The recent tsunami of tech layoffs could leave a wave of union organizing in its wake. That’s according to Skylar Hinnant, a senior QA tester at Microsoft’s ZeniMax, who supported a successful union campaign at the gaming unit of the software giant… Within tech companies, roles such as quality assurance Read more…
“Kairan Quazi will probably need someone to drive him to work at SpaceX,” writes the Los Angeles Times — because “He’s only 14.” The teen is scheduled to graduate this month from the Santa Clara University School of Engineering before starting a job as a software engineer at the satellite Read more…
Despite the potential for vast productivity gains from generative AI tools such as ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot, will technology professionals’ jobs actually grow more complicated? People can now pump out code on demand in an abundance of languages, from Java to Python, along with helpful recommendations. Already, 95% of developers Read more…
CNN summarizes the issue. “A recent advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says there’s not enough evidence to determine whether social media is safe enough for children and adolescents when it comes to their mental health.” (Although a CNN news anchor points out that “Nearly all of the Read more…
The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St. Paul’s church in the Bavarian town of Fuerth to rise from the pews and praise the Lord. The ChatGPT chatbot, personified by an avatar of a bearded Black man on a huge screen above the altar, then began Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of Alphabet’s Waymo autonomous cars has killed a pet dog. TechCrunch spotted the public report of the incident, which says one of the Waymo Jaguar I-Pace cars ran over a dog in San Francisco while in autonomous mode with a Read more…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to employees on Thursday that will see it put generative AI text, image and video generators into its flagship products, such as Facebook and Instagram. At an all-hands meeting with workers on Thursday, Zuckerberg announced a range of technologies at various stages of Read more…