Politics May 15 Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on artificial intelligence after finishing yearlong review 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.
Politics Mar 28 VP Harris says U.S. agencies must show their AI tools aren’t harming people’s safety or rights Vice President Kamala Harris says government agencies that use AI tools will be required to verify that those tools do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people.
Politics Mar 13 AI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump as election looms With the election in full swing, it's time to "put some foots down on election-related stuff for a bit," Midjourney CEO David Holz told several hundred members of the service's devoted userbase in a digital office hours event Wednesday.
Nation Feb 16 Tech giants sign voluntary accord to combat election deepfakes generated with AI The accord is largely symbolic, but targets increasingly realistic AI-generated images, audio and video "that deceptively fake or alter the appearance, voice, or actions of political candidates, election officials, and other key stakeholders in a democratic election.”…
Politics Jan 25 FTC launches antitrust inquiry into artificial intelligence deals by tech giants Lina Khan, chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in opening remarks at a Thursday AI forum, said the agency is "scrutinizing whether these ties enable dominant firms to exert undue influence or gain privileged access in ways that could…
Science Dec 20 Study shows AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children The Stanford Internet Observatory found more than 3,200 images of suspected child sexual abuse in a database used to train leading AI image-makers.
Nation Nov 22 Sam Altman reinstated as OpenAI CEO with new board replacing the one which fired him The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, culminating a days-long power struggle that shocked the tech industry and brought attention to the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence.
Economy Nov 20 Microsoft hires Sam Altman, new OpenAI CEO vows to investigate his ouster The developments come Monday after a weekend of drama and speculation about how the power dynamics would shake out at OpenAI.
Arts Nov 18 Why artists are pushing for U.S. copyright reforms amid proliferation of AI models 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. Technology companies, by contrast, are largely happy with the status quo.
Economy Nov 17 ChatGPT-maker Open AI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, says he wasn’t ‘consistently candid’ The board of ChatGPT-maker Open AI says it has pushed out Altman and replaced him with an interim CEO. It says the move came after a review found Altman was "not consistently candid in his communications" with the board.