What the US can learn from the role of AI in other elections
When the generative-AI boom first kicked off, one of the biggest concerns among pundits and experts was that hyperrealistic AI...
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California Gov. Newsom Signs Laws Regulating Election A.I. ‘Deepfakes’
The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year’s presidential race.
How A.I., QAnon and Falsehoods Are Reshaping the Presidential Race
Three experts on social media and disinformation share their predictions for this year’s chaotic election.
Inside Jony Ive’s Life After Apple and His LoveFrom Design Business
Five years after leaving Apple, the iPhone designer is forging a new life in San Francisco, one imaginative building at...
Can Math Help AI Chatbots Stop Making Stuff Up?
Chatbots like ChatGPT get stuff wrong. But researchers are building new A.I. systems that can verify their own math —...
Will A.I. Be a Bust? A Wall Street Skeptic Rings the Alarm.
Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’s head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically...
Addressing climate change impacts
This research examines how US businesses view their climate change risk and the steps they are taking to adapt to...
The Download: EV subsidies risks, and introducing The Debrief
Sales of new electric vehicles in Germany have plummeted, dropping nearly 37% in July 2024 from the same month one...
Some countries are ending support for EVs. Is it too soon?
The end of the subsidy program isn’t the only factor contributing to Germany’s EV slowdown, but the abrupt axing certainly...
The Download: training robots for unfamiliar environments, and all-new bird flu
What’s new: It’s tricky to get robots to do things in environments they’ve never seen before. Typically, researchers need to...
AI models let robots carry out tasks in unfamiliar environments
These models were deployed on Stretch, a robot consisting of a wheeled unit, a tall pole, and a retractable arm...
Flu season is coming—and so is the risk of an all-new bird flu
I was reminded of that fact when my littlest woke me for an early-morning cuddle, sneezed into my face, and...
The Download: bird flu concerns, and tracking AI’s impact on elections
Bird flu has been spreading in dairy cows in the US—and the scale is likely to be far worse than...
How AI can help spot wildfires
Anything from stray fireworks to lightning strikes can start a wildfire. While it’s natural for many ecosystems to see some...
Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu
And while many ducks and geese seem to be able to survive being infected with the virus, other bird species...
AI-generated content doesn’t seem to have swayed recent European elections
Those fears seem to have been unwarranted, says Sam Stockwell, the researcher at the Alan Turing Institute who conducted the...
Justice Department probing banks for alleged collusion in $36B Archegos liquidation: report
The Justice Department is investigating several large banks for allegedly colluding during the liquidation of convicted fraudster Bill Hwang’s ill-fated...
NY Times tech union’s bizarre demands to avert strike include four-day work week, ban on scents in break rooms
Tech union workers at the New York Times have threatened to strike on Election Day over a bizarre list of...
A Horrifying New Attempt on Trumps Life
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