Concerns about the returns from AI investments recently contributed to a tech selloff, although that dip was readily bought amid signs that economic growth remains resilient and rising confidence that the spending on AI itself will stay strong.
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A booming industry of AI age scanners, aimed at children’s faces
More than 2 decades after the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act first mandated internet companies treat children differently from adults, most apps and websites still assume that all of their users, when asked their age, will tell the truth.
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Video game performers will go on strike over AI concerns
Negotiators say gains have been made over wages and job safety in the video game contract, but that the two sides remain split over the regulation of generative AI.
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Big Tech says AI is booming. Wall Street is starting to see a bubble.
Venture capitalists have poured billions of dollars into AI start-ups. The boom has helped contribute to the $55.6 billion that venture investors put into U.S. start-ups in the second quarter of 2024.
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Artists are taking things into their own hands to protect their work from generative AI
They’re using programs that poison the well of art uploaded online in an attempt to scramble what AI sees, so it can’t emulate it without their permission.
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OpenAI promised to make its AI safe. Employees say it failed its first test.
Employees said OpenAI rushed the release of its latest AI model, called GPT-4 Omni.
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The AI revolution comes for farmers growing a third of our food
Although AI is increasingly used in agriculture in large swathes of the developed world, from China to the US and Europe, its emergence in poorer nations and for subsistence farmers is relatively new.
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Pope Francis becomes first pontiff to address G7 summit, raises alarm about AI
Francis said politicians must take the lead in making sure AI remains human-centric, so that decisions about when to use weapons or even less-lethal tools always remain made by humans and not machines.
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OpenAI adds Trump-appointed former NSA director to its board
The appointment of the career Army officer, who was the longest-serving leader of U.S. Cybercom, comes as OpenAI tries to quell criticism of its security practices.
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Apple jumps into the AI arms race with OpenAI deal
The iPhone maker has mostly stayed on the sidelines as the tech industry goes wild for AI. Not anymore.