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On October 30, President Biden issued an executive order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. As expected, the nearly 20,000-word document committed the federal government to manage the risks…
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The first few times I got a text message from a stranger that appeared to be directed at someone else, I politely informed them that they’d reached the wrong number. But now I ignore such seemingly misdirected text messages, because they…
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The next pandemic is "simmering in the background", experts have warned, and could be the most contagious and devastating in history.Dubbed the "Big One", the Nipah virus is able to infect the cells that line the central nervous system and…
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I just returned from two weeks in Japan, a combination business trip to speak at the UN’s Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, followed by a week of touring some of Japan’s interesting smaller cities and their surroundings: Kanazawa,…
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Janice Richardson (left), Larry Magid and Zoe Darme – in-person speakers at AI panel  I spent five days last week in Kyoto, Japan, at the 18th annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum. I was there moderating one of several panels on…
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Poster depicting Polly Klaas and sketch of suspect  Just over 30 years ago, on October 1, 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted from her home in Petaluma during a sleep-over with two friends. Tragically, she was found dead more than…
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Like many electric vehicle owners, I have range anxiety. It rarely keeps me up at night, but it does occupy my thoughts before and during road trips like the one I just took from Silicon Valley to Yosemite Valley. I drove a 5-year-old…
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