Everything to Know About OpenAI’s New Text-to-Video Generator, Sora
A machine-learning tool that transforms text prompts into detailed video has generated excitement—and skepticism
Artificial Intelligence
Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The effort to give robots AI brains is revealing big practical challenges—and bigger ethical concerns
Artists Are Slipping Anti-AI ‘Poison’ into Their Art. Here’s How It Works
Digital cloaking tools such as Nightshade and Glaze help artists take back control from generative AI—but they’re no forever fix
How AI Bots Could Sabotage 2024 Elections around the World
AI-generated disinformation will target voters on a near-daily basis in more than 50 countries, according to a new analysis
Tougher AI Policies Could Protect Taylor Swift—And Everyone Else—From Deepfakes
In January Taylor Swift became the latest high-profile target of nonconsensual deepfake images. It’s time for regulations that ban this kind of abusive AI content, cyberadvocates say
Europe’s New AI Rules Could Go Global—Here’s What That Will Mean
A leaked draft of the European Union’s upcoming AI Act has experts discussing where the regulations may fall short
Even ChatGPT Says ChatGPT Is Racially Biased
When asked, ChatGPT declared that its training material—the language we humans use every day—was to blame for potential bias in stories it generated
New AI Circuitry That Mimics Human Brains Makes Models Smarter
A new kind of transistor allows AI hardware to remember and process information more like the human brain does
A Camera-Wearing Baby Taught an AI to Learn Words
Most machine-learning models rely on mountains of data to replicate human text, but new research suggests the recipe for learning language might be simpler
An Alliance Calling For More Open AI Should Heed Their Own Call
The word “open” is often thrown around in describing AI transparency, but the companies and groups calling for it must themselves be open about their practices
AI’s Climate Impacts May Hit Marginalized People Hardest
A Brookings Institution report warns that energy-hungry artificial intelligence tech will worsen the climate crisis
AI Survey Exaggerates Apocalyptic Risks
A speculative survey about AI’s future may have been biased toward an alarmist perspective