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Poetry was humanity’s first language technology. AI is the next

Sasha Stiles turned GPT-2 experiments into a self-writing poem at a Museum of Modern Art installation—and a new way to think about text-generating AI optimization ...

Why is AI so bad at reading PDFs?

You just had to get lucky and hope that the document ID that you were looking at contains what you’re looking for,” said Igel ...

Content scoring tools work, but only for the first gate in Google’s pipeline

Google’s first-stage retrieval still runs on word matching, not AI magic. Here’s how to use content scoring tools accordingly ...

Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files

The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.

I replaced Google Docs with a faster alternative after 13 years

Google Docs isn't what it once was ...

I tested Google Docs' new AI audio summaries, and they're a massive time-saver

I tested Google Docs' new AI audio summaries, and they're a massive time-saver ...

History of mixed-race children orphaned in Germany after WWII inspires new novel by Sadeqa Johnson

NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with Sadeqa Johnson about her new novel THE KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN and discovering the story of mixed-race children who were left in German orphanages following World War II.