Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what makes them smarter: the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online. A new study published Thursday by research group Epoch AI shows that tech companies will exhaust the supply of publicly available training data for AI language models by the … Read more
Claim: Genetic testing company 23andMe sold user data to the Chinese government. Judgement: Rating: Originated as Satire In May 2024, a rumor spread that genetic testing company 23andMe – which provides information about ancestry and health variants using a sample of saliva – was selling user data to the Chinese government. The claim was found … Read more
Kenyan Belinda Adhiambo had to have her leg amputated when she was three years old after an accident and she still suffers from phantom limb pain. But in her hometown of Kibera, a large impoverished neighborhood in Nairobi, paying for a doctor can mean missing a meal. “Most of these insurance coverages do not cover … Read more