While the U.S. moves ahead in rolling out new features, European consumers face a delayed rollout due the bloc's strict tech laws aimed at protecting consumers, says Max von Thun, director of the think tank Open Markets Institute.
Content creation degrees are popping up at universities across the country. Charlie Randall, a senior at Arkansas Tech University, explains why he sees the degree as a pathway to a career in voice acting.
Generative models can be fed data of a deceased person, which some companies have dubbed "grief bots." Jack Manning recently published a study of people interacting with their past loved ones this way. The results were positive.
Kalie Robins posted a video singing with her daughter. Then, a Meta AI prompt surfaced her location. The experience led her to rethink what and how she posts online.
AI-focused political action committees are spending big. Brendan Glavin, Director of Insights at OpenSecrets, details how these groups are looking to influence AI policy.
Many of them hold effective altruism — the philosophy of making a positive impact with available resources — as their North Star, says Spencer Kaplan who studies AI worker culture as a Ph.D. candidate at Yale.
