Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space...
VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Dwight was an Air Force pilot...
View ArticleIs that 'Her'? OpenAI pauses a ChatGPT voice after some say it sounds like...
NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic,...
View ArticleInsider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI
Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster. At the Central Intelligence Agency, basic artificial intelligence – machine learning and algorithms – has long served that mission....
View ArticleTrump Media and Technology Group posts more than $300 million net loss in...
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of former President Donald Trump's social networking site Truth Social, lost more than $300 million last quarter, according to its...
View ArticleMicrosoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PC
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you're doing on your computer and help figure out...
View ArticleHong Kong will keep watching internet platforms for non-compliance with ban...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday his administration would keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song, days after YouTube blocked access...
View ArticleWhat to stream this week: 'Dune 2' adds spice, J.Lo heads to space, Lenny...
“Dune: Part 2,” Jennifer Lopez in the sci-fi action pic “Atlas” and a “South Park” episode skewering weight loss drugs are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near...
View ArticleNew cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths...
View ArticleHow is the violent unrest in New Caledonia impacting global nickel prices?
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Global nickel prices have soared since deadly violence erupted in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia last week. The overseas territory, which has been under French...
View ArticleCybersecurity labeling for smart devices aims to help people choose items...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer labels designed to help Americans pick smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking could begin appearing on products before the holiday shopping season, federal...
View ArticleFCC will consider rules for AI-generated political ads on TV and radio, but...
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the Federal Communications Commission introduced on Wednesday a proposal to require political advertisers to disclose when they use content generated by artificial...
View ArticleTop Apple exec acknowledges shortcomings in effort to bring competition in...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller on Wednesday acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn't done much to increase...
View ArticleNvidia's profit soars, underscoring its dominance in chips for artificial...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nvidia on Wednesday overshot Wall Street estimates as its profit skyrocketed, bolstered by the chip-making dominance that has made the company an icon of the artificial...
View ArticleSony says focus is on creativity, with games, movies, music, sensors, IP, and...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry. Its chief executive,...
View ArticleEV maker Tesla breaks ground on Megapack energy storage battery factory in...
BEIJING (AP) — Electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun construction of a factory in Shanghai to make its Megapack energy storage batteries, Chinese state media reported Thursday. The $200 million plant...
View ArticleTikTok rolls out new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media...
NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok is putting in place new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media accounts that are attempting to exert influence abroad during a crucial election year. The company,...
View ArticleAttempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder in US...
DENVER (AP) — The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions for millions of Americans are facing pressure from all...
View ArticleJudge to weigh proposed changes to Google's Android app store to prevent...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is confronting the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire on Thursday as federal judge begins to address anticompetitive practices in the app market...
View ArticleWhite House pushes tech industry to shut down market for sexually abusive AI...
President Joe Biden's administration is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a growing market of abusive sexual images made with artificial intelligence technology. New...
View ArticleOpenAI to start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal
Joining news organizations that have chosen to collaborate rather than fight with the best-known artificial intelligence company, News Corp. has struck a multiyear deal to share news content with...
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