Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation
A bipartisan group of senators released a long-awaited legislative plan for artificial intelligence on Wednesday, calling for billions in funding...
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Google Takes the Next Step in Its A.I. Evolution
Last May, Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, said the company would use artificial intelligence to reimagine all of its products.But...
A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived
A lifelike artificial intelligence with a smooth, alluring voice enchants and impresses its human users — flirting, telling jokes, fulfilling...
OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Listens, Looks and Talks
As Apple and Google transform their voice assistants into chatbots, OpenAI is transforming its chatbot into a voice assistant.On Monday,...
Meet My A.I. Friends
What if the tech companies are all wrong, and the way artificial intelligence is poised to transform society is not...
Google Unveils A.I. for Predicting Behavior of Human Molecules
Artificial intelligence is giving machines the power to generate videos, write computer code and even carry on a conversation.It is...
Biden, Announcing A.I. Center, Highlights a Win of His and a Failing of Trump’s
President Biden on Wednesday announced the creation of an artificial intelligence data center in Wisconsin, highlighting one of his administration’s...
OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers
As experts warn that images, audio and video generated by artificial intelligence could influence the fall elections, OpenAI is releasing...
In the Battle of Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar, A.I. Is Playing Spoiler
For the past month, an all-out brawl has consumed hip-hop, with some of the genre’s top artists trading barbs in...
8 Daily Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.
Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Tuesday, accusing the tech companies of illegally...
In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade
If 2023 was the tech industry’s year of the A.I. chatbot, 2024 is turning out to be the year of...
Auto Safety Regulator Investigating Tesla Recall of Autopilot
The federal government’s main auto safety agency said on Friday that it was investigating Tesla’s recall of its Autopilot driver-assistance...
Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted
In the last few days, you may have noticed something new inside Meta’s apps, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp: an...
‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
On a Monday morning last month, tech executives, engineers and sales representatives from Amazon, Google, TikTok and other companies endured...
Wall Street’s Patience for a Costly A.I. Arms Race Is Waning
Meta’s A.I. bet tests investors’ patienceMeta just reported its best-ever first-quarter earnings. But for investors, that’s not enough — and...
Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted
In the last few days, you may have noticed something new inside Meta’s apps, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp: an...
How a Virtual Assistant Taught Me to Appreciate Busywork
I recently downloaded a virtual assistant that promised to ease the burdens of modern parenthood. The app is called Yohana,...
Microsoft Makes a New Push Into Smaller A.I. Systems
In the dizzying race to build generative A.I. systems, the tech industry’s mantra has been bigger is better, no matter...
Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR
Generative A.I. technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters...
Spurred by Teen Girls, States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes
Caroline Mullet, a ninth grader at Issaquah High School near Seattle, went to her first homecoming dance last fall, a...
