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Artificial intelligence
fromThe Drum
19 hours ago

We can't trust ChatGPT to become the next Google

AI chatbots offer strong productivity gains but training data and factual reliability remain uncertain, so they should not replace search engines uncritically.
US news
fromFortune
1 month ago

'We might need more than a few grains of salt': Top economists pan inflation report that effectively assumed housing inflation was zero | Fortune

November CPI showed unusually low core inflation driven by distorted shelter data due to the government shutdown's disruption of BLS price collection and assumptions.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago

Philadelphia hospital slams Trump's DOJ, saying it 'reverse-engineered' claims about gender-affirming care

The Trump administration relied on dubious and unreliable data to justify attempting to seize minors' gender-affirming care medical records from CHOP.
fromFlowingData
3 months ago

Lack of data during the shutdown, globally

"The month-to-month data flow in the U.S. gets talked about but never is a decisive factor,"
US politics
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 months ago

Fact check: Have US workers gained $500 in wages this year?

Median full-time weekly earnings rose by $546 over six months, while the broader preferred measure shows about a $121 cumulative pay increase.
US politics
fromFortune
5 months ago

Even if you can't trust the data, these 13 warning signs will tell you the economy is in trouble

Recent challenges to the reliability of U.S. government economic statistics have led to widespread skepticism about the health of the economy.
fromTheregister
8 months ago

ChatGPT polluted the world forever, like the first atom bomb

"The recent explosion in AI models has created concerns of contamination of data, akin to the low-background steel needed for sensitive equipment."
Artificial intelligence
fromTheregister
9 months ago

Human error and power glitches to blame for most outages

Datacenter outages are less frequent but human error persists, with 66-80% of major outages linked to human factors, challenging overall reliability.
Tech industry
Privacy professionals
fromwww.npr.org
9 months ago

Brain drain at Census Bureau has employees warning about the country's statistics

The Census Bureau faces serious challenges in maintaining statistical reliability amid staff departures and federal hiring freezes.
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