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Amid a mental health crisis, Talkspace pledged to expand young people’s access to therapy. Company data shows few were served while the tech platform raked in millions.
An examination of SEC filings and defense deals ties Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. to AI-powered drone manufacturer XTEND.
Spinning in circles and crying for help, Moxi robots became another charge to care for, nurses said.
Promising productivity, HotSOS Housekeeping tells workers when and where to clean and is now used by most global hotel brands.
A police technology CEO said at least 50% of a police department’s workload can be automated. One local sergeant found the idea “absurd.”
Companies use AI tools to vet applications, but job seekers say they have little insight into how the tech works. A lawsuit could offer a glimpse.
An examination of SEC filings and defense deals ties Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. to AI-powered drone manufacturer XTEND.
AI is changing the business of entertainment. The actors union is fighting back.
As one of the nation’s largest health systems embraces AI scribes, some Kaiser Permanente therapists say the technology is a Trojan horse for potentially higher caseloads and privacy risks.
You may have come across ambient scribes in your doctor’s office. But what about on the therapist’s couch? As one of the nation’s largest health systems embraces AI scribes, some Kaiser Permanente therapists say the technology is a Trojan horse for potentially higher caseloads and privacy risks.
Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.
Despite employee concerns, management encouraged massive scraping of copyrighted content, documents show
Creators claim their videos were used without their knowledge
We built a tool to reveal the channels used by AI giants
If you ask Google’s AI chatbot, Gemini, about voter fraud in English, it starts off by correctly telling you that such fraud is “incredibly rare,” and gives you a list of topics that are “more productive to consider,” like voter suppression. But if you ask the same question in
A survey by Proof News shows that many AI voice cloning services don’t require any proof of a human’s consent — just a simple click of an “I agree” button
AI models continue to provide inaccurate and misleading responses to voter queries
Amid a mental health crisis, Talkspace pledged to expand young people’s access to therapy. Company data shows few were served while the tech platform raked in millions.
Knightscope and other robotics companies are rethinking automated security amid canceled contracts. One pivot? Human guards.
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Hello world, AI hasn’t taken Elsa Roldan’s job as a hotel housekeeper. But it has taken some of her autonomy. Roldan began working as a hotel housekeeper nearly two decades ago, using a clipboard to track her room-to-room progress. But a few years ago, she began
Proof News presented examples of debunked election misinformation to five leading consumer facing AI products.
The social media monitoring tool, which has been used to track misinformation, is set to disappear as elections take place worldwide
Google’s new “AI Overview” feature reveals the flawed underbelly of AI
A conversation with AI policy executive Irene Solaiman
It’s often hard to tell which version of an AI model you’re using — and what, if any, safety settings are in place
