Jul 04 Watch 7:52 AI and the energy required to power it fuel new climate concerns By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes Google announced this week it is well behind on a pledge to all but eliminate its net carbon emissions by 2030. The company’s greenhouse gas outflow has increased in recent years mainly due to artificial intelligence and the energy required… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 6:27 The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Andrew Corkery The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It’s adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost,… Continue watching
Jun 17 How deepfake tech is a high risk, high reward tool for local political campaigns By Ali Swenson, Dan Merica, Garance Burke, Associated Press AI deepfakes that misrepresent candidates often can do more damage in those races because campaigns have fewer staffers and less money to combat them, and because they typically draw less scrutiny. Continue reading
Jun 14 On 2nd day of summit in Italy, G7 leaders focus on migration, AI and economic security By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to migration, artificial intelligence, economic security and the Indo-Pacific region on Friday, the second and final day of their summit in Italy. The G7 leaders stressed their determination to meet… Continue reading
Jun 14 Pope Francis becomes first pontiff to address G7 summit, pushes for stronger guardrails on AI By Nicole Winfield, Kelvin Chan, Associated Press The Argentine pope used his annual peace message this year to call for an international treaty to ensure AI is developed and used ethically. Continue reading
Jun 12 India’s latest election embraced AI technology. Here are some ways it was used constructively By Vandinika Shukla, Bruce Schneier, The Conversation Despite fears of widespread disinformation, for the most part the campaigns, candidates and activists used AI constructively in India's election. They used deepfakes to connect with voters rather than deceive them, and AI also helped them break through language barriers. Continue reading
Jun 10 Apple bringing ‘Apple Intelligence’ to its popular products By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Apple jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses during its World Wide Developers Conference Monday, previewing an onslaught of features designed to soup up the iPhone and other devices. Continue reading
Jun 06 AI ‘gold rush’ for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text as early as 2026 By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 5:11 Current, former OpenAI employees warn company not doing enough control dangers of AI By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins A group of current and former OpenAI employees issued a public letter warning that the company and its rivals are building artificial intelligence with undue risk and without sufficient oversight. They're calling on leading AI companies to be more transparent… Continue watching
Jun 04 DOJ claims releasing audio of Biden’s special counsel interview could lead to deepfakes By Alanna Durkin, Dan Merica, Associated Press The Justice Department says it's concerned that releasing audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel about his handling of classified documents could lead to deepfakes that trick Americans. Continue reading