Begun, the AI Chip Wars Have
Microsoft will now make its own chips to power Azure, Copilot, and ChatGPT, CEO Satya Nadella announced at the Microsoft Ignite conference Wednesday. The Maia 100 can be used to…
YouTube Cracks Down on Future ‘AI Drakes’ With Updated Policies
YouTube released new policy updates on Tuesday to combat AI-generated content that resembles the voice and style of music artists. Earlier this year, “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song that…
‘I’d Have Told Them to F*ck Off’: Succession Star Brian Cox Says AI Is a Human Rights Issue
Photo: John Gomez (Shutterstock) Succession star Brian Cox has joined the parade of actors fighting against artificial intelligence, calling it a “human rights issue.” Cox, who’s known for playing Logan…
This Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Uses ChatGPT to Sound Vaguely British
“Now behold the rock pile, a splendid collection of stone ensconced within wood boxes,” said Boston Dynamics’ famous Spot robot dog, mustering all the emotional vitality of a beleaguered tour…
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…
Riley Reid Is Spearheading an OnlyFans-Style AI Chatbot Company
Riley Reid is many things: adult film superstar, social media influencer, meme-lord, and now, buzzy tech founder. As part of her new venture, Clona.ai, Reid is helping develop AI-generated chatbots…
AI This Week: One of the Music Industry’s Biggest Labels is Suing Anthropic
Headlines This Week Major newspapers are trying to carve out a deal with AI firms, as an argument brews over the copyrighted material that said firms have used to train…
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…
The 12 Worst Examples of Meta’s Dystopian AI Influencers
Meta’s flirtation with innovation has been, at best, poorly panning out and, at worst, delightfully creepy. The latter best describes the case of the tech company’s new foray into AI…