Why it matters: Concerns about powerful AI systems are on the rise. Mr. Altman appeared before Congress on May 16 to implore lawmakers to regulate… Read More »AI needs an international watchdog, say OpenAI leaders
‘Transforming Spaces’ is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Geena Davis and her family were returning from a dinner party in… Read More »How Geena Davis continues to tackle gender bias in Hollywood
Lazard announced Friday that Peter Orszag, who leads the financial advisory business, will succeed Ken Jacobs as CEO of the company on October 1. Mr.… Read More »Lazard appoints Peter Orszag to succeed Ken Jacobs as CEO
Enlarge / A cocoa pod, this one grown in Asia. Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast earn less than a dollar a day. And… Read More »Your chocolate comes with a side dish of deforestation
In early February, federal prosecutors in Utah accused Zachary Bassett and Mason Warr of defrauding the US government of millions of dollars. The accounting firm… Read More »How the Employee Retention Tax Credit Became a Magnet for Fraud
In August 2021, TikTok received a complaint from a UK user, who indicated that a man had “exposed himself and played with himself” in a… Read More »Inside How TikTok Shares User Data
Senator Mitch McConnell had a message for Americans increasingly concerned that the economy will collapse if the federal debt ceiling is not raised: just chill.… Read More »Time is running out for Congress to raise the debt ceiling
Enlarge / A tall COVID patient sits with her daughter in her wheelchair as she receives a saline solution at her Maryland home on Friday,… Read More »Study narrows down 200+ symptoms of COVID to core list of 12
In the years to come, Mr. Stillwell, Delta Apparel plans to open as many as 20 new Salt Life stores across the country in Georgia,… Read More »From Jacksonville, Florida, Salt Life comes to a beach near you
Mary Turner Pattiz, who as Mary Turner was a silky-smooth-voiced disc jockey at KMET, the album-oriented rock station that soundtracked Southern California in the 1970s… Read More »Mary Turner Pattiz, rock DJ during FM’s heyday, dies at 76
European legislators are finalizing an AI law. The Biden administration and leaders in Congress have their plans to rein in artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, the… Read More »New York City is moving to regulate how AI is used in recruiting
The great Netflix password investigation has begun. The streaming giant sent out an email on Tuesday to US members who share their accounts with people… Read More »Netflix is starting to work hard on password sharing
Enlarge / HP sometimes blocks third-party ink and toner that are more than 90 percent full, the Imaging Technology Council claims. HP printers have historically… Read More »HP printers must have EPEAT eco-labels revoked, trade group demands
When more than 11,000 film and television writers in the Writers Guild of America union went on strike this month, they called for deteriorating working… Read More »Has ‘Gig Work’ become a dirty word?
Reid Hoffman, billionaire, entrepreneur and venture capital investor, is concerned about artificial intelligence, but not because of the doomsday scenarios making headlines. Instead, he worries… Read More »Reid Hoffman extols the virtues of AI
