The Download: autocorrect’s surprising origins, and how to pre-bunk electoral misinformation
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The quest to type Chinese on a QWERTY keyboard created autocomplete
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Noise-canceling headphones use AI to let a single voice through
Modern life is noisy. If you don’t like it, noise-canceling headphones can reduce the sounds…
That viral video showing a head transplant is a fake. But it might be real someday.
An animated video posted this week has a voice-over that sounds like a late-night TV…
Splashy breakthroughs are exciting, but people with spinal cord injuries need more
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The Download: head transplants, and filtering sounds with AI
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Meta says AI-generated election content is not happening at a “systemic level”
Meta has seen strikingly little AI-generated misinformation around the 2024 elections despite major votes in…
AI is an energy hog. This is what it means for climate change.
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The Download: Nick Clegg on electoral misinformation, and AI’s carbon footprint
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OpenAI’s latest blunder shows the challenges facing Chinese AI models
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