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Microsoft is adding a dedicated AI key to its keyboards

by Matt Levin
Jan 4, 2024
The key will launch Copilot, Microsoft's AI assistant program. But whether users will take to it is an open question.
On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it would be adding an AI key to PC keyboards. With just one tap, the key opens up Microsoft Copilot, the company’s AI helper.
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How AI helps some people with disabilities communicate

by Matt Levin
Jan 2, 2024
Deep learning, voice cloning and image tech are helping people with nonstandard speech express themselves and be better understood.
A close-up of "Always Watching" by Amie Thornburg. After losing movement in her limbs because of ALS, Thornburg turned to the art tool Fotor to create images.
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New York Times suit may test copyright law's constraints on AI

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 28, 2023
Where's the line between fair use and commercial exploitation when it comes to scraping the web to train artificial intelligence models?
Most AI models are trained on data sets scraped from the internet. OpenAI trained its chatbot, ChatGPT, with data that included Times content, the lawsuit says.
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AI already has a big role in Hollywood

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 7, 2023
It's been used for some time in applications designed to support, not replace, the work of human actors, writers and directors.
Using artificial intelligence to cut the cost of visual effects will help filmmakers' budgets, said Nikola Todorovic of Wonder Dynamics.
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There's big business behind those annoying CAPTCHA puzzles

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Nov 22, 2023
As AI becomes more sophisticated, the industry is growing to match it, says journalist Justin Pot, who wrote about CAPTCHA for The Atlantic.
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ChatGPT turns 1: A generative AI status report

by Matt Levin
Nov 21, 2023
Some experts are surprised we're not using AI tools even more.
"I think there was no business owner out there that when they were exposed to ChatGPT couldn't imagine that there was some application for this technology to make their own business more efficient," says Amin Ahmad of Vectara.
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What to make of the drama at OpenAI after CEO Sam Altman's firing?

by Matt Levin
Nov 20, 2023
The very public OpenAI chaos is a teachable moment for policymakers and regulators, says NYU professor Gary Marcus.
Hundreds of OpenAI staff members have threatened to quit if former CEO Sam Altman, above, isn't reinstated.
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Progress toward a driverless future hits the brakes

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 27, 2023
GM's Cruise taxis were banned from California roads after the state said the driverless car company misrepresented safety data.
A recent incident involving a San Francisco pedestrian and a Cruise autonomous vehicle has officials questioning the safety of driverless technology. Above, the interior of a self-driving car owned by Waymo, an Alphabet subsidiary.
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The new phase of the Microsoft-Google rivalry: AI and the cloud

by Matt Levin
Oct 25, 2023
Google, aka Alphabet, and Microsoft are longtime rivals. Lately, Microsoft has been on the offensive, building strength in key areas of tech.
Microsoft invested in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, which is now integrated into the Bing search engine.
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Solutions to AI image bias raise their own ethical questions

by Matt Levin
Oct 10, 2023
De-biasing artificial intelligence image generators pose questions around synthetic diversity, historical accuracy.
Text to image AI companies know that the pictures generated by their software are informed by images that are already available on the internet. But the best way to correct for that bias can gets complicated.
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