U.S. 2024 Elections: AI tools can be 'easily' used to target Latinos, study shows
Experiments conducted by the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas used images of Joe Biden and Donald Trump
Microsoft Expands Its AI Empire Abroad
Microsoft, the tech titan most closely associated with AI, has announced nearly $10 billion in investments in artificial intelligence abroad in recent months, the price it is willing to pay to remain a top player in this crucial market.
Meta Profits Soar But Costs Of AI Cause Worry
The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg said that net profit in the January to March period rose to $12.4 billion with total revenue, mainly from selling ads, up an impressive 27 percent, at $36.5 billion.
Microsoft To Invest $2.9 Bn In Japan AI Push
The announcement coincides with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Washington, underscoring Tokyo's commitment to becoming a major AI power.
Unveiling Claude 3: Amazon's $2.75 Billion Investment Redefines The AI Landscape
Amazon announces a $2.75 billion investment in Anthropic, signaling its bold entry into the fiercely competitive AI race.
California Looks To Europe To Rein In AI
The richest state in the United States by GDP, California is a hotbed of no-holds-barred tech innovation, but lawmakers in state capital Sacramento want to give the industry laws and guardrails it has largely been spared in the internet age.
UN General Assembly To Address AI's Potential Risks, Rewards
The UN General Assembly will turn its attention to artificial intelligence on Thursday, weighing a resolution that lays out the potentially transformational technology's pros and cons while calling for the establishment of international standards.
Microsoft Hires DeepMind Co-founder To Lead AI Unit
Of all the tech giants, Microsoft has moved the fastest into adopting generative AI, integrating its powers into a whole range of products, most notably through its Copilot chatbot.
At Texas Arts And Tech Fest, Virtual Reality Is Perfectly Human
VR and augmented reality are often associated with video gaming, or the groundbreaking hardware races underway between tech titans like Apple and Meta -- though with little in the way of mass adaptation.
Proliferating 'News' Sites Spew AI-generated Fake Stories
Propaganda-spewing websites have typically relied on armies of writers, but generative artificial intelligence tools now offer a significantly cheaper and faster way to fabricate content that is often hard to decipher from authentic information.
How AI Is Supporting Legal Professionals
The AI-powered search function of Law.co will give you the docket number and recommend related cases
AI The New Obsession For Venture Capital Investing
OpenAI sparked a generative AI craze with ChatGPT, which can pen stories, create pictures, write computer code and more from simple text prompts.
Apple Promises AI Innovation As China IPhone Sales Slip
Apple chief Tim Cook on Thursday promised the tech titan has artificial intelligence news in store as shares suffered despite sales growth in the final three months of last year.
Microsoft, Google Ride AI Wave As Revenues Surge
Microsoft and Google delivered solid corporate earnings on Tuesday as the tech giants said demand for artificial intelligence services stoked revenue.
Meta Joins Rivals In Pursuit Of Human-level AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said his company is joining the pursuit of creating super artificial intelligence, putting it in a race with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google.
Samsung Turns To AI To Regain Smartphone Throne
Samsung on Wednesday released its latest Galaxy smartphones with new artificial intelligence features as the South Korean giant seeks win back its spot as the world's biggest phone seller from Apple.
CES Gadget Fest A Showcase For AI-infused Lifestyle
From self-driving baby carriages to ChatGPT in Volkswagen cars, artificial intelligence is expected to be center stage at the CES gadget extravaganza that formally opens Tuesday in Las Vegas.
Face-off In Britain Over Controversial Surveillance Tech
On a grey, cloudy morning in December, London police deployed a state-of-the-art AI powered camera near the railway station in the suburb of Croydon and quietly scanned the faces of the unsuspecting passersby.
Elvis To Get Hologram Treatment At New London Show
A new immersive Elvis Presley show will open in central London later this year, bringing the king of rock 'n' roll back to life with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), organisers said Thursday.
US Teen Becomes First Human To Beat Tetris
Willis Gibson, 13, a competitive gamer known as "blue scuti," became the first human to reach the "kill screen" of the Nintendo version of the puzzle game, as fellow players followed his progress online.
UN Chief Calls For 'United, Sustained, Global' Strategy For AI
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for "new solutions" to close the gap between AI and its governance, proposing that it should be based on the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
How This Latina's Startup is Using AI to Help People Keep Track of Their Bills
Monadd uses limited consumer information and caters mostly to people on the move. Latin Times talked with its CEO to learn more about it
'AI' Named Collins Word Of The Year
Lexicographers at Collins Dictionary said use of the term had "accelerated" and that it had become the dominant conversation of 2023.
AI Anxiety As Computers Get Super Smart
From Hollywood's death-dealing Terminator to warnings from genius Stephen Hawking or Silicon Valley stars, fears have been fueled that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day destroy humanity.
Biden Unveils AI Order Aiming To 'Lead The Way' On Safety
President Joe Biden issued an executive order Monday on regulating artificial intelligence, aiming for the United States to "lead the way" in global efforts to manage the technology's risks.
AI Of The Tiger: Tiny Camera 'Protects' Predator -- And People
Experts from Clemson University in South Carolina and several NGOs published research last month on their work using AI-enabled cameras that they say could help revolutionise tiger conservation.
Google's New Phone To Run AI On-device
The announcement by Google caps the autumn release season for big tech hardware that saw Apple unveil the iPhone 15 series and Meta officially launch its latest VR headset.
Amazon Steps Up AI Race With $4 Bn Anthropic Investment
Amazon had already announced it aimed to soup up its Alexa voice assistant with generative AI, which the firm said would allow users to have smoother conversations.
AI Project Helps Visualize Adult Faces Of Children Abducted During Argentina's Military Dictatorship
Santiago Barros uses the Midjourney app to combine photos of disappeared parents from the archive of a well-known organization's website, creating images of what their missing children may look like as adults today.
Google's Initiative To Develop AI Tools For News Reporting
This development comes at a time when the industry has already experienced substantial job cuts.