As the world begins to experiment with the power of artificial intelligence, a debate has begun about how to contain its risks. One of the sharpest and most urgent warnings has come from a man who helped invent the technology.Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York Times, speaks to Geoffrey Hinton, who many consider to be the godfather of A.I.Guest: Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.Here’s how A.I. could be weaponized to spread disinformation.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

As the world begins to experiment with the power of artificial intelligence, a debate has begun about how to contain its risks. One of the sharpest and most urgent warnings has come from a man who helped invent the technology.Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York Times, speaks to Geoffrey Hinton, who many consider to be the godfather of A.I.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/cade-metz">Cade Metz</a>, a technology correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: <ul><li>For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html"> Now he worries it will cause serious harm</a>.</li><li>Here’s how A.I.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/07/technology/ai-text-disinformation.html?action=click&amp;module=RelatedLinks&amp;pgtype=Article"> could be weaponized to spread disinformation</a>.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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The Godfather of A.I. Has Some Regrets

Really interesting discussion about the development of AI and the many ethical dilemmas we now face because of it. Wild to think that one of the creators has regrets about the tech 😳

Debate about ethical standards for Supreme Court justices has intensified after a series of revelations about undisclosed gifts, luxury travel and property deals. Adam Liptak, who covers the court for The Times, reviews the allegations of misconduct and the growing calls to do something about it.Guest: Adam Liptak, a correspondent covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times.Background reading: Revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose largess from a Republican donor have highlighted a dilemma.In written testimony sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the retired conservative judge J. Michael Luttig called for new ethics rules for Supreme Court justices.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Debate about ethical standards for Supreme Court justices has intensified after a series of revelations about undisclosed gifts, luxury travel and property deals. Adam Liptak, who covers the court for The Times, reviews the allegations of misconduct and the growing calls to do something about it.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak">Adam Liptak</a>, a correspondent covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times.Background reading: <ul><li>Revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose largess from a Republican donor<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/politics/supreme-court-ethics-rules-justice-thomas-crow.html"> have highlighted a dilemma</a>.</li><li>In written testimony sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the retired conservative judge J. Michael Luttig called for<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/us/politics/supreme-court-ethics-judiciary-hearing.html"> new ethics rules for Supreme Court justices</a>.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

The Supreme Court’s Ethical Crisis

This is a wonderful look at the debate going on right now about the moral and ethical problems with the Supreme Court.
I love the question of “who would police the Supreme Court?” And their dive into what the problems are with each of the branches housing such an institution. 

President Biden has announced that he will seek another term in the Oval Office, despite the fact that he will be 81 on Election Day 2024.Not everyone is overjoyed about that prospect — more than half of Democrats don’t want him to run again. Nonetheless, the party’s leaders are increasingly confident about his chances. Jonathan Weisman, a political correspondent for The Times, explains why.Guest: Jonathan Weisman, a political correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: Mr. Biden has acknowledged that he has not accomplished all he wished to. But that, he maintains, is an argument for his re-election.Although his poll numbers remain low, structural advantages have Democrats insisting that Mr. Biden is better positioned than his Republican rivals.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

President Biden has announced that he will seek another term in the Oval Office, despite the fact that he will be 81 on Election Day 2024.Not everyone is overjoyed about that prospect — more than half of Democrats don’t want him to run again. Nonetheless, the party’s leaders are increasingly confident about his chances. Jonathan Weisman, a political correspondent for The Times, explains why.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonathan-weisman">Jonathan Weisman</a>, a political correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: <ul><li>Mr. Biden has acknowledged that he has not accomplished all he wished to. But that, he maintains, is<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/us/politics/biden-record-presidential-campaign.html"> an argument for his re-election</a>.</li><li>Although his poll numbers remain low, structural advantages have Democrats insisting that Mr. Biden<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/us/politics/biden-re-election.html"> is better positioned</a> than his Republican rivals.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Voters Are Wary of Biden. Here’s Why He Might Win Anyway

Interesting to hear the voting stats outlined and analyzed ahead of the 2024 election. The prospects for dems don't look terrible, but a lot can happen within the next 18 months! 

In March 2017, an engineer at G.E. Aviation in Cincinnati received a request on LinkedIn. The engineer, Hua, is in his 40s, tall and athletic, with a boyish face that makes him look a decade younger. He moved to the United States from China in 2003 for graduate studies in structural engineering.The LinkedIn request came from Chen Feng, a school official at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in eastern China. Days later, Chen sent him an email inviting him to the university to give a research presentation. Hua arranged to arrive in May, so he could attend a nephew’s wedding and his college reunion at Harbin Institute of Technology. There was one problem, though: Hua knew that G.E. would deny permission to give the talk if he asked, which he was supposed to do. He went to Nanjing, and flew back to the United States after the presentation. He thought that would be the end of the matter.Many scientists and engineers of Chinese origin in the United States are invited to China to give presentations about their fields. Hua couldn’t have known that his trip to Nanjing would prove to be the start of a series of events that would end up giving the U.S. government an unprecedented look inside China’s widespread and tireless campaign of economic espionage targeting the United States, culminating in the first-ever conviction of a Chinese intelligence official on American soil.This story was recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

In March 2017, an engineer at G.E. Aviation in Cincinnati received a request on LinkedIn. The engineer, Hua, is in his 40s, tall and athletic, with a boyish face that makes him look a decade younger. He moved to the United States from China in 2003 for graduate studies in structural engineering.The LinkedIn request came from Chen Feng, a school official at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in eastern China. Days later, Chen sent him an email inviting him to the university to give a research presentation. Hua arranged to arrive in May, so he could attend a nephew’s wedding and his college reunion at Harbin Institute of Technology. There was one problem, though: Hua knew that G.E. would deny permission to give the talk if he asked, which he was supposed to do. He went to Nanjing, and flew back to the United States after the presentation. He thought that would be the end of the matter.Many scientists and engineers of Chinese origin in the United States are invited to China to give presentations about their fields. Hua couldn’t have known that his trip to Nanjing would prove to be the start of a series of events that would end up giving the U.S. government an unprecedented look inside China’s widespread and tireless campaign of economic espionage targeting the United States, culminating in the first-ever conviction of a Chinese intelligence official on American soil.This story was recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, <a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&amp;utm_medium=embed&amp;utm_campaign=the_eastern_front_angelos" target="_blank">download Audm</a> for iPhone or Android.

The Sunday Read: ‘The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets’

What a wild ride 😳 I'm sure this happens a lot more than we think - corporate tech employees should know better than to fall for this though 🤷‍♀️

Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States.How did this crisis in child labor develop? And now that it has been exposed, what is being done to tackle the problem?Guest: Hannah Dreier, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.Background reading: The shadow work force of migrant children extends across industries in every state, flouting labor laws that have been in place for nearly a century.As lawmakers clamor for action, federal and state enforcement agencies have begun a crackdown on companies that employ children.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States.How did this crisis in child labor develop? And now that it has been exposed, what is being done to tackle the problem?Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/hannah-dreier?smid=pc-thedaily">Hannah Dreier</a>, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.Background reading: <ul><li>The<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html"> shadow work force of migrant children</a> extends across industries in every state, flouting labor laws that have been in place for nearly a century.</li><li>As<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/us/politics/lawmakers-child-migrant-labor.html"> lawmakers clamor for action</a>, federal and state enforcement agencies have begun a crackdown on companies that employ children.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

A New Child Labor Crisis in America

Heartbreaking piece about underage immigrants being forced to work in brutal, unfair conditions by their sponsors. The Biden admin should be doing better. 

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