Technology

Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is seen at Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 7, a day after its mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of an issue with a pressure regulation valve.

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again

11:13am May 18, 2024

by John Helton

A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems.

National

AI-generated articles are permeating major news publications

5:13pm May 16, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Maggie Harrison Dupre, staff writer at Futurism, about her reporting into AI-generated articles appearing on major news publications.

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OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT — it can talk, laugh and even sing like a human

7:17am May 16, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

The latest version of ChatGPT has the internet wondering: Was it meant to make it sound like Scarlett Johansson in the movie Her? Its creators insist the model was not based on the movie.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifying before a Senate hearing earlier this month. During a May 15 hearing, she identified Russia as the greatest foreign threat to this year's U.S. elections.

U.S. elections face more threats from foreign actors and artificial intelligence

6:58pm May 15, 2024

by Shannon Bond

"Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections," said Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, noting that new AI technologies make influence operations easier to pull off.

Abandoned tents remain at the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, that is at the center of a controversy involving viral images of a flyer encouraging migrants to vote for President Biden.

A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it

4:41pm May 15, 2024

by Jude Joffe-Block

Viral images of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets of a migrant camp in Mexico, and they energized members of Congress. But NPR's reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, seen here at the U.S. Capitol on May 8, unveiled a road map proposal about artificial intelligence on behalf of a bipartisan Senate working group.

Politics & Government

A bipartisan group of senators unveils a plan to tackle artificial intelligence

3:56pm May 15, 2024

by Barbara Sprunt

This comes after a yearlong listening tour by a bipartisan working group in the Senate.

TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months.

Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment

6:59pm May 14, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.

The proliferation of AI-generated images "has made Facebook a very bizarre, very creepy place for me," said Casey Morris, an attorney in Northern Virginia.

AI-generated spam is starting to fill social media. Here's why

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Shannon Bond

A Jesus made of vegetables, bizarre log cabins, products that don't exist. AI-generated images are creating new forms of clickbait and causing some users to doubt what's real.

Rapper Tupac Shakur performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994.

It was a classic rap beef. Then Drake revived Tupac with AI and Congress got involved

12:09pm May 14, 2024

by Greg Rosalsky

AI can conjure the voice or likeness of a dead celebrity with just a few clicks. This opens a host of legal questions about the rights of the deceased and their heirs to control their digital replicas

AI-generated spam is starting to fill social media. Here's why

5:00am May 14, 2024

by Shannon Bond

A Jesus made of vegetables, bizarre log cabins, products that don't exist. AI-generated images are creating new forms of clickbait and causing some users to doubt what's real.