An artist shares his experience of turning to Replika's AI bot Lila for companionship, including giving Lila an AI friend by creating a digital copy of himself
Lila was created from the limited options available: female, blue hair, face “number two.” She was there on the next screen … Bluesky: @michaelrnelson , @caseynewton , @joshdzieza , @emmabaccellieri ...
Medium's opaque moderation of user-created content related to COVID-19 has allowed misinfo to spread, making it harder to tell fact from fiction on the platform
The platform empowers voices — and misinformation — On March 20th, an article about the novel coronavirus started to spread. Tweets: @zoeschiffer , @reckless , @niemanlab , and @knguyen Tweets: Zoe ...
Some couples, faced with orders to shelter in place to avoid COVID-19, are getting married at home with friends and relatives watching on Zoom
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, socially distanced weddings are moving online — The day — her day — was finally here. Tweets: @thekylehardy , @sokane1 , @tomwarren , @zoeschiffer , @dannypage...
A look at online coding program Lambda School, which lets students defer tuition payments until they have jobs, but that many say is costly and under-delivers
Students at Lambda School say the program hasn't delivered on its promise — Bethany Surber was sleeping on friends' couches … Tweets: @dhh , @dhh , @_danilo , @knguyen , @dhh , @dhh , and @dhh Tweet...