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New research funded by the Pentagon suggests that artificial intelligence can scan and analyze blocks of text to discern whether the humans who wrote it have done something wrong or not. David Byrne on New Tech and AI | Gizmodo InterviewThe paper, written by two researchers at Ben-Gurion University, leverages predictive models that can analyze messages for what they call “social norm violations.” To do this, researchers used GPT-3 (a programmable large language model created by OpenAI that can automate content creation…

via TWC Some movies spend decades lodged in development hell for a very good reasons, and it wouldn’t be unfair to suggest the only reason The Giver managed to escape and make it onto the big screen was the determination and perseverance of star and producer Jeff Bridges. The actor had harbored designs of adapting Lois Lowry’s novel for so long that he initially wanted his father Lloyd to play the title role, and he died in 1998. By the time the dystopian sci-fi finally made into theaters in 2014, Bridges Jr.…

Airline Pamphlet Content (year unknown). Credit: Annals of Tourism Research (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103507 Despite attempts by the airline industry to cultivate more diverse working environments, researchers from Surrey have found that gendered practices and pressures still persist—with female cabin crew encountering precise expectations on appearance that are not extended to their male counterparts.…