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Pope to bring his call for ethical artificial intelligence to G7 summit in June in southern Italy

Apr. 26, 2024 13:23 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is taking his call for artificial intelligence to be developed and used according to ethical lines to the Group of 7 industrialized nations. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Friday that Francis had accepted her invitation to attend the G7...

Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and others join government AI safety board led by DHS' Mayorkas

Apr. 26, 2024 12:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEOs of leading U.S. technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation's critical services from “AI-related disruptions.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...

Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products

Apr. 25, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

Microsoft on Thursday said its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more productive. The company reported quarterly net income of $21.93 billion, or $2.94 per share,...

Google parent reports another quarter of robust growth, rolls out first-ever quarterly dividend

Apr. 25, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. on Thursday released a quarterly report showing it’s still reaping double-digit revenue gains from its digital advertising empire while sowing potentially lucrative new ground in artificial intelligence. The results for the first three...

Connecticut Senate passes wide-ranging bill to regulate AI. But its fate remains uncertain

Apr. 24, 2024 21:16 PM EDT

HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Senate pressed ahead Wednesday with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured videos or deepfakes. The vote was held...

Meta more than doubles Q1 profit but revenue guidance pulls shares down after-hours

Apr. 24, 2024 18:25 PM EDT

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta said Wednesday its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms. But its shares dropped sharply in after-hours trading following lukewarm revenue guidance. ...

Microsoft and Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog over recent AI deals

Apr. 24, 2024 11:37 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British competition regulators said Wednesday they'll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said it's looking into...

Cisco Systems joins Microsoft, IBM in Vatican pledge to ensure ethical use and development of AI

Apr. 24, 2024 07:27 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Tech giant Cisco Systems on Wednesday joined Microsoft and IBM in signing onto a Vatican-sponsored pledge to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically and to benefit the common good. Cisco Systems chief executive Chuck Robbins signed the document,...

Insider Q&A: Trust and safety exec talks about AI and content moderation

Apr. 22, 2024 16:48 PM EDT

Alex Popken was a longtime trust and safety executive at Twitter focusing on content moderation before leaving in 2023. She was the first employee there dedicated to moderating Twitter's advertising business when she started in 2013. Now, she's vice president of trust and safety at...

Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse

Apr. 22, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue victims, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory has found. The fixes to...