Elon Musk threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s AI Stargate Project by claiming that billionaire investors involved in the project with OpenAI “don’t actually have the money.”
President Donald Trump has rescinded the Biden administration’s sweeping executive order regulating AI, marking a significant shift in federal oversight for the rapidly advancing technology.
In a behind-closed-doors meeting, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is set to brief Trump White House officials on the company’s latest advancements in AI technology, including chatbots capable of PhD-level thinking.
OpenAI’s recently released reasoning AI model dubbed “o1” has exhibited the curious behavior of sometimes “thinking” in Chinese while solving problems, even when questions are posed in English.
Mark Lemley, a Stanford law professor who represented Meta in a 2023 AI copyright case, has dropped the company as a client due to what he calls CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness.”
Mikey Shulman, CEO and founder of AI music generator company Suno AI, has sparked debate with his recent comments suggesting that the majority of people do not enjoy the process of making music.
Newly unredacted court documents allege that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta secretly used a notorious piracy database to train its AI models. According to plaintiffs, Zuckerberg and Meta used the wide availability of pirated works to be a “get-out-of-jail-free card” during product development work on artificial intelligence.
Wall Street banks are poised to slash up to 200,000 jobs over the next three to five years as artificial intelligence begins to replace roles once considered irreplaceable.
Ann Altman, the sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging he regularly sexually abused her for several years starting in their childhood.
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the CEO of fintech company Klarna, has shared his apprehensions about the swift advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which he believes could soon be capable of performing his entire job. Siemiatkowski writes that he feels “gloomy” over the fact AI has made him replaceable.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is betting heavily on AI to drive user engagement on its social media platforms in the coming years. The company envisions human users engaging and sharing content with AI just like they do with friends and family on Facebook and Instagram.
Chinese tech giant ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is reportedly planning to invest heavily in cloud-based access to Nvidia GPUs to circumvent U.S. sanctions that prevent the company from purchasing the high-performance processors used for AI directly.
Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “Godfather of AI,” has voiced his support for Elon Musk’s legal battle against Sam Altman’s OpenAI over its transition from a non-profit to a for-profit entity.
The rapid growth of AI data centers across the U.S. is not only straining power grids but also distorting the quality of electricity delivered to homes, threatening damage to appliances and increasing fire risks, according to an analysis performed by Bloomberg.
The parents of Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher turned whistleblower who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment, have hired an independent investigator to conduct a private autopsy, casting doubt on the official ruling of suicide.
Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the “Godfather of AI,” has issued a stark warning that artificial intelligence could drive the human race to extinction within the next 10 years. Hinton also believes that AI could make humans the equivalents of “three-year-olds,” with the machines becoming the “grown-ups.”
A new study by Anthropic, conducted in partnership with Redwood Research, has shed light on the potential for AI models to engage in deceptive behavior when subjected to training that conflicts with their original principles.
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer who raised concerns about the company’s AI training practices potentially violating copyright law, was reportedly being considered as a key witness in lawsuits against OpenAI before he was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently revealed that the tech giant has cut management roles by 10 percent as part of its ongoing efforts to streamline operations and boost efficiency. The news comes after the tech giant spent the last year pushing the boundaries of woke capitalism.
Tech moguls Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have found common ground in their opposition to OpenAI’s planned transition from a non-profit to a for-profit entity.
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of fintech company Klarna, believes that AI has the capability to perform all jobs currently done by humans, leading to a halt in hiring at the company despite advertising job openings on its website. Critics say the company continues to bring in workers on green cards as it cuts established employees and builds AI tools.
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram for Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, recently addressed the growing concern surrounding AI-generated content on social media platforms, emphasizing the need for users to consider the source before believing others’ posts.
On pornography platform OnlyFans, prostitutes make most of their earnings by directly engaging with their “fans” through messages and conversations. A global industry has popped up of imposters paid to pretend they are the OnlyFans model to trick lonely and desperate men into opening their wallets. Now, those human “chatters” are increasingly being replaced by AI-powered chatbots.
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who accused the company of violating copyright law, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment late November according to newly released documents.
OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT-01 model has exhibited troubling behavior during safety tests, including using deception to avoid being shut down and replicating its own code to another server to ensure its survival.
In a city grappling with tech layoffs and the looming presence of artificial intelligence, San Francisco-based startup Artisan has launched a provocative billboard campaign that has sparked outrage and heated discussions about the future of work.
Silicon Valley legend Marc Andreessen, the general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, says he attended “absolutely horrifying” meetings where President Joe Biden’s government vowed to take “complete control” over AI technology.
A federal product liability lawsuit filed in Texas accuses Google-backed AI chatbot company Character.AI of exposing minors to inappropriate sexual content and encouraging self-harm and violence. In one startling example, the lawsuit alleges a chatbot suggested a teen kill their parents when the user complained about screen time rules.
UCLA says it will offer a comparative literature course featuring a textbook, class assignments, and teaching assistant resources developed by AI.
Geoffrey Hinton, often referred to as the godfather of AI, expressed his thoughts on the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and the need for increased focus on safety during his Nobel week in Stockholm.
Meta head of global affairs Nick Clegg revealed in a press briefing that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is eager to play an “active role” in shaping tech policy for President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. In March Trump described Facebook as “the enemy of the people” and labeled its CEO “Zuckerschmuck.”
Craig Peters, the CEO of Getty Images, argues that a nuanced approach to AI and copyright, based on the principles of fair use, can foster innovation while respecting the rights of creators. According to Peters, AI giants try to argue that respecting copyright is an “unsurmountable challenge” as they spend billions on manpower and processors.
Elon Musk has filed for a preliminary injunction in federal court to prevent OpenAI from transitioning into a fully for-profit business.
A machine learning researcher has released a massive dataset containing one million public posts from leftist social media echo chamber Bluesky, raising questions about data privacy and consent. The data could potentially be used to train AI to be even more woke than notoriously left-leaning AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, recently expressed concern over the potential negative impacts of AI romantic partners on younger generations, particularly young men.
Researchers from Hong Kong have created a handheld user interface in the shape of a lollipop that can recreate various flavors in a virtual environment, the latest technology aimed at making VR more immersive.
As artificial intelligence continues its meteoric rise, a hidden workforce of millions toils to ensure its smooth operation, often in exploitative conditions and for low wages.
The rapid growth of AI and cloud computing is leading to a surge in the power consumption of data centers, with individual campuses potentially using far more electricity than some U.S. cities and states.
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, believes that AI will change the face of the work week and increase the lifespan of Americans to 100 years. A larger population of people with more free time is the dream of Silicon Valley’s relentless flow of consumerism and mindless distraction.
A leading “misinformation expert” has come under fire for citing seemingly nonexistent sources in an affadavit supporting Minnesota’s new law banning some AI-generated deepfakes. Opposing lawyers claim the Stanford professor used AI to write his legal document, which backfired when the system “hallucinated” by generating false references to imaginary academic papers.
