{"id":625050,"date":"2023-04-03T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/03\/the-download-a-bitter-campus-privacy-row-and-ai-powered-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:49:27","slug":"the-download-a-bitter-campus-privacy-row-and-ai-powered-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/03\/the-download-a-bitter-campus-privacy-row-and-ai-powered-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: a bitter campus privacy row, and AI-powered lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is today’s edition of\u00a0The Download<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

Inside the bitter campus privacy battle over smart building sensors<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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When computer science students and faculty at Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Institute for Software Research returned to campus in the summer of 2020, there was a lot to adjust to.<\/p>\n

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The department had moved into a brand-new building, complete with experimental super-sensing devices called Mites. Embedded in more than 300 locations throughout the building, these light-switch-size devices measure 12 types of data\u2014including motion and sound.<\/p>\n

The Mites had been installed as part of a research project on smart buildings, and was quickly met with resistance from students and faculty who felt the devices would subject them to experimental surveillance without their consent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The conflict has deteriorated into a bitter dispute, complete with accusations of bullying, vandalism, misinformation, and workplace retaliation. Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Eileen Guo & Tate Ryan-Mosley<\/em><\/p>\n

AI might not steal your job, but it could change it<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advances in artificial intelligence tend to be followed by anxieties around jobs. This latest wave of AI models, like ChatGPT and GPT-4, is no different. First we had the launch of the systems. Now we\u2019re seeing the predictions of automation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take lawyers: the antiquated, slow-moving legal industry has been a candidate for technological disruption for some time. The industry\u2019s labor shortage and need to deal with reams of complex documents, a technology that can quickly understand and summarize texts could be immensely useful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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So how should we think about the impact these AI models might have on the legal industry? Tate Ryan-Mosley, our senior tech policy reporter, spoke to the experts. She found as much cause for optimism as for concern. Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tate\u2019s story is from The Technocrat, her weekly newsletter covering politics and power in Silicon Valley. <\/strong>Sign up<\/strong><\/a> to receive it in your inbox every Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

1 Twitter Blue is a complete mess<\/strong>
Elon Musk has revoked the New York Times\u2019 verified badge after the newspaper refused to pay up. (WP<\/a> $)
+ No one wants to pay $8 a month for something that was previously free<\/em>. (Bloomberg<\/a> $)
+ A feed of paid-for accounts isn\u2019t exactly alluring. <\/em>(Vox<\/a>)
+ We\u2019re witnessing the brain death of Twitter. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2 The US seems to be using the spyware it tried to ban<\/strong>
The government blacklisted NSO years ago, but appears to have an active contract with the company. (NYT<\/a> $)
+ Inside NSO, Israel\u2019s billion-dollar spyware giant. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3 China has urged Japan not to back US chip restrictions<\/strong>
It accused the US of deploying \u201cbullying tactics\u201d to suppress overseas chip sectors. (CNBC<\/a>)
+ Chinese chips will keep powering your everyday life. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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4 A US TikTok ban would reverberate across the world
<\/strong>Creators from further afield would suffer too. (Rest of World<\/a>)
+ Can Lemon8 dodge a potential ban too? <\/em>(WP<\/a> $)
+ Social media is eating itself. <\/em>(Slate<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

5 UK banks don\u2019t want to deal with crypto firms<\/strong>
That doesn\u2019t bode well for the UK\u2019s ambitions to become a crypto hub. (Bloomberg<\/a> $)
+ Hong Kong, meanwhile, is welcoming crypto firms again. <\/em>(TechCrunch<\/a>)
+ Things aren\u2019t looking too rosy for exchange Binance right now. <\/em>(The Guardian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6 Neuralink is facing an uphill struggle
<\/strong>Things are going from bad to worse for Elon Musk\u2019s neurotech firm. (IEEE Spectrum<\/a>)<\/strong>
+ Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink is neuroscience theater. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

7 Paris has turned its back on e-scooters<\/strong>
One of the world\u2019s first rental scooter testbeds has become the first to ban them. (WSJ<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

8 What viral lies cost us
<\/strong>We shouldn\u2019t allow a good story to get in the way of the truth. (Wired<\/a> $)
+ Why Generation Z falls for online misinformation. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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9 Taylor Swift\u2019s fans are making AI versions of her<\/strong>
It\u2019s the inevitable next frontier for dedicated stans. (The Atlantic<\/a> $)
+ What generative AI can\u2014and can\u2019t\u2014do. <\/em>(The Guardian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

10 Streaming profiles can help bereaved people to process grief<\/strong>
They\u2019re finding solace in what their loved ones enjoyed watching. (Fast Company<\/a> $)
+ When my dad was sick, I started Googling grief. Then I couldn\u2019t escape it.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cIn some ways, I feel like we took a souped-up Civic and kind of put it in a race with more powerful cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Google CEO Sundar Pichai admits the company\u2019s chatbot Bard is up against stiff competition to the New York Times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The big story<\/strong><\/p>\n

I taught myself to lucid dream. You can too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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August 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucid dreaming isn\u2019t easy to describe, but at its core, it means being conscious of the dream state\u2014allowing you to play a more active role.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some lucid dreams are like blank canvases where you can imagine a wild new environment and make it up as you go along. Others allowed people to process stressful situations like public speaking, or losing a loved one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A small but growing number of scientists hope to learn more about how lucid dreaming works, and whether the average person can be taught how to do it regularly. And they\u2019ve pinpointed some tricks to help spark lucid dreams along the way. Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Neel V. Patel<\/em><\/p>\n

We can still have nice things<\/strong><\/p>\n

A place for comfort, fun and distraction in these weird times. (Got any ideas? <\/em>Drop me a line<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>tweet ’em at me<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

+ Every now and then, the movie adaptation<\/a> really is better than the book.
+ It\u2019s high time to revise what we thought we knew about Odin<\/a>.
+ Boygenius, Everything But the Girl, and Feist? This spring\u2019s soundtrack<\/a> is truly incredible.
+ It\u2019sa me\u2014squeaky clean Mario<\/a>!
+ No one else has a voice<\/a> quite like you, and that\u2019s pretty cool.<\/svg> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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