Technology
How plagiarism-detection programs became an unlikely political weapon
The plagiarism accusations first struck Claudine Gay when a right-wing activist published several examples of unattributed text from the Harvard president’s academic writings. Though insufficient attribution wasn’t the only...
Brian Eno on AI (he’s a fan) and the Sundance documentary that bears his name
Part practical problem-solver and part esoteric theoretician, Brian Eno has been involved as a musician and producer on some of the most influential music of the past 50 years,...
Brian Eno on AI (he’s a fan) and the Sundance documentary that bears his name
Part practical problem-solver and part esoteric theoretician, Brian Eno has been involved as a musician and producer on some of the most influential music of the past 50 years,...
Column: The George Carlin auto-generated comedy special is everything that’s wrong with AI right now
I knew it was going to be bad. By the time I sat down to watch the thing, much of the internet was already furious that a “state-of-the-art-entertainment AI”...
Internet trolls flooded UC Irvine chat groups with gore. Then students mounted a counterattack
At the start of a new quarter, many UC Irvine students join communities on the instant messaging platform Discord to swap notes, chat about local restaurants and form interest...
Meet the Netflix executive responsible for your recommendations
LOS GATOS, Calif. — There’s no red carpet for people who make sure Netflix provides an appealing user experience; no Emmy or Oscar for an app that gives you...
All is lost in San Francisco? City loyalists take issue with naysayers. Data may back them up
SAN FRANCISCO — Far from the palm trees of Miami or Austin’s taco trucks, Catalin Voss has headquartered his literacy start-up between a cannabis club and pawn shop in the...
Opinion: I bought a flip phone and tried to get by without my smartphone. Here’s how that went
About three months ago, I bought a flip phone and turned off my smartphone for good.I am part of a trend — interest in old-fashioned flip phones is up...
