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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed a bill Monday that would regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in his state. Youngkin said he vetoed H.B. 2094 because it would establish a “burdensome” framework for AI. The bill, introduced in early January, would have created requirements for the development, deployment and use of “high-risk artificial intelligence systems.” It… […]
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Google’s crappy “AI Overviews” regularly spits out incorrect answers — and now, apparently, it’s being entrusted with medical advice. In a self-congratulatory blog post, Google’s chief health officer Karen DeSalvo claimed that “recent health-focused advancements on [sic] Gemini models” and “our best-in-class quality and ranking systems” will allow the janky feature to “cover thousands more […]
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If you have an iPhone, you’ve likely seen the feature known as voicemail transcriptions. Basically, if someone leaves you a message, your phone will automatically transcribe the voicemail into a block of text you can read. However, like most iPhone features, this feature isn’t foolproof. One woman—Louise Littlejohn, 66 of Dunfermline, Scotland—shared her hilarious experience […]
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How to freak yourself out with the Sesame demo now.Trying the new voice assistant from AI startup Sesame is the first time I momentarily forgot I was talking to a bot. Compared to ChatGPT’s voice mode, Sesame’s “conversational voice” feels natural, unforced, and engaging, which totally freaked me out. On Feb. 27, Sesame launched … […]
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China’s DeepSeek, which threw Silicon Valley into chaos this week, makes no qualms about sending all of your sensitive data straight to the Chinese government. It’s no secret that the hedge fund-owned startup is closely abiding by the country’s extreme censorship rules. The company’s AI chatbot is consistently skewing reality in often hamhanded efforts to […]
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China’s DeepSeek is outpacing Big Tech’s AI models in technical tasks and affordabilitySorry, OpenAI (and Google and Meta and…). A recently released AI model called DeepSeek from a China-based startup is currently wreaking havoc on the tech space in the U.S. Why? Because it’s blowing all other Big Tech models … Source : For further […]
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Content warning: this story discusses suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. In October of last year, a Google-backed startup called Character.AI was hit by a lawsuit making an eyebrow-raising claim: that one of its chatbots had driven a 14-year-old high school student to suicide. As Futurism’s reporting found afterward, the behavior […]
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Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock surged an eye-popping 350% year-to-date.But just as retail investors celebrate their portfolios swelling, company insiders — including CFO David A. Glazer and CTO Shyam Sankar — are selling millions of dollars worth of shares.What Happened: In December alone, Glazer sold $23 million worth of shares, while Sankar offloaded a staggering […]
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AI Claims Amid the fallout from UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, the firm’s prescription drug middleman is under fire for a huge AI oopsie. As TechCrunch reports, a chatbot used by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to help employees figure out insurance claims and disputes was accidentally made public and easily accessible […]
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Only a “subset of users” are allowed to upload images of people to Sora.OpenAI Sora is limiting depictions of real people and taking other strict safety measures to prevent misuse.The video generator, which was announced on Monday as part of its 12 Days of OpenAI event, has all sorts of editing capabilities for users to […]
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