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May ‘AI’ Take Your Order? McDonald’s Says Not Yet
McDonald’s is ending a two-year-old partnership with IBM to test AI’s ability to replace drive-thru workers at more than 100 restaurants, according to Restaurant Business. The world’s largest fast-food company is reportedly pulling the technology later in July. However, McDonald’s tells the trade publication this experiment with IBM has “given us the confidence that a…
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Open-Source Cybersecurity Is a Ticking Time Bomb
In March, a software bug threatened to derail large swaths of the web. XZ utils, an open-source compression tool embedded in myriad software products and operating systems, was found to have been implanted with a backdoor. The backdoor—a surreptitious entry point into the software—would have allowed a person with the requisite code to hijack the…
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Elon Musk’s X Will Give Blue Checks to Anyone, Even Terrorist Leaders
Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform.
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Elon Musk Endorses Tweet Saying Students at Black Colleges Have Low IQs
Elon Musk endorsed a tweet Tuesday that suggested graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have IQs approaching “borderline intellectual impairment.” This isn’t the first time the billionaire celebrated blatant bigotry on his platform in recent months. In November, Musk promoted a tweet that said Jews push “hatred against whites.” This example deals with…