Anthropic, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and other major developers of AI systems known as large language models say they’re working to make them more truthful. How long that will take remains to be seen.
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Commentary: An AI Bill of Rights may do more harm than good
Asking for restraint is futile, with any guidelines created unenforceable and likely to be ignored by most stakeholders.
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Musk’s new AI company, xAI, will aim to solve scientific mysteries
The billionaire and his team of AI researchers gave details of the company’s goals during a live Twitter event Friday.
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signs deal with AP to license news stories
The Associated Press doesn’t currently use any generative artificial intelligence in its news stories, but has used other forms of AI for nearly a decade, including to recap some sporting events.
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Elon Musk forms new AI company, with researchers from Google, OpenAI
The company is separate from Twitter and Musk’s other companies, SpaceX and Tesla, but would work closely with them, according to the site.
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Thanks to AI, San Francisco’s tech companies are hiring again
San Francisco and neighboring San Mateo County added 2,800 jobs in the tech sector in May, according to the city’s latest employment update.
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Billionaires and bureaucrats mobilize China for AI race with U.S.
AI investments in the U.S. dwarf that of China, totaling $26.6 billion in the year to mid-June versus China’s $4 billion, according to previously unreported data collated by consultancy Preqin.
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CEO behind ChatGPT warns Congress AI could cause ‘harm to the world’
In his first congressional testimony, Sam Altman calls for extensive regulation, including a new government agency charged with licensing AI models.
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AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters
Sophisticated generative AI tools can now create cloned human voices and hyper-realistic images, videos, and audio in seconds, at a minimal cost.
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Wendy’s turns to AI-powered chatbots for drive-through orders
The chain declined to comment on how the technology might reduce the need for employees.