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Cyrus Farivar

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"suh-ROOS" / سیروس‌ 🕵️ 20+ year tech journalist, editor, author, comms 🐻 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA 📥 cyrus@farivar.media 📱 +1-341-758-0888

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Cyrus Farivar’s Journalist Portfolio

Instagram moves from the smartphone to the desktop

Instagram moves from the smartphone to the desktop

Instagram, the newly-Facebook-acquired social mobile photo tool that all the cool kids use, is now coming to …

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LOLWUT? "I Can Has Cheezburger" can has its own TV show

LOLWUT? "I Can Has Cheezburger" can has its own TV show

This Wednesday evening, once electoral politics have settled down, those who adore lovable kittehz on the Int…

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Wanted: German security developers for new, homegrown spyware

Wanted: German security developers for new, homegrown spyware

Despite causing a minor political scandal in Germany last year, the government-created "state trojan" program…

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Twitter to withhold, not delete, infringing tweets under DMCA

Twitter to withhold, not delete, infringing tweets under DMCA

Twitter announced a change in the way that it processes tweets that are alleged to infringe copyright under t…

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Internet-based and open source: How e-voting works around the globe

Internet-based and open source: How e-voting works around the globe

I live in one of the most wired parts of the United States-the San Francisco Bay Area-but for the presidentia…

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AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?

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By Cyrus Farivar
| Ars Technica Verified
Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data. This year alone, there have been numerous known instances—often via lawsuits—of AI chatbots (most often, OpenAI’s ChatGPT) that have gone horrifically wrong. A January lawsuit described the story of a man who took his own life after being allegedly “coached” into suicide.
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AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?

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By Cyrus Farivar
| Tech News Tube
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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets"

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By Cyrus Farivar
| Tech News Tube
Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working for Macworld magazine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Clark Kent.