Politics Oct 30 WATCH: Biden signs executive order creating rules for artificial intelligence development Before signing the order, Biden said AI is driving change at “warp speed” and carries tremendous potential as well as perils.
Politics Oct 05 U.S. lawmakers question Meta and X over AI-generated political deepfakes ahead of 2024 election US Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda Yaccarino expressing "serious concerns" about the emergence of AI-generated political ads on their…
Politics Sep 13 WATCH: ‘Overwhelming consensus’ for artificial intelligence regulation, Musk says after Senate tech meeting At a closed-door Senate forum on artificial intelligence, tech leaders are getting their chance to outline their views about possible oversight legislation.
Arts Aug 31 Visual artists fight back against artificial intelligence companies for repurposing their work The lawsuit may serve as an early bellwether of how hard it will be for all kinds of creators to stop AI developers from profiting off their work.
Science Aug 01 Chatbots can make things up. Can we fix AI’s hallucination problem? Builders of AI systems known as large language models say they're working to make them more truthful. But some experts say the problem isn't fixable.
Nation Jul 21 White House sets AI safeguard agreements with Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms The White House said Friday it has secured voluntary commitments from seven U.S. companies meant to ensure their AI products are safe before they release them.
Politics Jul 21 WATCH: Biden announces AI safeguards after meeting with tech leaders On Friday, representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI are meeting with the president at the White House.
Economy Jul 13 ChatGPT creator OpenAI signs deal with AP to license news stories The arrangement involves OpenAI licensing part of AP's text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI's technology and product expertise, the two organizations said in a joint statement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Nation Jul 13 House Republicans interrogate FTC chair over big tech regulation, ‘harassment’ of Twitter The FTC chair defended her aggressive legal strategy toward the country’s biggest technology companies as she appeared before the House Judiciary Committee.
Economy Jul 11 Microsoft can move ahead with $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, judge rules Regulators are seeking to ax the deal because they say it will hurt competition. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in a ruling that the Federal Trade Commission "has not shown a likelihood it will prevail."…