Feb 5, 2024

AI-tested, artist-approved poisoning tools

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Glaze and Nightshade help artists protect their work from unauthorized AI data scraping.

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Job-fillers navigate a shifting employment landscape

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Feb 5, 2024

Recruiters enjoyed a pandemic recovery boom as employers sought staff. Now, economic uncertainty is making companies cautious.

The staffing industry hopes for a strong year ahead after a sluggish second half of 2023. Above, a recruiter speaks to job seekers at a job fair.

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Some colleges are bringing back the SAT and ACT requirement

by Stephanie Hughes

Feb 5, 2024

Dartmouth announced that it would once again require the test scores as part of applications after suspending their use in 2020.

ACT's annual revenue dropped from $302 million in 2019 to $241 million in 2020.

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The "poison pill" that protects artists' work from AI scraping

by Sarah Leeson and Kai Ryssdal

Feb 5, 2024

"Everything is at stake," says Ben Zhao of the University of Chicago, who leads the development of two tools that support human creativity.

The goal of Nightshade "is to raise the price for unauthorized training on scraped data," says Ben Zhao at the University of Chicago.

Courtesy the Glaze Project

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Where is the hypercompetitive streaming business headed?

by Savannah Peters

Feb 5, 2024

Consumers want easy access to their favorite shows at a fair price. But that's no longer a reality in the saturated streaming sector.

Streamers are having a hard time turning a profit and viewers are having a hard time with the value proposition streamers are offering.

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Apple's new app store rules for EU are "complicated by design"

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Feb 5, 2024

Apple's App Store has been a crown jewel for the company.

Apple's guidelines for third party app stores and payment systems in Europe are complicated by design, says analyst Eric Seufert.

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Space industry pollution above could have serious consequences for the environment below

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

Feb 5, 2024

Damage to the ozone layer could raise the risk of skin cancer, cataracts and immune disorders, says science reporter Shannon Hall.

Decommissioned satellites are designed to burn up in Earth's atmosphere, but they leave behind pollutants in their wake.

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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sarah Leeson Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Sofia Terenzio Assistant Producer

Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer

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