US Adderall Shortage Driving ADHD Patients to Meth Use According to social workers, the persistent shortage of Adderall in America has led ADHD patients to turn to meth as an alternative. Despite the FDA’s announcement of an Adderall shortage in October 2022, people are still struggling to access the medication over a year later. The …
When The Atlantic Revealed That Thousands of Books Were Used to Train Meta’s AI, Authors Reacted with Outrage Last month, The Atlantic made a shocking announcement that Meta, the tech giant, had used tens of thousands of books without permission to train its AI language model. This revelation sparked anger among well-known authors, who called …
Use our new search tool to see which authors have been used to train the machines. Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. September 25, 2023, 1:27 PM ET
**Editor’s note: This article is a part of The Atlantic’s series on Books3. You can do a database search here, and read about its origins here.** Over the summer, I reported on an extensive collection of more than 191,000 books known as “Books3” that were used without permission by Meta, Bloomberg, and other companies to …
In 2012, Federica Bertocchini made a fascinating discovery while tending to her honeybees in Santander, Spain. After removing worms from a honeycomb, she noticed that the plastic bag she placed them in was full of tiny holes. This led to her realization that the worms’ saliva had caused the plastic to degrade. Bertocchini’s discovery sparked …
Generative AI has been a topic of concern due to the secretive nature in which it is being developed. Companies like Meta and OpenAI are using vast amounts of written material to create systems like ChatGPT, which can generate humanlike responses. However, the exact texts these programs are trained on remain largely unknown. A recent …
If you have been involved in group video calls recently, you are probably familiar with the “Zoom wave.” It has become a common way to bid farewell in the virtual world. Instead of abruptly leaving a meeting, people now awkwardly wave goodbye, elbow bent sharply to fit within the webcam’s view. This gesture has become …
One of the noteworthy governing concepts that emerged from the Trump White House was the realization that rules are often treated as mere suggestions. Violating them may result in some disapproval or court intervention, but in many cases, individuals can get away with it. Unfortunately, the Biden administration has not entirely distanced itself from this …
In the early days, chatbots and similar AI models relied on the vast amount of data available on the internet. These models, like ChatGPT, learned by consuming text, images, and other content from sources like Wikipedia, Getty, and Scribd. They analyzed this data to understand patterns, flavors, and textures, and used that knowledge to create …
It is highly likely that a person’s skin color will undergo a change in the event of an overdose. This could manifest as an ashy tone or a blue coloration. Additionally, if excessive fluid accumulates in their mouth or lungs and mixes with air, foam may appear at their lips. Another symptom that may be …