Promises to unify and work together to rebuild a wide swath of the Los Angeles region after January’s fires have given way to a far messier reality.
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Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about the least
The technology is always on call and is quite competent. But it lacks the contemplation and attention to detail that yield great works of art.
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American workers are skeptical AI will help them on the job
A new study finds few Americans are using AI at work and that they’re pessimistic about the technology on the job.
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What’s the down side of using algorithms to sell products and brands
Research on artificial intelligence in marketing overwhelmingly neglects its potential negative consequences, a new study finds.
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AI misunderstands some people’s words more than others
Speaking with an AI bot can be amusing and even helpful — if it understands you. How well AIs do that is a matter of whose speech they’ve been trained on.
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AIs flunk language test that takes grammar out of the equation
Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.
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DEI is not the villain that Trump declares it to be
Their primary goal of DEI programs is to insure that workers comply with anti-discrimination laws, Elliott Epstein writes
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Harry Stewart Jr., decorated Tuskegee Airmen combat pilot, flew 43 missions over Europe
The World War II fighter pilot could not find work as a commercial pilot because of discriminatory practices.
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A young, Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s; but an older colleague took the credit
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease.
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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, auction houses and art galleries. She was also a Black woman who passed as white.