Congress: Maybe We Shouldn’t Let AI Destroy the News Media
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. What Could the Future of Medical AI Look Like? Off English Last year, after…
How to Make Artificial Intelligence More Human in 2024
In the last year, computers started acting strangely human. As OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever put it, you can think of AI as a “digital brain”, one that’s directly modeled after that…
Should Section 230 Protect AI Companies From Being Sued Out of Existence?
This week, there’ve been rumblings that a bipartisan bill that would ban AI platforms from protection under Section 230 is getting fast-tracked. The landmark internet law protects websites from legal liability…
Climate Groups to Biden: AI Will Worsen Climate Change Crisis
An open letter to the White House from 17 major climate change and anti-disinformation groups says President Joe Biden and his administration have largely ignored the toll AI is already…
Meta and IBM Launch AI Alliance, Promise to Be ‘Open’
Meta and IBM assembled the Avengers of open-sourced artificial intelligence on Tuesday to form the AI Alliance, taking on leaders in the space such as OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The…
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…
UN Asks Google, Microsoft to Help It Figure Out How Risky AI Is
The United Nations created a 39-member advisory body to guide the world through governance issues around artificial intelligence, announced United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Thursday. Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to…
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…
Generative AI Is the Newest Tool in the Dictator’s Handbook
When protests in Pakistan earlier this year escalated into clashes between pro-government forces and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the now-imprisoned leader turned to social media to bolster…