How Internet’s Efforts to Be More Friendly to Visually Impaired Users Aren’t Working
NASA has released the second set of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing galaxies, planets and stars in unprecedented detail.
The new pictures include a startling study of the atmosphere of a gas giant planet 1,000 light-years from Earth, known as WASP-96 b, a dying star hurled out of its inner layers. its exterior, and an exquisite look at Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five galaxies about 300 million light-years from Earth. Check them out here.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan
The advancement of AI is not the same as the creation of human intelligence in machines
The term “artificial intelligence” actually has two meanings. AI refers to both the basic scientific task of building human intelligence into computers and the work of modeling large amounts of data. The two endeavors are very different, both in their ambitions and in the level of progress they have made in recent years.
Much of today’s rapid advancement is in data-centric AI, and we had an impressive list of people entering the field in this year’s MIT Technology Review. 35 Innovators Under 35 years old. Read more about their work and what it takes to help them succeed this essay by Oren Etzioni, Executive Director of the Allen Institute for AI.
This essay is part of the MIT Technology Review’s 2022 Innovators under 35 years old The package recognizes the most promising young people working in today’s technology sector. See the full list here.
Things to read
I scoured the internet to find you today’s most interesting/important/scary/fascinating stories about tech.
1 Twitter is suing Elon Musk
The company said it was “bending back” to provide him with the data he requested. (WSJ $)
+ It also claims a lot of the data he asks for is essentially useless. (NY Mag)
The lawsuit will be heard in Delaware, where many corporate judgments are made. (NYT $)
+ Take a look back at some of Twitter’s wildest moments. (Guardians)
Twitter “interested” is Donald Trump’s favorite platform, a former employee told the committee Jan. (WP $)
2 Internet not working for visually impaired users
Instead, tweaks to sites designed to help often get in the way. (NYT $)
3 Sri Lanka Has Warned Citizens Not To Use Cryptocurrency Amid Its Political Chaos
Bad news for Sri Lankans who invested in cryptocurrencies after their local currency depreciated. (TechCrunch)
+ Cryptocurrency companies are leaning towards litigation. (Protocol)
+ Actor Seth Green is reported to have lost valuable NFTs as part of a multi-million dollar scam. (Motherboard)
+ Snap is testing adding NFTs to its platform. (FT $)
4 Conscious experience remains one of AI’s biggest obstacles
Mainly because some experts say it is unique to humans. (Cnet)
+ What the mind of an octopus can teach us about the ultimate mystery of AI. (MIT Technology Review)
5 How Trump’s tweets came back to bite him
His message encouraging followers to join his rally was given as key evidence to the January 6 committee. (Atlantic $)
+ Trump aides repeatedly told him he was wrong, but he continued anyway. (Wired $)
+ The 76-year-old remains the lead for the 2024 Republican nomination. (New Yorkers $)
6 Chinese employers are live streaming vacancies to desperate job seekers
Millions of people are watching in the hope of getting a new job. (SCMP)
+ China wants to control how its famous streamers act, speak and even dress. (MIT Technology Review)
India’s 7 rural workers are being punished by a glitched government app
It usually doesn’t work in poorly connected areas and crashes frequently. (The rest of the world)
+ Villagers fight to survive deadly heat wave in India. (MIT Technology Review)
8 Sensor-equipped sea turtles become useful tornado trackers
And provide valuable insight into the changing structure of the ocean. (Hakai Magazine)
9 A drone flew 26 days in the air
The Airbus plane broke its own record in the process. (BBC)
10 Complimenting 80s Video Game Collections
They don’t make them like they used to be. (Guardians)
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