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Cecily Mauran

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Tech Reporter at Mashable

Tech Reporter covering AI @mashable. '20 @columbiajourn. "Technology is cyclical" - Dennis Duffy

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  • New Pope Leo XIV cites AI’s challenge to human dignity in his name choice

    3 days ago | mashable.com | Cecily Mauran

    The name choice of a new pope carries symbolism for the values he wishes to emulate, in recognition of the most pressing issues he sees as leader of the Catholic Church. For Pope Leo XIV, artificial intelligence is at the heart of his name choice. Born Robert Francis Prevost, the new pope chose his papal name in reference to Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) who presided over the Catholic Church during the Industrial Revolution, which ushered in massive social upheaval.

  • More concise chatbot responses tied to increase in hallucinations, study finds

    3 days ago | mashable.com | Cecily Mauran

    Asking any of the popular chatbots to be more concise "dramatically impact[s] hallucination rates," according to a recent study. French AI testing platform Giskard published a study analyzing chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Grok, and DeepSeek, for hallucination-related issues.

  • Wahoo seemingly buries tariff fees in cycling TRACKR Radar shipping costs

    5 days ago | mashable.com | Cecily Mauran

    Tariffs have come for another tech product. This time, it's the company Wahoo, which makes bike computers and similar gadgets. The company's first cycling radar has gotten a tariff-related price increase, but you won't notice it until you hit the checkout page. That's where Wahoo seems to have tacked the cost onto the shipping fee, and it's a whopping $50. According to cycling blog DC Rainmaker, Wahoo buried the tariff surcharge for the TRACKR Radar in the shipping options.

  • Meta forges ahead with facial recognition for its AI glasses

    6 days ago | me.mashable.com | Cecily Mauran

    Meet Aperol and Bellini, the codenames Meta has given its new "super-sensing" AI glasses with facial recognition technology, according to The Information. Meta originally scrapped the facial recognition feature for the first generation of the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses over ethical concerns.

  • Meta forges ahead with facial recognition for its AI glasses

    6 days ago | mashable.com | Cecily Mauran

    Are big tech companies embracing surveillance over privacy? Cecily Mauran Cecily Mauran Tech Reporter Cecily is a tech reporter at Mashable who covers AI, Apple, and emerging tech trends. Before getting her master's degree at Columbia Journalism School, she spent several years working with startups and social impact businesses for Unreasonable Group and B Lab.

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Cecily Mauran
Cecily Mauran @cecily_mauran
1 May 25

I talked to Google Search VP of product Robby Stein about AI Mode and the future of search https://t.co/pkGcEy10Y4

Cecily Mauran
Cecily Mauran @cecily_mauran
30 Apr 25

At yesterday's closing keynote with Zuck interviewing Satya, the Microsoft CEO said up to 30 percent of their code is written by AI (and he tactfully side-stepped a question indirectly about OpenAI) https://t.co/woTbwnp25I

Cecily Mauran
Cecily Mauran @cecily_mauran
28 Mar 25

RT @mashable: There's a very specific reason why OpenAI says it's okay. https://t.co/ynwzBYGrIw