I’d Buy That for a Dollar: Chevy Dealership’s AI Chatbot Goes Rogue
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech Off English A chatbot at…
You Can Now Craft Near Endless Amounts of AI Voices to Annoy Your Friends With Voicemod
Voicemod, the real-time AI voice-changing app, is now letting anybody craft whatever kind of voice they want, though limited by a selection of preset baseline vocals. “Even AI Rappers are…
The Strangest Gift Ideas From the Bowels of the Internet
Gather ‘round, weary shoppers, and rest with me for a moment beneath the veil of the celestial canopy, where stars twinkle like forgotten spells and the moon casts its silvery…
Studios Keep Actors’ Strike Going by Pushing a Truly Horrifying AI Deal
Photo: David Livingston (Getty Images) The AMPTP has doubled down on AI—a contentious issue within the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike—with its latest “final offer” for the actors’ union. The New M3-Powered…
Elon Musk and Other Doomers Gave the AI World an Aneurysm This Week
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson…
Biden Issues Nation’s First AI Executive Order. Here’s What You Need to Know
The Biden Administration is moving forward with a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence executive order aimed at creating new “consensus industry standards” for developing safe and trustworthy and setting up new guardrails…
Surprise! Apple Says It Supports National Right to Repair Now
Apple, once a perpetual thorn in the side of frustrated repair technicians across the country, now says it supports federal right-to-repair legislation. The Right to Repair movement’s Darth Vader is…
Biden Names 31 ‘Tech Hubs’ Across the U.S. That Can Nab Up to $75 Million Each
Image: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) Today, the Biden administration announced a massive dose of funding to the tech industry—the president named 31 “tech hubs” across the U.S. and Puerto Rico…
U.S. Electric Grid Will Get a $3.5 Billion Upgrade, DOE Announces
The Biden Administration announced plans on Wednesday to invest $3.46 billion to reinforce the nation’s electric grid. How to Prep for a Power Outage Off English This will fund 58…
Viral Misinformation Incited the Murder of 6-Year-Old Palestinian Boy, Officials Say
A man accused of murdering a 6-year-old Palestinian boy and grievously wounding his mother in Illinois on Saturday was motivated by misinformation surrounding the Israel-Hamas war, officials say. Are Fans…