Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Biden administration to host international AI safety meeting in San Francisco after election

Government scientists and artificial intelligence experts from at least nine countries and the European Union will meet in San Francisco after the U.S. elections to coordinate on safely developing AI technology and averting its dangers

Biden administration to host international AI safety meeting in San Francisco after election
Science|Technology

How do you know when AI is powerful enough to be dangerous? Regulators try to do the math

How do you know if an artificial intelligence system is so powerful that it poses a security danger and shouldn’t be unleashed without careful oversight

How do you know when AI is powerful enough to be dangerous? Regulators try to do the math
Crime

Child abuse images removed from AI image-generator training source, researchers say

Artificial intelligence researchers said Friday that they have deleted more than 2,000 web links to suspected child sexual abuse imagery from a dataset used to train popular AI image-generator tools

Child abuse images removed from AI image-generator training source, researchers say
Business|Crime|Entertainment|Technology

Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement

A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books

Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement
Political|Technology

White House says no need to restrict 'open-source' artificial intelligence — at least for now

The White House is coming out in favor of “open-source” artificial intelligence technology, arguing in a report Tuesday that there’s no need right now for restrictions on companies making key components of their powerful AI systems widely available

Science|Technology

AI industry is influencing the world. Mozilla adviser Abeba Birhane is challenging its core values

“Scaling up” is a catchphrase in the artificial intelligence industry as tech companies rush to improve their AI systems with ever-bigger sets of internet data

AI industry is influencing the world. Mozilla adviser Abeba Birhane is challenging its core values
Business|Economy|Technology

How a faulty CrowdStrike update crashed computers around the world

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches

How a faulty CrowdStrike update crashed computers around the world
Business|Technology

Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches

Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology
Business|News|Technology

Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word'

When two octogenarian buddies named Nick discovered that ChatGPT might be stealing and repurposing a lifetime of their work, they tapped a son-in-law to sue the companies behind the artificial intelligence chatbot

Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word'
Technology

AI is learning from what you said on Reddit, Stack Overflow or Facebook. Are you OK with that?

Post a comment on Reddit, answer coding questions on Stack Overflow or share a baby photo on your public Facebook or Instagram feed and you are also helping to train the next generation of artificial intelligence

AI is learning from what you said on Reddit, Stack Overflow or Facebook. Are you OK with that?
Business|Technology

US antitrust enforcers will investigate leading AI companies Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI

U.S. antitrust enforcers have decided to investigate the roles Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI have played in the artificial intelligence boom, according to people familiar with the pending actions

US antitrust enforcers will investigate leading AI companies Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI
Business|Technology

Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks

A group of OpenAI’s current and former workers are calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI technology

Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks
Business|Economy|Technology

Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products

Microsoft has reported that its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more productive

Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products
Business|Technology

Tired of AI doomsday tropes, Cohere CEO says his goal is technology that's 'additive to humanity'

Aidan Gomez can take some credit for the ‘T’ at the end of ChatGPT

Tired of AI doomsday tropes, Cohere CEO says his goal is technology that's 'additive to humanity'
Business|Technology

Humanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giants

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure

Humanoid robot-maker Figure partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giants
Business|Technology

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for race

Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for race
Business|Entertainment|Technology

'Please regulate AI:' Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast

Country singers, romance novelists, video game artists and voice actors are appealing to the U.S. government for immediate relief from the threat that artificial intelligence poses to their livelihoods

'Please regulate AI:' Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast
Business|Entertainment|Technology

Microsoft spent two years trying to buy Activision Blizzard. For Xbox CEO, that was the easy part

After two years co-piloting the biggest acquisition in video game history past an onslaught of challenges, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer now moves on to his next quest: making Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard worth the hassle

Microsoft spent two years trying to buy Activision Blizzard. For Xbox CEO, that was the easy part
Business|Political|Technology

Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes

US Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda Yaccarino expressing “serious concerns” about the emergence of AI-generated political ads on their platforms and asking each to explain any rules they’re crafting to curb the harms to free and fair elections

Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes
Business|Entertainment|Technology

Photo giant Getty took a leading AI image-maker to court. Now it's also embracing the technology

Getty Images has a huge collection of stock photographs

Photo giant Getty took a leading AI image-maker to court. Now it's also embracing the technology
Technology

Tech companies try to take AI image generators mainstream with better protections against misuse

Artificial intelligence tools that can conjure whimsical artwork or realistic-looking images from written commands started wowing crowds last year

Tech companies try to take AI image generators mainstream with better protections against misuse
Science|Technology

AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text

Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter — the tens of trillions of words that people have written and shared online

AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text
Science|Technology

Google makes fixes to AI-generated search summaries after outlandish answers went viral

Google said Friday it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence systems after its retooled search engine was found spitting out erroneous information

Google makes fixes to AI-generated search summaries after outlandish answers went viral
Science|Technology

Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PC

Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next

Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PC
News|Science|Technology

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

Artificial intelligence voice-cloning technology carries so many risks of harmful impersonation that major technology companies are wary of letting people use it

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

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