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AI-controlled fighter jet took Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war
Future war scenarios envision swarms of American unmanned aircraft providing an advance attack on enemy defenses to give the U.S. the ability to penetrate airspace without high risk to pilot lives.
Eight U.S. newspapers sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
The executive editor for the Tribune Publishing and MediaNews Group papers said the tech companies shouldn’t be allowed to steal ‘our work to build their own businesses at our expense.’
Big Tech keeps spending billions on AI. There’s no end in sight.
Much of the money is going to new data centers, which are predicted to place huge demands on an already-strained U.S. power grid.
States, Congress move to label, regulate deepfake political ads
States’ efforts are largely focused on identifying content produced using AI as opposed to controlling that content or prohibiting its distribution.
Report: Child exploitation CyberTipline needs fixes before AI makes it worse
A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation is ‘enormously valuable’ but hasn’t lived up to its potential.
The AI hype bubble is deflating. Now comes the hard part.
The tech industry got the world’s attention with AI. Now it’s busy convincing people to pay for it.
U.S., Japan look to improve collaboration with new AI research
The White House announced late last month that federal agencies have until the end of the year to determine how they will assess, test, and monitor the impact of government use of AI technology.
Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure microchips are built in the U.S.
The funding is tied to a sweeping 2022 law that President Biden has celebrated and which is designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.
Amazon bets $150 billion on data centers required for AI boom
The spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to retain its cloud computing edge over Microsoft and Google.