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Artificial intelligence (AI) was once the stuff of science fiction. But it’s becoming widespread. It is used inmobile phone technologyandmotor vehicles. It powers tools foragricultureandhealthcare. But concerns have emerged about the accountability of AI and related technologies like machine learning. In December 2020 a computer scientist, Timnit Gebru,was firedfrom Google’s Ethical AI team. She had previously raised the alarm about the social effects of bias in AI technologies. For instance, in a2018 paperGebru and another researcher, Joy Buolamwini, had shown how facial recognition software was less accurate in identifying women and people of color than white men....

Want to fly in a private jet, but don’t think you can afford it? Think again: withSocial Flights, catching a private plane can cost half the price of a commercial airline ticket, saysSpringwise. Social Flightsis a social network of sorts that in the vein of sites that connect consumers with private owners like holiday rentals networkAirbnb. Social Flights connects people who own private planes with people who hate commercial airlines to reduce the costs of operation for plane owners and the inconveniences of standard air travel for travellers....

TLDR:The market for non-fungible tokens is exploding — and the How to Create Your First NFT: The Beginner’s Guide can help you understand this crazy new market — and maybe get paid. Look, you can laugh at the NFT movement all you want. You can laugh at what people are selling as non-fungible tokens and you can laugh even harder at how much people are spending on these digital-only creations....

I think most of us are aware of the fact that customers are important. Throughout the shift from traditional commerce business to the current focus on e-commerce enterprises, concepts like “the customer experience” and “the customer journey,” continue to ring true. In fact, in many cases, they’re more important than ever. That is to say, even in the online retail space, there’s no doubt that the customer remains a focal point in all things business....

A few days ago, YouTube announcedits acquisitionof Next New Networks. The idea is that if you take the YouTube platform and combine it with a successful media agency, you have one powerhouse of a network that can empower more people to make more money using YouTube. Today, we get a peek atthe promo videofor the YouTube Creator Institute, and some more details of how it will work. The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts is the country’s first film school and regarded as one of the leading schools in the world, with an alumni base of industry leaders and an array of notable accolades....