Technology

The USS Enterprise, of 'Star Trek' fame, is now available for virtual tours

5:47am May 09, 2023

The ship has been brought to life through a web portal. It explores its different versions throughout time using a 365-degree, 3D model. The models don't include characters, it's just about the ship.

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Elon Musk speaking to journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at a conference in 2016. Musk's lawyers recently tried to argue in court that comments he made at that event could have been altered.

People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused

4:12pm May 08, 2023

by Shannon Bond

The unleashing of powerful, generative AI on the public is raising concerns that as the technology becomes more prevalent, it will become easier to claim that anything is fake.

Books
Arts

In BuzzFeed fashion, 5 takeaways from Ben Smith's 'Traffic'

8:00am May 07, 2023

by Teresa Xie

In his new book, the former editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News lands on his promise to chronicle the rise of digital media through the story of a snowballing, head-to-head competition.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

6:44am May 04, 2023

Ukraine denies involvement in a drone strike on the Kremlin. The two warring factions in Sudan agree to a seven-day cease-fire. The White House will announce new policies on artificial intelligence.

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Artificial Intelligence comes with risks. How can companies develop AI responsibly?

5:01am May 04, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to Ifeoma Ajunwa, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about how AI can be developed responsibly, and if it should be regulated.

AI apps are being used to help people connect on dating apps

5:03am May 03, 2023

Artificial intelligence is helping people with the hardest parts of dating. New apps can create dating profiles to help someone find the perfect match.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk speaks at the "Twitter 2.0: From Conversations to Partnerships," marketing conference in Miami Beach, Florida, in April.

Elon Musk threatens to re-assign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company'

12:56am May 03, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Musk, who has been scuffling with the media since acquiring the platform last year, asked if NPR was going to start tweeting again.

This company adopted AI. Here's what happened to its human workers

7:42am May 02, 2023

by Greg Rosalsky

A group of economists conducted one of the first empirical studies of "generative AI" at a real-world company. They found it had big effects.

AI could help reduce military suicides, nonprofit hopes

4:26pm May 01, 2023

by Jay Price

A new project by a North Carolina non-profit group is using artificial intelligence to better understand – and maybe reduce – military suicide.

This was the world's first web page. Thirty years ago, the World Wide Web entered the public domain.

30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world

3:13pm May 01, 2023

by Julian Ring

On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web was released into the public domain. It revolutionized the internet and allowed users to create websites filled with graphics, audio and hyperlinks.

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