Meet Kevin’s A.I. Friends
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeKevin Roose and Rachel Cohn and Dan Powell, Elisheba…
Is It Normal to Talk to Yourself All Day? What Experts Say.
There, I said it.This morning, I looked out my kitchen window and announced, to the empty room, “There’s something wrong…
How Airlines Are Using AI to Make Flying Easier
Airlines are using artificial intelligence to save fuel, keep customers informed and hold connecting flights for delayed passengers. Here’s what…
Apple Says Destructive iPad Ad ‘Missed the Mark’
People in the creative world widely panned a commercial showing a giant hydraulic press squishing objects ranging from paint cans…
Victims infected with Hep C after blood screening began
Published4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Chloe Hayward and Hugh PymHealth producer and health editor, BBC NewsThe NHS continued…
Herbert Pardes, Who Steered the Growth of a Giant Hospital, Dies at 89
A psychiatrist, he ran New York-Presbyterian after a landmark merger, improving its patient care and finances and raising money to…
How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk
Farmworkers have been exposed to milk infected with the bird flu virus. But there has virtually been no testing on…
Tuna Crabs, Neither Tuna Nor Crabs, Are Swarming Near San Diego
Divers and marine biologists are getting a window into the lives of a red crustacean most often found in the…
Brazil’s National Museum Receives Massive Fossil Donation
A gift from abroad of more than 1,100 Brazilian fossils aims to step up efforts to rebuild the country’s National…
Artificial Intelligence ‘Friends’
What Times tech columnist Kevin Roose learned about digital companionship. Artificial intelligence, we are told, is a transformative economic force;…