AI is Going Just Great

Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay’s lawsuit claims their books were used without their consent. But copyright protection doesn’t apply to ideas – they’ll need to demonstrate the likelihood of economic loss.

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. recently updated its Terms of Service to encompass what some critics are calling a significant invasion of user privacy.

No, this is not a Black Mirror episode.

New research raises concerns that moderation tools can't detect violent threats in Tigray and elsewhere.

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Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.

We need to employ AI as responsibly as we employ people, and to empower everyone to thrive working together. — Jul 09, 2024 by Sarah Franklin

Many videos people upload to YouTube aren’t really meant for public consumption, but they’re available for AI companies to vacuum up. Many of these personal videos are posted by children.

The US has rolled out AI-powered vending machines that dispense bullets to anyone who has a valid ID. An expert says they can be hacked.

US firm’s move, amid Beijing-Washington tensions, sparks rush to lure users to homegrown models

Google's greenhouse gas emissions have increased by half over the last five years due to the energy demands of artificial intelligence.

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Generative artificial intelligence uses massive amounts of energy for computation and data storage and millions of gallons of water to cool the equipment at data centers. Now, legislators and regulators — in the U.S. and the EU — are starting to demand accountability.

Proposals would mark first time any of the software group’s core product falls behind a paywall

eBay will be adding an image-based listing tool to its range of offerings powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This tool will allow sellers to simply take or upload a photo within the eBay app and watch as AI automatically fills in item information details, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 7) article posted on its website. […]

Authors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazon. There's little they can do to rein in the rip-offs.

This is where AI generated formats, Minecraft splitscreens, Reddit stories, 'Would You Rather' videos, and deep sea story spam come from.

It is one thing to see funny deepfakes in Instagram Reels, and it is another to receive a message saying that your face has been reused for propaganda purpos...

Experts say the move was necessary to tackle the torrent of disinformation taking over the electoral race.

A book on Amazon, published in 2023, with the same title as my 2019 book.The "sample" on Amazon reads like a ChatGPT summary of my book (with some small post-editing). Is this legal? Same author has published 2 dozen other books on Amazon in 2023 alone.😠😡 pic.twitter.com/JWnRYCj6Np— Melanie Mitchell (@MelMitchell1) January 4, 2024

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The effort to give robots AI brains is revealing big practical challenges—and bigger ethical concerns

Air Canada appears to have quietly killed its costly chatbot support.

Jennifer DeStefano tells US Senate about dangers of artificial technology after receiving phone call from scammers sounding exactly like her daughter

Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like 'The New York Times' now block AI data collection bots from OpenAI and others. Leading right-wing outlets like NewsMax and Breitbart mostly permit them.

Duolingo Inc., the maker of language-learning software, is cutting some contractors while using generative artificial intelligence to create more content, the latest sign that companies are shifting some tasks typically handled by workers to AI tools.

The tool, Nightshade, introduces subtle alterations into an image to confuse AI models and "poison" their training data.

A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police.