Rock Paper Shotgun

Valve explain why using PayPal for Steam purchases isn't currently an option in a whole bunch of countries

Update: Valve have confirmed to RPS that this withdrawal of support for Steam transactions by one of PayPal's acquiring banks "is regarding content on Steam, related to what we’ve previously commented ...
Reuters

Alibaba, Baidu begin using own chips to train AI models, The Information reports

Sept 11 (Reuters) - China's Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tab and Baidu (9888.HK), opens new tab have started using internally designed chips to train their AI models, partly replacing those made by ...
Forbes

How Starbucks Is Using Data And AI To Deliver Joy And Connection To Its Customers

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Randy Bean is a noted Senior Advisor, Author, Speaker, Founder, & CEO. How does a venerable American brand known for creating the ...
CNN

Analysis: Our democracy depends on using words, not weapons, to resolve differences

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Mother Jones

Pardoned Insurrectionists Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Call for Civil War

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But it’s not just random individuals circulating such violent fantasies—leaders of ...
Engadget

Reddit, Yahoo, Medium and more are adopting a new licensing standard to get compensated for AI scraping

With web publishers in crisis, a new open standard lets them set the ground rules for AI scrapers. (Or, at least it will try.) The new Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard creates terms that ...
Newsweek

RFK Jr. Mandates HHS to Start Using ChatGPT

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) instructed all employees to use ChatGPT in a Tuesday email titled "AI Deployment," according to recent reports from FedScoop and 404 Media. ChatGPT ...
The Conversation

Seven health conditions that show why using your phone on the toilet is a bad idea

Adam Taylor does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Verge

The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up

Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are just some of the major brands on board with the RSL Standard. Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are just some of the major brands on board with the RSL Standard.
Ars Technica

Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.

Leading Internet companies and publishers—including Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, Medium, The Daily Beast, Fastly, and more—think there may finally be a solution to end AI crawlers hammering websites to ...
Nature

Using biobanks to boost research: a how-to guide

Jyoti Madhusoodanan is a science writer in Portland, Oregon. Rafaella Rogatto De Faria was nearing the end of her PhD when her adviser proposed a fresh project. The idea was to analyse genetic, ...