Nation Sep 05 Anthropic to pay authors $1.5B in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.
Economy Aug 07 Trump’s planned 100% tariff on computer chips sparks confusion The U.S. imports a relatively small number of chips because most of the foreign-made chips in a device — from an iPhone to a car — were already assembled into a product, or part of a product, before it landed…
Nation Aug 06 Study says ChatGPT giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chatbot gave detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders, and even suicide notes. The Center for Countering Digital Hate found that testing ChatGPT with harmful prompts led the chatbot to respond in dangerous…
Politics Jul 23 WATCH: Trump reveals ‘AI Action Plan’ shaped by tech lobbyists after revoking Biden policy President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping new plan for America’s “global dominance” in artificial intelligence, proposing to cut back environmental regulations to speed up the construction of AI supercomputers while promoting the sale of U.S.-made AI technologies at…
Nation Jul 09 X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down after two years at Elon Musk’s social media platform Yaccarino posted a positive message Wednesday about her tenure at the company formerly known as Twitter and said “the best is yet to come as X enters a new chapter with” Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, maker of the chatbot…
Economy Jul 02 Microsoft’s largest layoff in years hits Xbox gaming, sales and other divisions Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.
Politics Jul 01 Senate pulls AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after complaints from states A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate.
Arts Jun 26 Judge tosses authors’ AI training copyright lawsuit against Meta U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria found that 13 authors who sued Meta “made the wrong arguments.” But the judge also said that the ruling is limited to the authors in the case and does not mean that Meta’s use of…
Politics Jun 03 Meta signs 20-year deal with nuclear plant, signals AI’s growing energy needs AI already uses vast amounts of energy, much of which comes from burning fossil fuels, which causes climate change.
Economy May 13 Microsoft is laying off about 3% of its workforce Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, said the layoffs will be across all levels and geographies but the cuts will focus on reducing the number of managers.