Google Maps Now Uses AI to Find Where People Are Having Fun
Image: Google Google users can now make plans through a new Maps update that will generate events and activities by typing “things to do” into the search bar. Activities like…
Google’s Latest Updates Helps Root Out AI Deepfakes
Google offers a few new ways to figure out where the hell that photo of Pope Francis in Balenciaga actually came from. The company’s latest updates to Android, Search, and…
Wartime Deepfakes Really Are Blurring Reality, First Major Study Finds
On March 14, just around a month after Russian troops stormed across Ukraine’s western to begin a year’s long bloody battle, Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky appeared on a Ukrainian television…
Victims of Deepfakes Are Fighting Back
Anyone who’s spent a moment observing US political chatter in recent months has probably encountered the following prediction: 2024 will yield the world’s first deepfake election. Rapidly evolving AI video…
AI This Week: Can AI’s Environmental Impact Be Justified?
Headlines This Week A new report from Politico suggests a “billionaire-backed network” of Silicon Valley-linked AI “advisors” are working to control the regulatory agenda in Washington D.C. Boy, I sure…
AI on Track to Gobble Up as Much Energy as a Country, Study Finds
Artificial intelligence may have a larger impact on the environment than previously thought, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Joule. The research found that AI could undermine…
So Far, AI Is a Money Pit That Isn’t Paying Off
Photo: jamesonwu1972 (Shutterstock) Silicon Valley has bet big on generative AI but it’s not totally clear whether that bet will pay off. A new report from the Wall Street Journal…
OpenAI Apparently Wants to Make Its Own AI Chips on Top of the ‘iPhone for AI’
Image: Ascannio (Shutterstock) Due to a shortage of processors needed to run OpenAI’s intense software as well as the exorbitant costs associated with operating it, the makers of ChatGPT are…
Remember That Letter Calling for a Pause on AI? It Didn’t Work
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAIPhoto: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) On March 29, 2023, more than 500 top technologists and business leaders signed onto an eye-catching open letter begging artificial intelligence…
Ohio State University Researchers Are Using AI to Understand Changing Biodiversity
A team of researchers from around the world, led by Ohio State University, will be gathering data to create artificial intelligence-informed models to better understand the long-term impact of the…