April 2023

FTC warns Congress that AI technology like ChatGPT could ‘turbocharge’ fraud and scams

April 18, 2023

In a Congressional hearing on Tuesday focused on the Federal Trade Commission’s work to protect American consumers from fraud and other deceptive practices, FTC Chair Lina Khan and fellow commissioners warned House representatives of the potential for modern AI technologies, like ChatGPT, to be used to “turbocharge” fraud. The warning was issued in response to […]

FTC warns Congress that AI technology like ChatGPT could ‘turbocharge’ fraud and scams by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Curing disease with CRISPR with Trevor Martin from Mammoth Biosciences

April 18, 2023

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Trevor Martin the co-founder and CEO of Mammoth Biosciences, a startup that uses CRISPR to diagnose and find treatments for genetic diseases. Trevor talked about what it is like to build a company surrounding novel […]

Curing disease with CRISPR with Trevor Martin from Mammoth Biosciences by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter quietly removes policy against misgendering trans people

April 18, 2023

Twitter updated its content moderation guidelines regarding hateful content, removing a policy that prohibited the targeted deadnaming or misgendering of transgender people. Enacted in 2018, the policy explicitly stated that it violated Twitter’s rules to repeatedly and purposefully call a transgender person by the wrong name or pronouns. Spotted by GLAAD, this unannounced change to […]

Twitter quietly removes policy against misgendering trans people by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch