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A screenshot from Nvidia and Convai's recent demonstration video of AI in video games.

'Games made by soulless machines': Tech sparks debate over AI stories in video games

11:58am March 15, 2024

Is the future of artificial intelligence in video games playing out in a cyberpunk ramen bar? Tech companies would like you to think so, but game writers aren't so sure.

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A former Google engineer was charged with stealing AI technology while secretly working with two China-based companies.

Chinese national arrested and charged with stealing AI trade secrets from Google

7:13pm March 06, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Prosecutors say at the same time that Linwei Ding was working for Google and stealing the building blocks of its AI technology, he was also secretly employed by two China-based tech companies.

Economy

The mysterious threats and impacts of workforce obsolescence

4:42pm February 15, 2024

Workforces facing obsolescence sometimes behave in mysterious ways. Often, wages wind up spiking in an occupation at risk of disappearing. We examine what this means for the workforce as AI advances.

The FCC's ruling opens the door for fines and lawsuits against robocallers who use AI voice cloning.

Politics & Government

The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal

1:10pm February 08, 2024

by Shannon Bond

The federal agency's ruling follows concerns over how the cutting-edge technology is being used to scam people and mislead voters.

Voters wait to cast their ballots on Jan. 23 in Loudon, New Hampshire. Shortly before voting began, some voters in the state got calls from a faked version of President Biden's voice urging them not to vote, a sign of the potential that deepfakes could have on the electoral process.

Politics & Government

AI fakes raise election risks as lawmakers and tech companies scramble to catch up

12:54pm February 08, 2024

by Shannon Bond

As AI-generated deepfakes are being used to spread false information in elections in the U.S. and around the world, policymakers, tech platforms and governments are trying to catch up.

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Education

NC public schools advised to train staff and students on responsible AI use

1:15pm January 30, 2024

by Amy Diaz

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction released guidelines this month on the use of artificial intelligence in schools. Officials say students and teachers stand to benefit from the use of AI in the classroom.

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Michael Cohen arrives at New York Supreme Court for former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial on Oct. 25, 2023 in New York. Cohen says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a New York judge.

Politics & Government

Michael Cohen says he unwittingly sent AI-generated fake legal cases to his attorney

8:20am December 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

Donald Trump's onetime personal lawyer and fixer says he passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a judge.

The PIGEON algorithm was able to geolocate this 2012 photo of the author on a backcountry trail in Yellowstone National Park to within roughly 35 miles of where it was taken.

Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts

4:43pm December 19, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

Three Stanford graduate students built an AI tool that can find a location by looking at pictures. Civil rights advocates warn more advanced versions will further erode online privacy.

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on north Gaza on November 22, 2023. Israel says it is using artificial intelligence to find targets.

Israel is using an AI system to find targets in Gaza. Experts say it's just the start

7:36am December 14, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

Israel's military says the system makes it more efficient and reduces collateral damage. Critics see a host of problems with the nation's use of AI, but other militaries will likely follow suit.

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Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023.

Arts

Here are the 25 most-viewed articles on Wikipedia in 2023

6:55am December 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia.