Latest Artificial intelligence News

AI could help scale humanitarian responses. But it could also have big downsides

Nov. 22, 2024 15:02 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — As the International Rescue Committee copes with dramatic increases in displaced people in recent years, the refugee aid organization has looked for efficiencies wherever it can — including using artificial intelligence. Since 2015, the IRC has invested in...

US ahead in AI innovation, easily surpassing China in Stanford's new ranking

Nov. 21, 2024 11:00 AM EST

The U.S. leads the world in developing artificial intelligence technology, surpassing China in research and other important measures of AI innovation, according to a newly released Stanford University index. There's no surefire way to rank global AI leadership but Stanford...

Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement

Nov. 20, 2024 21:11 PM EST

Mary Louis' excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis, a Black woman, received an email saying that a “third-party service” had denied her tenancy. That third-party service included an algorithm designed to score...

Nvidia is Wall Street's most valuable company. How it got there, by the numbers

Nov. 20, 2024 20:40 PM EST

Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street's forecasts. The company has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. Revenue nearly doubled in the latest quarter from the same period a...

US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump's vow to undo Biden's AI policy overshadows their work

Nov. 20, 2024 19:39 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden's signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term. What that actually means for the future of AI technology remains to be seen. Among those who...

Nvidia beats earnings expectations as investors eye demand for Blackwell AI chips

Nov. 20, 2024 18:37 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nvidia on Wednesday reported a surge in third-quarter profit and sales as demand for its specialized computer chips that power artificial intelligence systems remains robust. For the three months that ended Oct. 27, the tech giant based in Santa Clara,...

AI photos showing girl students with nude bodies roil private school in Pennsylvania

Nov. 19, 2024 18:10 PM EST

Images that depict the faces of girls with nude bodies have led to the departure of leaders from a private school in Pennsylvania, prompted a student protest and triggered a criminal investigation. A juvenile suspect was “removed from" Lancaster Country Day School and his cellphone...

Nvidia rivals focus on building a different kind of chip to power AI products

Nov. 19, 2024 15:36 PM EST

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Building the current crop of artificial intelligence chatbots has relied on specialized computer chips pioneered by Nvidia, which dominates the market and made itself the poster child of the AI boom. But the same qualities that make those graphics...

Founder of artificial intelligence company used by schools in Los Angeles, NYC, Atlanta is arrested

Nov. 19, 2024 14:29 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of an artificial intelligence company that supplied school districts in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta with a chatbot to create learning plans for students was arrested on fraud charges Tuesday, accused of spending investor money on herself as her company spiraled...

Microsoft pitches AI 'agents' that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024

Nov. 19, 2024 14:04 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to "act on our behalf across our work and life.” AI developers are increasingly pitching the next wave of...