge solar storm is keeping power grid and satellite operators on edge
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there have been measurable effects and impacts from the biggest geomagnetic storm in decades.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1250515730/solar-storm-geomagnetic-g4
Yes, Apple's new iPad ad is ugly and crushing, but art can't be flattened
The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point.