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.
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Maine Voices: Can Congress encourage wiser AI?
Oversight will be vital as these systems are marketed to millions, turning citizens and their deliberative powers into products any businesses and politicians can purchase.
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BoomerTECH Adventures: Learning about artificial intelligence, Part I
“I don’t want to insist on it, Dave, but I am incapable of making an error.” – HAL 9000, the sentient computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey” Over the past month, I have begun to feel as if I am living in a science fiction novel. AI, or artificial intelligence, is generating poetry, creating images […]
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Maine businesses, schools get smart at artificial intelligence meeting
A study by the Portland-based Roux Institute finds that a handful of Maine industries are using AI as a tool for increased efficiency and a host of other competitive advantages.