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Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results Author: EAIS AI-INFUSED SEARCH ENGINES from Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity have been surfacing deeply racist and widely debunked research promoting race science and the idea that white people are genetically superior to nonwhite people. Patrik Hermansson, a researcher with UK-based anti-racism group Hope Not Hate, was in the middle of a months-long investigation into the resurgent race science movement when he needed to find out more information about a debunked dataset that claims IQ scores can be used to prove the superiority of the white race. He was investigating the Human Diversity Foundation, a race science company funded by Andrew Conru, the US tech billionaire who founded Adult Friend Finder. The group, founded in 2022, was the successor to the Pioneer Fund, a group founded by US Nazi sympathizers in 1937 with the aim of promoting “race betterment” and “race realism...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Breaks Out of Its Box—and Onto a Canvas Author: EAIS Category: GEAR JUST ONE DAY after OpenAI announced a $6.6 billion funding round, the company is launching its first major interface evolution for ChatGPT. In what could be recognition from OpenAI that its transformational chatbot is ready for user experiences beyond a question and answer format, the new beta feature is an editable canvas that opens in a window alongside ChatGPT’s standard chat box. “The core thing we're trying to solve is a better way to collaborate with ChatGPT on writing and coding,” says Daniel Levine, a product lead at OpenAI for the canvas feature. Canvas is rolling out in beta to ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers today, and Enterprise and Edu customers will likely get the feature next week. The feature is fully functional on desktops—mobile users can only view the canvas projects for now. During a prelaunch demo to WIRED, Levine focused on a hope for more...