The seniors in your family don’t have to ask for help getting a ride on Uber anymore. The ride-hailing service now lets users create senior accounts on their own, it said on Tuesday. The company is also adding features that it says will make using its service easier for older users, from adding easy-entry vehicles
Microsoft sums up its AI code of conduct in five words: “People matter more than AI.” As the debate over whether AI could destroy humanity rages on, Microsoft AI on Monday released a draft of its 37-page code of conduct for its “humanist” AI models. It includes basic principles for how the AI should think,
Pawel Szydlowski was spooked after he saw videos of people using smart glasses to record and identify unsuspecting strangers. So the 30-year-old Polish software developer created an app that he says can detect nearby smart glasses and estimate their distance. “There’s a need for such an application,” he told Business Insider. The app, which Szydlowski
At Anthropic, Kristen Swanson’s role is to help people get better at using AI. Often, that means knowing when they should do the work themselves. “I have a job teaching people how to use AI, and I probably spend at least half of my time telling people when not to use AI,” said Swanson, who
A former Twitter trademark lawyer has launched a social network with a familiar name. Stephen Coates’ startup, Operation Bluebird, launched Twitter.now in early testing on Thursday. Coates, formerly Twitter’s head counsel for trademarks, domain names, and marketing, told Business Insider that the platform is experimenting with a twist on content moderation: Users, rather than the
The head of Instagram said the company spent years trying to persuade teens to “take a break.” Adam Mosseri testified Tuesday on the witness stand in Meta’s social media addiction trial in Oakland that relatively few teens initially opted into “Take a Break,” a well-being feature designed to encourage users to step away from the