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  • joe biden with AI expertsTech

    White House science adviser says new safeguards against A.I. risks will be coming ‘fast’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • School kidsTech

    The tech company touting its MIT connection that stranded Kentucky school kids for a week did the same thing in Ohio last fall

    By Travis Loller, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Chris Pine attends the Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount Pictures’ “Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” at Regency Village Theatre on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)Tech

    D&D fans turned off by A.I.-generated art spurred a Hasbro unit into banning it: ‘We are revising our process’

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

    Tech experts are starting to doubt that ChatGPT and A.I. ‘hallucinations’ will ever go away: ‘This isn’t fixable’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Lina KhanPolitics

    Fresh off a stinging defeat, Biden’s FTC chief Lina Khan faces a grilling from House Republicans on Capitol Hill

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Sarah SilvermanTech

    Sarah Silverman’s lawyer predicts her case will blow wide open all of ChatGPT’s tricks: ‘This is an open, dirty secret of the whole machine learning industry’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • Satya NadellaTech

    Judge smacks down FTC’s challenge to Microsoft deal, saying the agency ‘has not raised serious questions’

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • EEOCSuccess

    ‘Bossware’ AI that tracks remote workers’ activities could break the law, government says

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • CEO of OpenAI Samuel Altman testifies at a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence in Washington, D.C., the United States, on May 16, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images)Tech

    Buzzy ChatGPT debuts an iPhone app in its latest challenge to Google’s search dominance

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

    Sam Altman pleads with Congress to regulate ‘increasingly powerful’ A.I. systems like his ChatGPT

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the debt ceiling at the White HouseTech

    White House is working with hackers to ‘jailbreak’ ChatGPT’s safeguards

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • President Joe Biden listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 1, 2023, about National Small Business Week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Tech

    Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting with the chiefs of Google and Microsoft as the Biden administration wrestles with guidance for A.I.

    By Matt O'Brien, Josh Boak, and others
  • File – Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton poses at Google’s Mountain View, Calif, headquarters on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Computer scientists who helped build the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence technology are warning of its dangers, but that doesn’t mean they agree on the risks or how to prevent disastrous outcomes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)Tech

    A wave of A.I. luminaries are sending out grim warnings about the new tech but not everyone thinks the situation is so dire

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 12: Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith speaks at the Semafor World Economic Summit on April 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. The event features interviews with business and government leaders discussing the global economy and financial markets. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tech

    Microsoft’s policy chief gets tough with British regulators after the company’s charm offensive fails to push through its Activision Blizzard deal

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Lina Khan, then a nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, April 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. The federal government will “not hesitate to crack down” on harmful business practices involving artificial intelligence, Federal Trade Commission head Khan warned Tuesday. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)Tech

    FTC Chair Lina Khan says she will ‘not hesitate to crack down’ on shady AI business behavior

    By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press