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."…
Science May 30 Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts warn The statement posted online Tuesday says that "mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."…
Politics May 15 WATCH: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee “As this technology advances, we understand that people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. We are too," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified at a Senate hearing Tuesday.
Economy May 11 Elon Musk says he's found a new CEO to lead Twitter The Tesla billionaire said in a tweet Thursday that his role will transition to being Twitter's executive chairman and chief technology officer.
Politics Apr 27 Microsoft's 'good guy' approach with governments frays in Activision Blizzard battle Microsoft's charm offensive with the world's governments is starting to lose some of its luster as the software giant is confronting its toughest antitrust scrutiny since co-founder Bill Gates was in charge.
Nation Apr 21 Removal of blue checks from high-profile accounts sows confusion on Twitter When the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this week from accounts that don't pay a monthly fee, it left public agencies and other organizations around the world scrambling to figure out a way to show they're trustworthy and…
Science Mar 31 Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns The Italian Data Protection Authority said it was taking provisional action “until ChatGPT respects privacy,” including temporarily limiting the company from processing Italian users' data.