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Top musicians ask for protection against AI, calling it ‘an assault on human creativity’
Some of the biggest names in the music business published a signed open letter today decrying the “predatory” use of artificial intelligence in music, which they say must be stopped before it gets out of hand. More than 200 artists and artist estates put their names to the letter, which was published through the Artist ...
New York City will introduce controversial AI gun detection technology amid subway crime crisis
After what has been described as a spate of “lawlessness” on the subways of New York City this year, Mayor Eric Adams said today that artificial intelligence will be drafted to help cut down on the number of violent crimes. Adams reportedly has spent some time looking around the world for the perfect AI system to detect ...
Governor of Oregon signs popular right-to-repair bill into law
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek today signed Senate Bill 1596 into law, joining a growing list of other U.S. states that believe citizens should have more options to repair their consumer products. Oregon follows California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York, which each have similar laws, covering about 70 million Americans in total. Right-to-repair laws ...
US judge tosses Elon Musk’s lawsuit against anti-hate speech group citing free speech concerns
A judge in California today dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, CCDH, a nonprofit that has chronicled what it says is an increase in hate speech on X since Musk took over the platform in 2022. The London-based group has written scathing reports about platforms publishing what it deems misinformation ...
United Nations gives green light to first resolution on artificial intelligence
The United Nations General Assembly today unanimously adopted the first global resolution on AI in an effort to encourage the protection of personal data, monitor AI for risks, and safeguard human rights. The resolution, which was sponsored by the U.S. and co-sponsored by 123 other nations, was adopted by consensus and will have the support ...
Neuralink’s first brain implant patient says playing chess with his mind is like ‘using the Force’
Neuralink Corp. streamed a live video today of its first brain implant patient, showing the impressive results of the operation earlier this year. In January, Neuralink founder Elon Musk announced that the company had, for the first time, realized its goal of implanting a brain-computer interface, or BCI, in a patient after years of toil ...
Google DeepMind develops an AI with Liverpool Football Club to predict plays in the game
One of the U.K.’s finest soccer clubs is making history by using a new AI assistant developed by Google DeepMind to help with its tactics. It’s not unusual for soccer teams to analyze plays, but Liverpool might be ahead of the pack when it comes to using machine-learning technology to figure out tactics. The club ...
Supreme Court tackles controversial topic of Biden administration-big tech cooperation
Both liberal and conservative justices at the Supreme Court today seemed wary of finding that the Biden administration acted improperly when it worked with Big Tech companies to censor online content it deemed “misinformation” regarding the 2020 presidential election, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other issues. The case at hand is Murthy v. Missouri, in which ...
Pornhub pulls out of Texas amid age verification dispute
Fans of Pornhub in Texas may have been disappointed today after the website blocked any internet addresses trying to access it from the state amid a legal wrangle concerning a new age verification law. Pornhub in February was the sixth most visited website in the U.S., garnering more than 2.8 billion visits that month. It’s also ...
Google errs on the side of caution with its Gemini chatbot and global election information
Google LLC confirmed today that it will play it safe this year with regard to election-related queries that its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot might be asked. In the coming year, there will be major elections in 64 countries, affecting almost half the people on the planet. 2024 is being hailed as the year of the ...
