Jul 29 Pope Leo XIV gets rock star’s welcome at Vaticans’ Catholic influencer festival By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The pilgrims have descended on Rome for a special Holy Year celebration of so-called "digital missionaries," part of the Vatican's weeklong Jubilee for young people. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 6:37 What’s in Trump’s new AI policy and why it matters By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins President Trump unveiled his approach to the development of AI. Surrounded by some of the biggest names in tech, he signed three executive orders. One targets what Trump called "ideological bias" in AI chatbots, another aims to make it easier… Continue watching
Jul 23 WATCH: Trump reveals ‘AI Action Plan’ shaped by tech lobbyists after revoking Biden policy By Matt O'Brien, Ali Swenson, Collin Binkley, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Jul 19 Analysis: AI in health care could save lives and money — but not yet By Turgay Ayer, The Conversation A professor and researcher who studies AI and health care analytics explains why AI’s growth will be gradual, and how technical limitations and ethical concerns stand in the way of AI’s widespread adoption by the medical industry. Continue reading
Jul 11 Why does the AI-powered chatbot Grok post false, offensive things on X? By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, has praised Hitler, dabbled in Holocaust denialism and ranted about “white genocide” in South Africa. That’s happening because of Grok’s instructions and training material, experts say. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 9:20 Opera uses AI to give people with non-verbal disabilities a voice By Jeffrey Brown, Simon Epstein At an Omaha, Nebraska, festival this summer, new work explores the intersection of art, disability and technology, asking questions like "who has a voice?" and "who gets to be heard?" Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports on this unusual undertaking… Continue watching
Jul 08 AI tech used to impersonate Rubio in messages to foreign and U.S. officials By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using AI-driven technology. Continue reading
Jul 01 Senate pulls AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after complaints from states By Matt Brown, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate. Continue reading
Jun 26 Judge tosses authors’ AI training copyright lawsuit against Meta By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Jun 20 AI and ‘recession-proof’ jobs: 4 tips for new job seekers By Hannah Grabenstein Experts told PBS News that there are plenty of concrete steps grads can take to help make the job search less painful and more rewarding. Continue reading