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Arts & Entertainment

The Beatles are releasing their ‘final’ record. AI helped make it possible.

by SYLVIA HUI Associated Press June 13, 2023June 13, 2023

Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law

by LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press June 8, 2023September 4, 2023

A judge is deciding whether to sanction two lawyers who included fictitious legal research in a court filing.

Business

Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts warn

by MATT O'BRIEN Associated Press May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Hundreds of leading figures have signed a statement saying it should be a global priority to address what AI is capable of before it’s out of control.

Times Record Opinion

Peter Funt: Chatbots are speaking my language

by Peter Funt Guest column May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

In a much-anticipated chess match in February 1996, the world champion Garry Kasparov faced IBM’s Deep Blue, the most advanced chess-playing machine. Kasparov lost the first game but went on to win the match in Philadelphia, 4-2. It was humanity’s proudest moment in competition pitting man vs. machine. Fifteen months later in Manhattan, the two […]

Times Record Opinion

The Conversation: ChatGPT-powered Wall Street: The benefits and perils of using artificial intelligence to trade stocks and other financial instruments

by Pawan Jain West Virginia University May 18, 2023

THE CONVERSATION — Artificial Intelligence-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of the work humans do. And this is true in financial markets as much as in sectors like health care, manufacturing and pretty much every other aspect of our lives. I’ve been researching financial markets and algorithmic trading for 14 […]

Nation & World, News, Schools and Education

A professor falsely accused his class of using ChatGPT. Their diplomas are in jeopardy.

by Pranshu Verma The Washington Post May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

A Texas A&M instructor falsely accused students of using ChatGPT to write essays, putting them at risk of failing.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: As artificial intelligence debates rage, Hollywood reflects our fears

by Patricia Leavy Special to the Telegram May 7, 2023May 6, 2023

Horror films of the 1950s depicted fears brought on by the nuclear age. In 2023, the same trend is brought on by the rise of AI.

Arts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World

Could AI pen ‘Casablanca’? Screenwriters take aim at ChatGPT

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press May 5, 2023May 5, 2023

Though the Writers Guild of America is striking for better pay in an industry where streaming has upended many of the old rules, AI looms as rising anxiety.

Business

Google’s catch-up game on AI continues with Bard launch

by Gerrit De Vynck and Nitasha Tiku The Washington Post March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

The bot has been made available to the public, weeks after Microsoft launched its own.

Times Record

BoomerTECH Adventures: Learning about artificial intelligence, Part I

by Jill Spencer, Ed Brazee and Chris Toy BoomerTECH Adventures February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

“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 […]