In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides
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Insurance companies have long blamed private-equity-owned hospitals and physician groups for exorbitant billing that drives up health care costs. But a tool backed by...
What to Know About Tech Companies Using A.I. to Teach Their Own A.I.
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OpenAI, Google and other tech companies train their chatbots with huge amounts of data culled from books, Wikipedia articles, news stories and other sources...
Is A.I. Already Taking Jobs? +A Filmmaker Tries Sora + The XZ Backdoor Caper
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Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThis week we look at how A.I. is affecting jobs. As companies start...
Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?
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The internet, as anyone who works deep in its trenches will tell you, is not a smooth, well-oiled machine.It’s a messy patchwork that has...
Fisker’s Ocean SUV investigated for doors that won’t open
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a third investigation into EV startup Fisker’s Ocean SUV, this time centered on problems getting the...
Tesla’s Sales Fell in First Quarter as Competition Intensified
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Tesla, which has been accustomed to brisk growth, reported a drop in car sales during the first three months of the year as models...
China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms
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Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President...
Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify?
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These days, the song brings in about $1,200 per month, enough to pay his rent, Casey told me, with what sounded like a Lebowskian...
Is Garry Tan San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer?
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But Mr. Tan’s passion, as it is for a growing number of tech industry leaders, is San Francisco politics. He is one of a...
A.I.’s Messy Moment + Listeners Respond to Jonathan Haidt + Shrimp Jesus
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Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThis week, we look at a mess of corporate drama in artificial intelligence....
