As someone who quite enjoys the Zen of tidying up, I was only too happy to grab a dustpan and brush and sweep up some beans spilled on a tabletop while visiting the Toyota Research Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts last year. The chore was more challenging than usual because I had to do it using … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft on Thursday briefly yanked the title of most valuable publicly traded company from Apple in early trading. The development follows a series of obstacles Apple has encountered at the start of the year. Last week, Foxconn, a Chinese assembler of Apple’s iPhones, reported … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday unveiled new legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. Lee made the announcement while standing in the middle of Nashville’s famed RCA Studio A, a location where legends such as Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and … Read more
Do AI companies need to pay for the training data that powers their generative AI systems? The question is hotly contested in Silicon Valley and in a wave of lawsuits levied against tech behemoths like Meta, Google, and OpenAI. In Washington, DC, though, there seems to be a growing consensus that the tech giants need … Read more
Artificial intelligence-powered misinformation and disinformation pose the largest short-term global threat to the world, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. They are followed by extreme weather events and societal polarization as global threats, according to the report, which uses a survey of nearly 1,500 experts in areas of academia, business and … Read more
ChatGPT also functions as a kind of translator or helper for GPT apps. When WIRED asked the AllTrails GPT to suggest a two-hour hike in Berkeley, California, ChatGPT responded by asking how strenuous the hike should be and if the trail should be dog-friendly. ChatGPT then asked for permission to call up AllTrail’s API and … Read more
The European Union said Tuesday it is examining Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the popular ChatGPT tool, and whether it is subject to the bloc’s merger rules. “The European Commission is checking whether Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI might be reviewable under the EU Merger Regulation,” the EU’s executive arm … Read more
OpenAI is back in action after its leadership tumult, debuting two product and service launches on Wednesday: the GPT Store — OpenAI’s answer to the App Store, which allows users to list personalized chatbots, or GPTs, they’ve built for others to download — and ChatGPT Team, a new option for businesses. ChatGPT Team, the smaller … Read more
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images The artificial intelligence boom has sparked concerns and controversy around employment, mounting fears that AI will replace jobs or affect pay, as it optimizes processes and requires a lower skill level from employees. But, if your job is affected by AI, your salary might actually increase, Sander van’t Noordende, … Read more
When AI researcher Melanie Mitchell published Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans in 2019, she set out to clarify AI’s impact. A few years later, ChatGPT set off a new AI boom—with a side effect that caught her off guard. An AI-generated imitation of her book appeared on Amazon, in an apparent scheme to … Read more
