European regulators want to question Big Tech firms about potential threats of generative artificial intelligence (AI). To that end, the European Commission (EC) has sent requests under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, X, Snapchat and TikTok on their handling of such risks, according to a Thursday (March 14) press release. The commission wants these companies to provide information on their mitigation measures for risks such as so-calledhallucinationswhere AI provides false information, the viral dissemination of deepfakes and the automated manipulation of services that can mislead voters Continue reading →

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images AI assistants have been widely available for a little more than a year, and they already have access to our most private thoughts and business secrets. People ask them about becoming pregnant or terminating or preventing pregnancy, consult them when considering a divorce, seek information about drug addiction, or ask for edits in emails containing proprietary trade secrets. The providers of these AI-powered chat services are keenly aware of the sensitivity of these discussions and take active stepsmainly in the form of encrypting themto prevent potential snoops from reading other peoples interactions Continue reading →

AI books are crowding the marketplace on Amazon Authors say that the proliferation of AI-generated books can lead customers into buying the wrong book on Amazon and that these books can harm authors' sales numbers and reputations. Amazon.com started requiring writers who want to sell books through its e-book program to tell the company in advance whether their work includes material generated by artificial intelligence. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption Amazon.com started requiring writers who want to sell books through its e-book program to tell the company in advance whether their work includes material generated by artificial intelligence. Continue reading →

Docking one spacecraft with another is a delicate matter. No matter what spacecraft are involved, docking requires a series of extremely precise maneuvers. Continue reading →

Katja Graces apartment, in West Berkeley, is in an old machinists factory, with pitched roofs and windows at odd angles. It has terra-cotta floors and no central heating, which can create the impression that youve stepped out of the California sunshine and into a duskier place, somewhere long ago or far away. Continue reading →

Video game support developer Keywords Studios tried to create a game solely using artificial intelligence but failed because the technology was "unable to replace talent". As reported by Game Developer, Keywords said in its latest financial earnings report that it tried using the controversial technology to create a 2D game solely using Gen AI. Continue reading →

With the increasing use and availability of artificial intelligence like Chat GPT, Copilot and Gemini Church leaders are evaluating how to best use AI as a tool in support of the ongoing Restoration, Elder Gerrit W. Continue reading →

In his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass a bipartisan immigration bill with the toughest set of border security reforms weve ever seen. The bill would have, among other things, funded 100 more high-tech drug detection machines to significantly increase the ability to screen and stop vehicles from smuggling fentanyl into America Continue reading →

ChatGPT caught regulators by surprise when it set off a new AI race. Continue reading →

Google DeepMind unveiled SIMA, an AI agent training to learn gaming skills so it plays more like a human instead of an overpowered AI that does its own thing. SIMA, which stands for Scalable, Instructable, Multiworld Agent, is currently only in research Continue reading →