Technology

The idea that boundless customization is the way of the future misunderstands the relationship between creator and audience and the negotiation that goes on between the two. Above, Laura Marano as Cami and Jordi Webber as Jack in Choose Love.

Arts

This romcom lets you pick the ending — that doesn't make it good

7:00am September 02, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Turns out multiple choice options work better for SATs than for storytelling. Netflix's Choose Love makes the case against AI writing — ordering a movie like a pizza doesn't make for good movies.

World News

This French app aims to fight sexual harassment on beaches

5:56pm August 31, 2023

by Rebecca Rosman

Women who are subject to unwanted attention and harassment on the beaches of southern France this summer are experimenting with a new app which summons police.

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Everyone can be an elephant in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Arts

'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' makers explain new gameplay — and the elephant in the room

2:53pm August 31, 2023

Nintendo's first new side-scrolling Mario game in a decade features Dark Souls-style phantoms, trippy flowers, and a pachyderm power-up that had the internet trumpeting.

Explore hundreds of planets, battle pirates, and make a galactic name for yourself in Starfield.

Arts

Bethesda's 'Starfield' is a fabulous playable space opera with a forgettable story

12:10pm August 31, 2023

by Swapna Krishna

In the massively-anticipated game Starfield, space exploration is its own reward. Good thing too, because the slow storyline isn't the star of the show.

World News

Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets in harshest verdict yet for online critics

12:07pm August 31, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.

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The drone uses a mix of artificial intelligence and more conventional programming to fly through a race course.

Science

An AI quadcopter has beaten human champions at drone racing

6:04pm August 30, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

The achievement marks the first time an artificial intelligence system has been able to regularly beat humans in a real-world competition and could lead to better drones in the future.

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Facebook's parent company, Meta, says operations linked to China and Russia used fake accounts across social media sites to spread messages

Politics & Government

Meta says Chinese, Russian influence operations are among the biggest it's taken down

6:28pm August 29, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Facebook's parent company says both operations used fake accounts across social media sites to promote Chinese and Russian interests

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National

Anonymous protesters immobilize driverless cars using traffic cones

10:34am August 29, 2023

by Dara Kerr

Self-driving cars are everywhere in San Francisco. An anonymous group is surreptitiously placing orange traffic cones on the driverless cars, confusing their sensors and rendering them inoperable.

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Politics & Government

AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that

8:59am August 28, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

The White House is concerned AI can perpetuate discrimination. It helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention to figure out flaws. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 26, 2023.)

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Marvin Jones (left) and Rose Washington-Jones (center), from Tulsa, Okla., took part in the AI red-teaming challenge at Def Con earlier this month with Black Tech Street.

Politics & Government

AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that

5:00am August 26, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

The White House is concerned that AI can perpetuate discrimination. So they helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas to help figure out some of the flaws.