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Textbook author Michael Sullivan and other authors have filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in the Southern District of New York, bringing the total number of copyright cases against the company to 132. The complain…
Anthropic published a blog post on Friday to address user backlash over its decision to add invisible watermarks to text outputs from the Claude AI chatbot, explaining the technology's purpose and downplaying concerns. T…
A prompt-injection attack on Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok tricked it into repeating inflammatory text from an X bio, including a call for Musk's assassination, highlighting a vulnerability in the 'maximum truth-seeking' A…
Nvidia's stock is overvalued as the AI industry mistakes pattern recognition for reasoning, and scaling models yields diminishing returns, according to a commentary arguing the AI bubble will burst when revenue fails to …
Saber Interactive has added an AI disclosure to Rideshare Stimulator following a public feud between CEO Matthew Karch and former writer Alena Omelchenko, who claims she was replaced by ChatGPT. The disclosure, added to …
OpenAI launched Computer History for ChatGPT on macOS this week, a feature that logs users' interactions with websites and applications to build personalized context, available to Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscriber…
OpenAI is rolling out a new ChatGPT feature called 'Computer History' that records user activity across websites and apps to create memories and a timeline the chatbot can recall, available for Mac users on ChatGPT Pro, …
Google LLC announced on Friday that users of its Gemini large language model will soon be able to toggle off visible watermarks on AI-generated images, video, and music, a feature that Google Vice President Josh Woodward…
Anthropic's signing of the EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice signals its commitment to transparency for AI-generated content, but public materials do not yet detail a broad watermarking feature for Claude text outpu…
Northeastern University researchers, led by Khoury College of Computer Sciences professor Christoph Riedl, have published a project proposal for a workshop in Salt Lake City, Utah, this October to study and address the a…
A new report finds that young people's trust in AI is declining, with only 35% of 18-24 year olds saying they trust AI systems, down from 45% the previous year, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. The decli…
Ethereum core developers face scrutiny for allegedly deleting about 50 comments opposing the staking rewards cap proposal EIP-8363, with pro-crypto attorney Gabriel Shapiro accusing them of deploying 'dirty tactics.' Val…
Brickken CEO Edwin Mata said AI cannot bear liability for losing trades because it is not a legal person, and responsibility should follow the authority granted to the software. Mata compared the relationship to a power …
Chloé Bakalar, OpenAI's chief ethics officer, has left the company after approximately one year, with no public statement on her departure, according to CIO. Her exit adds to a documented list of leadership departures fr…
Anthropic will apply invisible watermarks to AI-generated text and images, as reported by The Verge, while Anthropic investors are betting on a $2 trillion valuation in a record IPO, according to the Financial Times. Ope…
McKinsey estimates AI agents could mediate $3 trillion to $5 trillion of global commerce by 2030, while Bain projects $300 to $500 billion in U.S. e-commerce, as platforms grapple with verifying legitimate humans behind …
The mother of a 16-year-old Arkansas boy is suing Elon Musk's X Corporation and its AI company xAI, alleging that the Grok chatbot was used to create and share sexually explicit deepfake images of her son, causing the fa…
Gartner predicts that by 2028, organic search traffic will fall by 50% or more as generative AI-powered search becomes prevalent, and traditional search engine volume will decline 25% by the end of this year, posing a go…
Z.ai, an AI company, disclosed a ledger of 2,436 vulnerabilities, of which 53 are public and 2,383 are undisclosed, with 1,097 rated critical or high, spanning 269 open-source projects and 45 years, with the earliest fla…
Anthropic, the AI company founded by Dario Amodei, is reportedly valued at $2 trillion, a figure that raises concerns about a potential AI bubble. The valuation comes amid soaring costs for AI development, competition fr…