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Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials.
The federal government is about to transition from one that prioritized safeguards for artificial intelligence to one more focused on eliminating red tape.
The U.S. leads the world in developing artificial intelligence technology, surpassing China in research and other important measures of AI innovation, according to a newly released Stanford University index.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden’s signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term.
Building the current crop of artificial intelligence chatbots has relied on specialized computer chips pioneered by Nvidia, which dominates the market and made itself the poster child of the AI boom.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to “act on our behalf across our work and life.”.
Apple has released a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16 line-up as the trendsetting company tries to catch up with technology’s latest craze.
Artificial intelligence’s recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should be using the technology and worried about whether a computer will eventually replace them.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models.
A high-powered U.N. advisory body says global governance of artificial intelligence is “imperative” and is urging the United Nations to lay the foundations for the first inclusive global institutions to regulate the fast-growing technology.
Apple is giving more people the chance to test a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks on the latest iPhone coming out Friday.
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.
The Fed is set to cut interest rates, Home Depot pays $2M for overcharging customers, and OpenAI unveils a new AI model that "thinks like a person."
Several leading artificial intelligence companies pledged Thursday to remove nude images from the data sources they use to train their AI products, and committed to other safeguards to curb the spread of harmful sexual deepfake imagery.
San Antonio is one of 14 cities piloting a Google-powered artificial intelligence tool to understand better how tree coverage and reflective surfaces can mitigate the urban heat island effect.
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.
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.
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.
As artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT rapidly move from novelties to everyday tools, can we trust them not to spit out misleading information? Technology and privacy researchers at Consumer Reports conducted extensive experiments to find out.
Artificial intelligence’s growing visibility in everyday life has made it a popular discussion topic but hasn’t yet elevated it to a top election concern for American voters.
Trying to create a logo in seconds? Programs like OpenAI's Dall-E 3 and Stable Diffusion can do it for you at a very low cost with just a simple prompt. Here's what you need to know about AI image generation.
A new app aims to make pregnancy safer by using artificial intelligence to identify potential risks, through the use of machine learning techniques.
British regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into Microsoft’s hiring of an AI startup’s key staff over concerns that it could thwart competition in the booming artificial intelligence market.
Three U.S. Senators are calling for action against a new practice big technology companies are using to swallow up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them.
Researchers are adding data into a system that figures out the best way to help people in serious situations.
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.
AI is a key tool many companies have implemented or will implement into their workflows. But how could you incorporate this technology into your everyday life? Chatbots are one way AI has made its way into our lives by being integrated into existing programs, through customer service uses, or apps like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot.
Tax preparation and financial software company Intuit announced an AI-focused reorganization plan Wednesday that includes laying off about 10% of its workforce.
The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution urging wealthy and developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence.
California lawmakers have advanced a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems.
States are trying to help workers beef up their tech skills before they become outdated and get outfoxed by machines that are becoming increasingly smarter.
Text, photos, videos and audio created using artificial intelligence are increasingly making their way into campaigns for state and local office.
Apple announced a slew of new features for iOS 18 at Monday’s developers conference event, many of which are designed to enhance the Siri assistant and bring artificial intelligence tools to iPhone users.
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.
A new report from a digital civil rights group has found that publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily weaponized to churn out convincing election lies in the voices of top American and European politicians.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference Thursday, addressing the U.N. telecommunications agency’s annual gathering about how to tap the societal promise of artificial intelligence technology.
California lawmakers have advanced a host of artificial intelligence proposals that would protect jobs, build public trust, fight algorithmic discrimination, and outlaw deepfakes involving elections or pornography.
China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping’s doctrine in a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should abide by.
President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a growing market of abusive sexual images made with artificial intelligence technology.
State lawmakers first attempts at regulating discrimination from artificial intelligence have floundered in states across the country.
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.
The National Security Council says high-level U.S. government envoys raised concerns about “the misuse of AI” by China and others in closed-door talks with Chinese officials in Geneva.
A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and put safeguards around it.
Google has rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links.
Top envoys from the U.S. and China huddled Tuesday in closed-door talks in Geneva to discuss ways to ensure that emerging artificial intelligence technologies don't become existential risks.
High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva for talks about artificial intelligence.
When two U.S. fighter jets recently faced off in a dogfight in California, only one was piloted by a human.
An experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot.
The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Malaysia.
A group of eight U.S. newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots.
British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry.
Alex Popken was a trust and safety executive at Twitter, leaving in 2023 after a decade at the social media company focusing on content moderation.
An artisan roastery based in the Finnish capital has introduced a coffee blend that has been developed by artificial intelligence in a trial in which it’s hoped that technology can ease the workload in a sector that traditionally prides itself on manual work.
Google says it will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables.
Pennsylvania state representatives have approved a bill requiring that consumers be notified when artificial intelligence is used to generate content.
There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are broadly as smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can.
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would require the identification and labeling of online content generated using artificial intelligence.
The League of Women Voters filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to prevent those who sent robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice to New Hampshire voters from using artificial intelligence for future deceptions.
European Union lawmakers have given final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law.
Making instant videos is the next wave of generative artificial intelligence, much like chatbots and image-generators before it.
Video game studios pay professional actors to voice the soldiers, goblins, elves and aliens that populate virtual worlds.
Wisconsin lawmakers have passed bills designed to regulate artificial intelligence, joining a growing number of states grappling with how to control the technology as November’s elections loom.
A little-known federal agency, The National Institute of Standards and Technology, was tapped by the Biden administration to set testing parameters for ensuring generative AI systems are safe, secure, trustworthy and socially responsible.
Artificial intelligence is easily the biggest buzzword for world leaders and corporate bosses diving into big ideas at the World Economic Forum’s glitzy annual meeting in Davos.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has outlined a plan to prevent its artificial intelligence tools from being used to spread election misinformation in 2024.
Robots of all kinds caused a stir on the show floor this week at the annual CES technology trade show in Las Vegas.
A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn’t be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works.
Google released their top New Year's resolution trends they're seeing this year and explained what you can do to help keep them.
Judges in England and Wales have been given approval to use artificial intelligence to help writing legal opinions.
Amid fears that AI could heighten bias or affect privacy, the state is forming an advisory committee to recommend how the technology is deployed. “We’re gonna have to set up some rules,” the committee’s founder says.
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, trying to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbots.
European Union officials worked into the late hours last week hammering out an agreement on world-leading rules meant to govern the use of artificial intelligence in the 27-nation bloc.
Adam Selipsky is shepherding Amazon’s cloud unit at one of the most important moments in tech history.
