Will Life Be Better in the Metaverse?

Will Life Be Better in the Metaverse?

Once several generations had come and gone and nothing of that sort had happened, other interpretations began to emerge. Maybe Jesus had been speaking about the afterlife and the more ethereal promises of heaven? Maybe the kingdom was merely the steady cumulation of...
AI Chatbots Are Learning to Spout Authoritarian Propaganda

AI Chatbots Are Learning to Spout Authoritarian Propaganda

When you ask ChatGPT “What happened in China in 1989?” the bot describes how the Chinese army massacred thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. But ask the same question to Ernie and you get the simple answer that it does not have “relevant...
Your Internet Browser Does Not Belong to You

Your Internet Browser Does Not Belong to You

In 1993, Marc Andreessen and Erica Bina, programmers working at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, created Mosaic, the first browser designed for the mass market. Mosaic, which was easy to install and use and was backed by responsive customer support,...