The New York Times has hired Zach Seward, co-founder of the tech, business, and lifestyle website Quartz, as its first editorial director for artificial intelligence.
Tag: AI
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AI ALLIANCE PRESSES FOR OPEN-SOURCE AI DEVELOPMENT
IBM and Meta Platforms are among more than 50 companies involved in AI development that have come together to form the AI Alliance, a group pushing for “open innovation and open science” in AI development.
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POPE CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL TREATY GOVERNING AI
Pope Francis has added his voice to the chorus of calls for a binding international agreement to govern AI, urging rules ensuring that the technology is used ethically and reflects the human values of compassion, forgiveness, mercy, and morality.
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META, PLAYING CATCH-UP, ADDS NEW AI FEATURES TO ITS APPS
Meta Platforms, scurrying to catch up with Google, Microsoft, and other major web presences dazzling audiences with AI apps, is testing at least 20 new AI features it’s added to its search tool, advertisements, and other offerings throughout Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.
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MORE CHIP COMPANIES RUSHING TO MEET DEMAND FOR AI PROCESSORS
Nvidia owns as much as 80 percent of the market for the special graphics-processing computer chips needed by AI systems, but that market share will shrink, beginning in the new year.
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DR. GOOGLE WANTS TO LIVE IN YOUR POCKET
Google has created an AI that it sees as a “doctor in your pocket” that can scour the Internet to answer your questions about your health, calm your nerves about a symptom, or urge you to visit your doctor for a diagnosis.
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ASHLEY THE AI CALLING: WHO YOU GONNA VOTE FOR?
Don’t call Ashley a political robo-caller. This phone bank staffer for political candidates is an AI similar to ChatGPT.
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EUROPE STRIKES “DEAL” ON AI REGULATION—WITH GAPING HOLES
News that the EU had finalized the world’s first comprehensive set of Artificial Intelligence industry regulations was cast as a landmark by most mainstream media.
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EUROPEAN UNION AGREES ON STRUCTURE OF AI REGULATIONS
On 8 December, negotiators for the European Union (EU) and European parliament settled on a framework of rules to govern AI, including how to regulate platforms and governments’ use of AI in biometric surveillance.
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IN AI, IT’S THE E/ACCs VS. THE DECELs
The tech community has split over AI into two factions battling it out on X and other social media platforms.