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  • The Microsoft Copilot app is being displayed on a smartphone, with the Microsoft logo visible in the backgroundTech

    Microsoft is adding a new button to laptops that will fire up its AI chatbot

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • AI image generatorsTech

    Top AI image generators are getting trained on thousands of illegal pictures of child sex abuse, Stanford Internet Observatory says

    By Matt O'Brien, Haleluya Hadero, and others
  • Google DeepMindTech

    Google’s Gemini AI launches to the public, with search engine on the way: ‘We made a ton of progress in what’s called factuality’

    By Michael Liedtke, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • FILE – Darío Gil, senior vice president and director of IBM Research, speaks at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Oct. 13, 2023 in Troy, N.Y. IBM and Facebook parent Meta are launching a new group called the AI Alliance that’s advocating an “open science” approach to AI development that puts them at odds with rivals like Google, Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. (Hans Pennink/AP Images for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, File)Tech

    Meta and IBM face off against Google and Microsoft as AI tech bosses all demand regulation—just totally different kinds

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Sam AltmanTech

    OpenAI’s ex-chairman accuses board of going rogue in firing Altman: ‘Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Figure AITech

    Robot startups see huge market in replacing human workers: ‘We can sell millions of humanoids, billions maybe’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • FILE – President Joe Biden speaks about artificial intelligence in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Washington. Biden on Monday, Oct. 30, will sign a sweeping executive order to guide the development of artificial intelligence. The order will require industry to develop safety and security standards, introduce new consumer protections and give federal agencies an extensive to-do list to oversee the rapidly progressing technology. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Tech

    Biden signing new AI order requiring agencies and tech industry to quickly develop safety and security rules: ‘We can’t move at a normal government pace’

    By Josh Boak, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • 15 April 2021, Hessen, Gießen: Sarah Schneider, chief detective at the police headquarters in Central Hesse, sits in front of an evaluation computer in an office of the “BAO Fokus”. The special organization within the police has been fighting child pornography and sexual abuse since October 2020. It is often terrible images that the investigators have to look at. But their work is important. From the successes, the police officers draw motivation to sit for hours in front of the computer and sift through child pornography photos and videos. (to dpa: “How do police officers cope with child pornography investigations?”) Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa (Photo by Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images)Tech

    Child sex abuse images generated by AI risk flooding the internet if no new controls are put in place, watchdog warns

    By Matt O'Brien, Haleluya Hadero, and others
  • Tofunmi OmiyeHealth

    Bombshell Stanford study finds ChatGPT and Google’s Bard answer medical questions with racist, debunked theories that harm Black patients

    By Garance Burke, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Lina KhanTech

    Microsoft just closed its mega $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in crushing blow to Biden’s antitrust watchdog Lina Khan

    By Kelvin Chan, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Mark ZuckerbergPolitics

    Amy Klobuchar just put Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on notice that the ‘bare minimum’ won’t cut it this election as AI deepfakes already run rampant

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Getty Images AI generatorTech

    Getty Images’ up to $1.8 trillion lawsuit about AI plagiarism is still pending, but it just launched an AI image generator

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Chuck Schumer says he asked Musk, Gates and others about whether to regulate AI: ‘Every single person raised their hands’

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Bill Gates huddle for hours behind closed doors with Chuck Schumer and Senate leaders over AI

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during an interview in Redmond, Washington, US, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Microsoft Corp.’s effort to overhaul its entire lineup with OpenAI technology has spread to one of the companys oldest and best-known products: its Office apps. Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply

    By Matt O'Brien, Hannah Fingerhut, and others