Tag: Tech
A Startup CEO Said His Abandoned Plan To Use An AI-Powered “Robot Lawyer” Made Him Some “Powerful Enemies”
Joshua Browder, the startup CEO who wanted to use an artificial intelligence–powered “robot lawyer” to help a defendant fight a traffic ticket in court, has revealed that he is dropping the plan after being threatened with jail time. Browder runs DoNotPay, a San Francisco–based DIY legal services startup created to…
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Vloggers Hank And John Green Just Launched A Program That Lets You Earn College Credit From YouTube Courses
Hank Green and his brother, John, the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and other young adult novels, have posted endless hours of educational content on their Vlogbrothers YouTube channel, which has more than 3.5 million subscribers. Now they’re expanding their mission: Yesterday, the Green brothers announced a…
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People Think This “Trad Life” Carnivore Influencer Is Secretly A Woman. He Isn’t.
As to whether he sees it as a contradiction in having a woman working for him when he advocates for women to stay home, have children, and homeschool: He does not. “It’s not a contradiction at all,” he wrote. “I speak more about family vs not having a family, finding…
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This Carnivore Influencer Who Tweets About Breast Milk Ice Cream Isn’t Secretly A Woman
As to whether he sees it as a contradiction in having a woman working for him when he advocates for women to stay home, have children, and homeschool: He does not. “It’s not a contradiction at all,” he wrote. “I speak more about family vs not having a family, finding…
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Meet Three People Whose Lives Literally Were Saved By Twitter
One evening in May 2010, then-20-year-old musician Chris Sheeran went to band practice before watching the newly released remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street at the theater. Then he went to bed in the Allentown, Pennsylvania, apartment he shared with his father, his father’s girlfriend, and his then-10-year-old brother. …
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Meet The Three Artists Behind A Landmark Lawsuit Against AI Art Generators
The suit claims that Stable Diffusion was trained on billions of images scraped from the internet without consent, including images owned by this trio of artists. If products and services powered by generative AI products are allowed to operate, a press release by Saveri says, “the foreseeable result is that…
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