Latest Artificial intelligence News

New Hampshire House takes on artificial intelligence in political advertising

Mar. 28, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Political ads featuring deceptive synthetic media would be required to include disclosure language under a bill passed Thursday by the New Hampshire House. Sophisticated artificial intelligence tools, such as voice-cloning software and image generators, already...

VP Harris says US agencies must show their AI tools aren't harming people's safety or rights

Mar. 28, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren't harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday. “When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify that those tools do not...

Amazon pours an additional $2.75 billion into AI startup Anthropic

Mar. 27, 2024 14:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Wednesday it is pouring an additional $2.75 billion into Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the artificial intelligence startup to $4 billion. Amazon will maintain a minority stake in San Francisco-based Anthropic, a rival of ChatGPT maker...

Books on the impact of the internet and AI are finalists for the first-ever Women's Nonfiction Prize

Mar. 27, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction publishing. The shortlisted six books for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction,...

Tired of AI doomsday tropes, Cohere CEO says his goal is technology that's 'additive to humanity'

Mar. 25, 2024 16:30 PM EDT

Aidan Gomez can take some credit for the ‘T’ at the end of ChatGPT. He was part of a group of Google engineers who first introduced a new artificial intelligence model called a transformer. That helped set a foundation for today's generative AI boom that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and...

AI-aided virtual conversations with WWII vets are latest feature at New Orleans museum

Mar. 25, 2024 11:44 AM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Olin Pickens sat in his wheelchair facing a life-sized image of himself on a screen, asking it questions about being taken prisoner by German soldiers during World War II. After a pause, his video-recorded twin recalled being given “sauerkraut soup” by his captors before a...

AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

Mar. 23, 2024 08:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids' cartoon. Start talking or typing about anxiety and the app generates the kind of comforting, sympathetic statements therapists are trained...

The UN adopts a resolution backing efforts to ensure artificial intelligence is safe

Mar. 22, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The General Assembly approved the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence Thursday, giving global support to an international effort to ensure the powerful new technology benefits all nations, respects human rights and is “safe, secure and...

Tennessee just became the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI

Mar. 21, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. The move makes Tennessee, long known as the birthplace...

New bipartisan bill would require online identification, labeling of AI-generated videos and audio

Mar. 21, 2024 15:27 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House Thursday would require the identification and labeling of online images, videos and audio generated using artificial intelligence, the latest effort to rein in rapidly developing technologies that, if misused, could easily deceive...