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  Kept in the Dark

  The 74 - Mark Keierleber

  Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden Schools have faced an onslaught of cyberattacks since the pandemic disrupted …

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  Should We Be Worried About DeepSeek?

  

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  The meteoric rise of China's new AI chatbot has been described as an extinction level event for venture capitalists after half a trillion dollars were knocked off Nvidia's market cap. DeepSeek claims its open-source AI model, R1, can outpace ChatGPT, leading Silicon Valley to question AI's over $100 million dollar price tag, when China can produce models at a fraction of the cost. Here's why everyone's freaking out about DeepSeek, what safety concerns to consider and the state of the AI race.

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  Children on Social Media

  

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  With the adoption of new features, moderation rules and sometimes new captains at the helm, online platforms are becoming an unpredictable and ever-changing environment. So, how do we protect the vulnerable and impressionable minds of children when navigating these spaces? Australia and Florida have imposed a social media ban for under 16s, but can sites effectively block minors from making accounts? Read about the current bans, what teens think about them and how to keep minors safe online.

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  TikTok Ban Looms

  

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  Could the end be near? The popular Chinese-owned video sharing app, used by over a third of Americans, has until Jan. 19 to divest its U.S. operations or face a ban unless the Supreme Court steps in. TikTok's parent company ByteDance has so far refused to sell its share of the platform, leaving 170 million American users scrambling to find an alternative. Explore the apps that could replace your TikTok obsession and learn more about how it will impact content creators and small businesses.

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  The next place you'll find Starlink tech isn't a war zone — it's your airplane seat

  theweek.com - Justin Klawans, The Week US

  SpaceX's Starlink is most recognizable for its use in war — most notably by the Ukrainian forces in their fight against Russia — but the satellite …

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  Inside Google’s 7-Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body

  WIRED - Hans Peter Brondmo

  As the head of Alphabet’s AI-powered robotics moonshot, I came to believe many things. For one, robots can’t come soon enough. For another, they …

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  Anthropic chief product officer Mike Krieger on what AI chatbots of the future will look like

  The Verge - Nilay Patel

  Anthropic’s new chief product officer on the promise and limits of chatbots like Claude and what’s next for generative AI. Today, I’m talking with Mike Krieger, the new chief product officer at Anthropic, one of the hottest AI companies in the industry. Anthropic was started in 2021 by former OpenAI …