Nation Jul 30 White House says no need to restrict open-source AI, for now The White House is coming out in favor of “open-source” artificial intelligence technology, arguing there’s no need now for restrictions on companies making key components of their powerful AI systems widely available.
Economy Jun 06 AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text as early as 2026 A new study released Thursday by research group Epoch AI projects that tech companies will exhaust the supply of publicly available training data for AI language models by roughly the turn of the decade -- sometime between 2026 and 2032.
Politics May 31 Google makes fixes to AI-generated search summaries after outlandish answers went viral Google has largely defended its AI overviews feature, saying it is typically accurate. But the head of Google's search business acknowledged in a blog post that there were some odd, inaccurate or unhelpful responses.
Politics May 23 Biden White House to tech industry: Shut down market for sexually abusive AI deepfakes By committing to a set of specific measures, officials hope the private sector can curb the creation, spread and monetization of such nonconsensual AI images, including explicit images of children.
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.