How ‘Deepfake Elon Musk’ Became the Internet’s Biggest Scammer
All Steve Beauchamp wanted was money for his family. And he thought Elon Musk could help.Mr. Beauchamp, an 82-year-old retiree,...
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A California Bill to Regulate A.I. Causes Alarm in Silicon Valley
A California bill that could impose restrictions on artificial intelligence has tech companies, investors and activists scrambling to explain what...
Piecing Together an Ancient Epic Was Slow Work. Until A.I. Got Involved.
In 1872, in a quiet second-floor room at the British Museum, George Smith, a museum employee, was studying a grime-encrusted...
Brands Love Influencers (Until Politics Get Involved)
Brands love when social media stars take to Instagram or TikTok to advertise their soap, probiotic sodas, makeup and more....
Do Robots Love Their Customers? Automated Restaurants Face Human Issues.
On a recent Thursday afternoon at a Denny’s in Long Beach, Calif., a four-foot-tall robot glided toward Diane Deconnick’s table....
Can You Be Emotionally Reliant on an A.I. Voice? OpenAI Says Yes.
In a report released this week, OpenAI revealed that it had considered the potential for users to form an emotional...
Will A.I. Kill Meaningless Jobs?
When Brad Wang started his first job in the tech industry, right after college, he marveled at the way Silicon...
OpenAI Is Testing an A.I.-Powered Search Engine
OpenAI is testing an AI-powered search engine that can access information from across the internet in real time.The prominent A.I....
A.I. Can Write Poetry, but It Struggles With Math
In the school year that ended recently, one class of learners stood out as a seeming puzzle. They are hard-working,...
The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast
For years, the people building powerful artificial intelligence systems have used enormous troves of text, images and videos pulled from...
J.D. Vance’s A.I. Agenda: Reduce Regulation
Senator J.D. Vance, Republican of Ohio, is a strong skeptic of regulating artificial intelligence. He’s also in favor of reining...
A.I. Needs Copper. It Just Helped to Find Millions of Tons of It.
Peering into their computer screens in California last year, the data crunchers watched a subterranean fortune come into focus.What they...
Microsoft Surrenders OpenAI Board Position
Microsoft has given up its seat on OpenAI’s board, relinquishing a nonvoting position it gained late last year, as regulators...
An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.
In a small apartment outside Madrid on Jan. 11, 2022, an argument over household chores turned violent when Lobna Hemid’s...
Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next
Lee Saedol was the finest Go player of his generation when he suffered a decisive loss, defeated not by a...
Ray Kurzweil Still Says He Will Merge With A.I.
Sitting near a window inside Boston’s Four Seasons Hotel, overlooking a duck pond in the city’s Public Garden, Ray Kurzweil...
A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secrets, Raising Fears That China Could, Too
Early last year, a hacker gained access to the internal messaging systems of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and stole...
Now Narrating the Olympics: A.I.-Al Michaels
The Olympics have ancient beginnings. Now, they will also have a dose of the latest technology.This year, highlights from the...
My First Trip to Norway, With A.I. as a Guide
The assignment was clear: Test how well artificial intelligence could plan a trip to Norway, a place I’d never been....
The A.I. Boom Has an Unlikely Early Winner: Wonky Consultants
After ChatGPT came out in 2022, the marketing team at Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Lysol and Mucinex, was convinced that...
