Column: This was the year of AI. Next year is when you should worry about your job

Column: This was the year of AI. Next year is when you should worry about your job

The biggest story in tech this year was, without a doubt, the explosive ascent of AI. The biggest story in tech next year will be whether it can turn a profit. Because so far, it can’t. A quick recap: OpenAI and ChatGPT burst onto the scene, dominated headlines, attracted millions of users and tens of…

Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say

Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say

To understand the path forward in regulating social media, it’s helpful to look to a transformative technology from the previous century: the car. A car is an essential tool for getting to places we want and need to go. It’s also an exceptionally powerful one that can be dangerous if handled irresponsibly. We require education…

Emojis to the rescue? More are needed to address the biodiversity crisis, scientists say

Emojis to the rescue? More are needed to address the biodiversity crisis, scientists say

Earth has millions of fungi species, but the official emoji library has only one: Amanita muscaria, the red-capped, white-spotted mushroom found in fairy tale picture books and Super Mario Brothers. A staggering 180,000 species of butterflies and moths flit about this planet, yet their lone emoji avatar is a generic blue butterfly that looks like…