jackie snow
@jackiesnow
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Aspiring screenwriter currently better known as a journalist pubbed by NYT, WSJ, Nat Geo, etc. Former @B2PDC board member still mad about prison book bans.
Los Angeles
Joined January 2009
Didn't think I'd have two stories in @NYTStyles this week, but also didn't imagine I'd wake up to @AOC posting about how the USPS sells mail carrier costumes for dogs and magic kits
nytimes.com
Saving the American postal system, one crop top at a time.
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RT @QZ_DanH: The dot-com bubble burst 25 years ago. What does that history say about stocks today?. The rise of AI has market veterans deba….
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For @latimes, I covered how to protect your skin, sinuses, and eyes during wildfires. Excuse me while I go lather on moisturizer (from a jar; anything from a pump bottle isn't thick enough), use a Neti pot, and wear wrap-around sunglasses when I go out 😎.
latimes.com
Wildfires can irritate our sinuses, skin and eyes. Here's how to care for each when it's smoky out from wind and wildfires.
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RT @alyssabereznak: really fantastic story from @jackiesnow today about microdosing ozempic. some are doing it without doctor supervision.….
latimes.com
As demand for popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound skyrockets, patients are taking dosage amounts into their own hands.
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RT @QZ_DanH: Wall Street to Big Tech: Show us the AI money . @jackiesnow on the fallout from tech's AI spending spree. .
qz.com
Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Apple, and others are facing investor backlash despite strong profits as they warn of soaring AI costs
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Wrote about AI creeping into Hollywood's workflow for @FastCompany. Found some projects that could genuinely help creators, but like every part of the AI ecosystem, it's worth keeping a close eye on how these 'helpful' tools evolve.
fastcompany.com
New AI outfits aim to help filmmakers speed up and scale up their work. Some artists see the tools as speeding up a race to the bottom.
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RT @pasternack: Scale AI, the Silicon Valley data darling valued at ~$14B, has been stiffing its remote workers abroad and at home. Contrac….
fastcompany.com
Remote gig workers at AI data darling Scale AI are grappling with unpredictabliity, nonpayment, and vanishing job security.
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A (just after) labor day story: American and Canadian data workers improving LLMs are grappling with unstable pay, unclear expectations, and vanishing job security.
fastcompany.com
Remote gig workers at AI data darling Scale AI are grappling with unpredictabliity, nonpayment, and vanishing job security.
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I haven't seen updated results, but I doubt we've gotten to "99 percent" accuracy compared to what documented, which was as low as 65% for women with darker skin.
Lesbian app to 'use facial recognition technology' to identify and exclude trans users.
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RT @B2Pdc: Dictionaries are by far our most frequent request, and we always need more! Through May 14, purchases from our Politics & Prose….
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RT @ShalinJyotishi: Thanks to @jackiesnow for another great story covering #AI education at #communitycolleges and for including my thought….
fastcompany.com
Amid fears that tech will erase jobs, more community colleges—and more tech companies—are banking on new two-year AI programs.
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RT @pasternack: New AI-focused degree programs are popping up at US community colleges, with hopes of building a diverse pipeline of 'blue-….
fastcompany.com
Amid fears that tech will erase jobs, more community colleges—and more tech companies—are banking on new two-year AI programs.
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Like any AI-powered cameras, this could go badly—doesn't work, increased surveillance—but if the program expands to ticket cars in bike lanes, I'm going to be hopeful okay
latimes.com
The technology from Hayden AI will help the ticketing process of vehicles parked in Metro bus lanes and at bus stops.
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RT @samleecole: after decades of debate, Lena is no longer welcome at IEEE:
404media.co
"Starting 1 April, new manuscript submissions will no longer be allowed to include the Lena image,” a message from IEEE to engineers announced.
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Ace story by @rinadianewrites about how websites with improperly sized images, unneeded code, and third-party scripts make websites surprising and unnecessary energy hogs, and that's before the AI of it all
spectrum.ieee.org
The green software movement is tackling the hidden environmental impact of today’s code
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I wrote this story about the threat of data poisoning to generative AI models but the real winner is the art for my piece, just incredible.
Could hackers get generative AI tools to do something bad by poisoning their training data? Some researchers think so
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Chatted with a sharp student journalist for this piece, who kindly nodded through my now standard screed about how journalists need to at least try out AI tools both to critique and use them!.
.@UTAustin will host five panels about technology, health, science, sports and lifestyle during @sxsw on March 8 and 9 downtown at the Hook ’Em House at Antone’s Nightclub.
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Since we did it: I had one call with Jimmy to discuss an AI newsletter. He talked at length about his out-of-touch takes on AI before stopping to tell me to smile so he knew I was listening. He talked some more and then told me to smile a second time ten minutes later. 😃😃.
If we hit 30k before the fundraiser ends, I'll post about the one call I had with Jimmy, which is 2x worse than what you might imagine.
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If we hit 30k before the fundraiser ends, I'll post about the one call I had with Jimmy, which is 2x worse than what you might imagine.
🚨 Speaking of @TheMessenger, it’s been nearly a month and we’ve raised about $25K for those ex-employees with most acute needs. … . … Help us get to $35K before the GoFundMe ends March 4! 🚨 .
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Going to SXSW? Come to the panel I'm moderating if you want to hear about the future of embodied AI 🤖
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