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E.U. Law Sets the Stage for a Clash Over Disinformation
The law, aimed at forcing social media giants to adopt new policies to curb harmful content, is expected to face blowback from Elon Musk, who owns X.
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Four-Hundred-Pound NYPD Robot Gets Tryout in Times Square Subway Station
The New York Police Department has deployed a nearly 400-pound "fully autonomous outdoor security robot" in Times Square's subway station as a test run.
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ChatGPT Can Now Generate Images
OpenAI has integrated a new version of its DALL-E image generator into its ChatGPT online chatbot.
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AI Brings the Robot Wingman to Aerial Combat
Artificial intelligence (AI) operates the U.S. Air Force's pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft, which the military envisions as a next-generation robot...
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A Stroke Stole Her Ability to Speak at 30. A.I. Is Helping to Restore It Years Later.
The brain activity of a paralyzed woman is being translated into words spoken by an avatar. This milestone could help others who have lost speech.
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Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song by Reading Brain Signals of Listeners
The audio sounds like it's being played underwater. Still, it's a first step toward creating more expressive devices to assist people who can't speak.
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Cruise Agrees to Reduce Driverless Car Fleet in San Francisco After Crash
A driverless Cruise taxi with a passenger collided with a fire truck Thursday night, just one week after state officials allowed the service to expand.
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The Desperate Hunt for the A.I. Boom's Most Indispensable Prize
To power artificial intelligence products, start-ups and investors are taking extraordinary measures to obtain critical chips known as graphics processing units...
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Google Tests AI Assistant That Offers Life Advice
Google is testing generative artificial intelligence technology programmed to serve as a life coach.
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt Military Operations
U.S. security officials say the White House is hunting for malware purportedly concealed by China within infrastructure critical to U.S. military bases.
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The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here
The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during...
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At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift
The use of augmented reality in a production of the opera "Parsifal" opening Germany's Bayreuth Festival has incited a financial and philosophical dispute.
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Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test
Three public schools in Newark, NJ, are testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted teaching aid from education nonprofit Khan Academy.
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An A.I. Supercomputer Whirs to Life, Powered by Giant Computer Chips
The new supercomputer, made by the Silicon Valley start-up Cerebras, was unveiled as the A.I. boom drives demand for chips and computing power.
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A.I. Wrote a Housing Bill. Critics Say It's Not Intelligent
A Queens assemblyman used an artificial intelligence program to identify gaps in New York law. But the resulting bill's potential impact is murky at best.
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Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain
Russia has built a network of technology contractors to supply it with surveillance equipment in order to spy on and quash internal dissent.
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U.S. and E.U. Complete Long-Awaited Deal on Sharing Data
The agreement ends legal uncertainty for Meta, Google and scores of companies — at least for now.
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As Businesses Clamor for Workplace A.I., Tech Companies Rush to Provide It
Amazon, Box, Salesforce, Oracle, and others have recently rolled out A.I.-related products to help workplaces become more efficient and productive.
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