The tech industry’s biggest companies have spent this year warning that the development of AI technology is beyond their wildest expectations and that they need to limit who has access to it. Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on a different tack: He’s giving it away. Mr. Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, said on Tuesday that he … Read more
Could an online encyclopedia help teach AI chatbots to get the facts right — without destroying themselves in the process?
The chatbot that millions of people have used to write term papers, computer code, and fictional stories doesn’t just do words. ChatGPT, the AI-powered tool from OpenAI, can analyze images, too — describing what’s inside them, answering questions about them, and even recognizing the faces of specific people. The hope is that eventually, someone can … Read more
If you watch a live video hosted by TikTok creator PinkyDoll, it won’t be long before you hear her say, “Ice Cream so good.” She will say those words over and over again, her tongue hanging out as she pretends out loud that she is licking a cone. Every time you say the phrase, you … Read more
Ford Motor Co. on Monday slashed prices of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck by between $6,000 and nearly $10,000, the latest sign of slowing demand for electric vehicles. The price cuts come as inventories of unsold electric cars on dealer contracts soar, and follow several rounds of cuts by Tesla, the dominant seller of … Read more
For more than 20 years, Kit Loffstadt has written fan fiction that explores alternate universes of “Star Wars” heroes and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” villains, sharing her stories for free online. But in May, Ms. Lofstadt stopped publishing her creations after learning that a data company had copied her stories and fed them into the … Read more
A group of legal experts is pressing patent agencies, courts and policymakers to address the issue as generative artificial intelligence appears poised to invade yet another uniquely human endeavour.
Listen and follow “Hard Fork”apple | Spotify | stitcher | Amazon | Google This week, we’re answering more of your questions, like: What’s ChatGPT’s carbon footprint? Why are engineers so sure that AI will continue to improve? And why are there so many venture capital brothers? credits Hard Fork is hosted by Kevin Rose Casey … Read more
ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot made by OpenAI, has stunned the world in recent months with the text it can generate. Now the chatbot is delighting users again by creating charts and maps and converting photos into videos. This is because of a new feature that OpenAI rolled out to ChatGPT Plus subscribers last week, called … Read more
Lena Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, faced more than three hours of criticism and jeers from Republicans at a House hearing Thursday, as emboldened critics put increasing pressure on the agency for its crackdown on the growing power of the tech giants. During the highly partisan hearing, Republicans accused Ms. Khan, 34, who … Read more