TikTok says it’s “not planning on going anywhere” in response to pending U.S. ban

TikTok’s U.S. General Manager Vanessa Pappas has posted a video message to the platform that appears to be a response to reports from Friday that President Trump is working on an effective “ban” of the app in the U.S., a plan he shared with reporters […]

GPT-3: an AI game-changer or an environmental disaster?AI & Surroundings

Unless you’ve been holidaying on Mars, or perhaps in Spain (alongside the transport secretary), you may have noticed some fuss on social media about something called GPT-3. The GPT bit stands for the “generative pre-training” of a language model that acquires knowledge of the world […]

Cinquanta prefabbricati per elementari e medie, così il Comune salverà l’anno scolastico

La scuola elementare di via Quarenghi avrà almeno una struttura provvisoria (con molta probabilità più di una) per accogliere i suoi studenti a settembre. La primaria dell’Istituto comprensivo Riccardo Massa in Zona 8, infatti, è una delle scuole inserite nella lista che raccoglie gli istituti […]

Tech at Work: Amazon caravan protest, Genderify’s algorithmic bias and using ‘BIPOC’

Welcome back to Tech at Work, where we look at labor, diversity and inclusion. Given the amount of activity in this space, we’re going to ramp this up from bi-weekly to weekly. This week, we’re looking at the latest action from a group of Amazon […]