Explicit Deepfake Images of Taylor Swift Elude Safeguards and Swamp Social Media
Fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift likely generated by artificial intelligence spread rapidly across social media platforms this week,...
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The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over A.I.
For decades, the Copyright Office has been a small and sleepy office within the Library of Congress. Each year, the...
We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.
User A.I. Generated by A.I. User A.I. Generated by A.I. User A.I. Generated by A.I. User A.I. Generated by A.I....
Will Airline Prices Finally Drop?
A record 4.7 billion passengers are expected to fly globally in 2024, up from the previous record of 4.5 billion...
A.I.’s Latest Challenge: the Math Olympics
For four years, the computer scientist Trieu Trinh has been consumed with something of a meta-math problem: how to build...
Musk Demands Bigger Stake in Tesla as Price for A.I. Work
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, stunned investors by demanding that the company’s board give him shares worth more...
The Big Buzz at Davos: A.I., Ukraine, China, and the Middle East
The meetings behind the meeting Thousands of global leaders have once again descended on snowy Davos, Switzerland, for the World...
Microsoft Tops Apple to Become Most Valuable Public Company
For more than a decade, Apple was the stock market’s undisputed king. It first overtook Exxon Mobil as the world’s...
At Sam’s Club, a Human Will No Longer Check Your Receipt at the Door
Buying things in bulk at wholesale retailers can be an all-day affair. Sam’s Club, the store chain owned by Walmart,...
State Legislators, Wary of Deceptive Election Ads, Tighten A.I. Rules
When experts in artificial intelligence recently showed a gathering of state legislators a deepfake image that had been generated by...
OpenAI Unveils App Store for Custom Chatbots
OpenAI said on Wednesday that it was opening an app store for people to share customized versions of its popular...
OpenAI Says New York Times Lawsuit Against It Is ‘Without Merit’
OpenAI said on Monday that a New York Times lawsuit against it was “without merit” and that it supported and...
No, That’s Not Taylor Swift Peddling Le Creuset Cookware
Taylor Swift’s affinity for Le Creuset is real: Her collection of the cookware has been featured on a Tumblr account...
Robots Learn, Chatbots Visualize: How 2024 Will Be A.I.’s ‘Leap Forward’
At an event in San Francisco in November, Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, was...
Dark Corners of the Web Offer a Glimpse at A.I.’s Nefarious Future
When the Louisiana parole board met in October to discuss the potential release of a convicted murderer, it called on...
In 2024, Expect New Debates on A.I., Gender and Guns
As Americans have engaged in fierce disagreement over gender expression and sexual orientation, the costs and reach of racism, and...
11 Charts That Explain the Year in Business, Technology and the Economy
It has been a confusing year for the economy and markets. At the start of 2023, economists largely predicted a...
Chief Justice Roberts Sees Promise and Danger of A.I. in the Courts
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. devoted his annual year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary, issued on...
Michael Cohen Used Artificial Intelligence in Feeding Lawyer Bogus Cases
Michael D. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump, mistakenly gave his lawyer bogus legal citations concocted...
Happy Puppies and Silly Geese: Pushing the Limits of A.I. Absurdity
What is the happiest dog you can imagine? Is it beaming with joy on a celestial plane or frolicking in...