Economy Dec 27 The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft over the use of its stories to train chatbots By Associated Press
Nation Dec 21 Watch 7:47 The historic struggle between workers and the technology that could put them out of a job The last year has seen headlines of hope and outright fear around the rapid development of artificial intelligence. It creates questions about whether the innovations can lead to broad gains for everyone or just a select few. Economics correspondent Paul… By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes
Nation Nov 22 Watch 4:27 Why OpenAI reversed course and brought Sam Altman back as CEO Sam Altman is returning as the chief executive of OpenAI. The hot tech startup behind ChatGPT is not only bringing Altman back, it’s also overhauling the board that fired him, ending a dramatic five-day standoff that’s transfixed Silicon Valley and… By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura
Nation Nov 20 Watch 5:49 What led to the OpenAI leadership shakeup and what it means for the future of AI Microsoft announced that it hired Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, after he was unexpectedly fired from that company days earlier. Microsoft is a financial partner in OpenAI. Altman had kicked off a global race for artificial intelligence… By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Dorothy Hastings
Nation Oct 30 Watch 6:27 Biden signs order establishing standards to manage artificial intelligence risks President Biden signed the government’s first executive order to establish new standards and rules for the use of artificial intelligence. It’s a wide-ranging set of rules and recommendations to address concerns about national security, privacy, equity and the labor market. By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Murrey Jacobson
Oct 06 Watch 6:50 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on defending truth and the danger of A.I. in the wrong hands By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Veteran journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has a dire warning about the defense of truth in the digital age. She says we risk losing the information war to adversarial artificial intelligence and to authoritarian governments who can… Continue watching