Can User Feedback Fix Slanted News? Researchers Think So

:::info Authors: (1) Smi Hinterreiter; (2) Martin Wessel; (3) Fabian Schliski; (4) Isao Echizen; (5) Marc Erich Latoschik; (6) Timo Spinde. ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Related Work Feedback Mechanisms The NewsUnfold Platform Results Discussion Conclusion Acknowledgments and References A. Feedback Mechanism Study Texts B. Detailed UX Survey Results for NewsUnfold C. Material … Read more

A Traveler’s Guide to Method Dispatch in Swift

Introduction Method dispatch is an algorithm used to select the appropriate method that needs to be invoked upon a call. The primary goal of method dispatch is to provide the program with information on where it can find the executable code for a specific method in memory. Types of Method Dispatch Compiled languages have three … Read more

Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense

“BG3 players exploit children,” reads an Google AI-generated headline. | Image: Google Did you know that BG3 players exploit children? Are you aware that Qi2 slows older Pixels? If we wrote those misleading headlines, readers would rip us a new one – but Google is experimentally beginning to replace the original headlines on stories it … Read more

Amazon’s bet that AI benchmarks don’t matter

Rohit Prasad, Amazon’s SVP of AGI. This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Amazon’s AI chief has a message for the model benchmark obsessives: Stop looking at the leaderboards. “I want real-world utility. None of these … Read more

Silicon Valley is rallying behind a guy who sucks

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers that covers the political intrigue and power struggles between Big Tech and Big Government. Subscribe here for a weekly dispatch of tech oligarchs fighting regular oligarchs. Prior to last week, only highly specialized political insiders knew the extent of David Sacks’ influence in the Trump … Read more