Today: November 14, 2024
Today: November 14, 2024

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Election|Technology|US

How Harris and Trump differ on artificial intelligence policy

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

How Harris and Trump differ on artificial intelligence policy
Crime|Europe|Technology

San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls

Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation

San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girls
Crime|News|Technology

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?

Police officers are starting to use artificial intelligence to help write crime reports

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?
Business|Lifestyle|Technology

Which candidate is better for tech innovation? Venture capitalists divided on Harris or Trump

Being a venture capitalist carries a lot of prestige in Silicon Valley

Which candidate is better for tech innovation? Venture capitalists divided on Harris or Trump
Business|Environment|News|Science|Technology

The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft's data centers

The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers

The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft's data centers
Business|Technology

OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders

OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company
Entertainment|Lifestyle|Technology

Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game

The chief of the Shawnee Tribe grew up playing video games, including hundreds of hours colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri

Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game
News|Science|Technology

Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics

Two pioneers of artificial intelligence have won the Nobel Prize in physics

Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics
Business|Economy|Finance

TGI Fridays files for bankruptcy protection as sit-down restaurant struggles continue

Restaurant chain TGI Fridays says it has filed for bankruptcy protection as it looks for ways to “ensure the long-term viability” of the casual dining brand

TGI Fridays files for bankruptcy protection as sit-down restaurant struggles continue
Business|Finance|Technology

Microsoft reports quarterly sales up 16% to $65.6 billion as investors ask if AI spending worth it

Microsoft on Wednesday reported its quarterly sales grew 16% to $65.6 billion as the company sought to assure investors its huge spending on artificial intelligence is paying off

Microsoft reports quarterly sales up 16% to $65.6 billion as investors ask if AI spending worth it
Business|News|Technology|US

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

Business

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|Finance|Technology

ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots

OpenAI says it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots

ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots
Business|Technology

OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and 2 other execs are leaving the ChatGPT maker

A high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year says she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company

OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and 2 other execs are leaving the ChatGPT maker
Crime|Technology

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|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|Finance|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|Lifestyle|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

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
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
Business|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
Business|Finance|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
Technology

Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users

Generative AI is advancing so quickly that the latest chatbots available today could be out of date tomorrow

Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users
Technology

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company's board

A Microsoft engineer is sounding an alarm about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company’s artificial intelligence image-generator tool

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company's board

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