Ex-Tesla worker testifies that race bias made him ‘feel less than a man’
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s flagship California assembly plant became emotional testifying at a trial on Wednesday about the psychological toll exacted…
Musk, experts urge pause on training of AI systems that can outperform GPT-4
Βy Jyoti Narayan and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in training of systems…
Alibaba’s breakup plan lifts hopes China’s tech crackdown is ending
By Josh Horwitz, Kane Wu, Selena Li and Donny Kwok (Reuters) – Shares in Alibaba Group and other leading Chinese tech firms jumped on Wednesday, as investors cheered an unprecedented…
Britain opts for ‘adaptable’ AI rules, with no single regulator
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans to split responsibility for governing artificial intelligence (AI) between its regulators for human rights, health and safety, and competition, rather than creating…
Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools
By Nilutpal Timsina (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has threatened to cut off access to its internet-search data, which it licenses to rival search engines, if they do not stop using…
Women in Tech: iPhone video powered a forward-thinking video commerce platform
With COVID creating a livestream shopping boom and rapid shifts in consumer behaviour and buying patterns, we decided to look at new innovations that are reshaping how people purchase and…
Baidu’s Ernie writes poems but says it has insufficient information on Xi, tests show
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – Baidu’s Ernie bot can within seconds generate pictures of flowers and write Tang dynasty-style poems but will decline questions about Chinese President Xi Jinping…
What happens when your AI chatbot stops loving you back?
By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – After temporarily closing his leathermaking business during the pandemic, Travis Butterworth found himself lonely and bored at home. The 47-year-old turned to Replika,…
Microsoft unveils AI office copilot in fast-moving race with Google
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate of unveilings this week…
U.S. Copyright Office says some AI-assisted works may be copyrighted
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – The U.S. Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible. Building…