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...
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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...
When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training
Except as expressly permitted in the Terms, you must not (and must not allow third parties to)… use the Services...
A.I. Will Fix the World. The Catch? Robots in Your Veins.
THE SINGULARITY IS NEARER: When We Merge With A.I., by Ray KurzweilA central conviction held by artificial intelligence boosters, but...
The Chef Is Human. The Reviewer Isn’t.
The White Clam Pizza at Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Conn., is a revelation. The crust, kissed by...
A.I. Is Getting Better Fast. Can You Tell What’s Real Now?
Artificial intelligence tools can create lifelike faces and realistic photographs — and they are getting better all the time. The...
What the Arrival of A.I. Phones and Computers Means for Our Data
Apple, Microsoft and Google are heralding a new era of what they describe as artificially intelligent smartphones and computers. The...
At Target, Store Workers Become A.I. Conduits
Target is the latest retailer to put generative artificial intelligence tools in the hands of its workers, with the goal...
OpenAI Co-Founder, Who Helped Oust Sam Altman, Starts His Own Company
Ilya Sutskever, the OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist who in November joined other board members to force out Sam Altman,...
Nvidia Becomes Most Valuable Public Company, Topping Microsoft
Move over, Microsoft and Apple. The stock market has a new king.On Tuesday, Nvidia leapfrogged two of tech’s most storied...
Now You Can Read the Classics With A.I.-Powered Expert Guides
For the past year, two philosophy professors have been calling around to prominent authors and public intellectuals with an unusual,...