Tag: Artificial Intelligence – NECN (2024)

AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient

Artificial intelligence is beginning to allow many employers to automate functions long performed by human workers.

Tom Hanks slams AI-generated wonder drug ads featuring his likeness

Tom Hanks, a Type 2 diabetic, shared that companies have been using his name, likeness, and voice generated through AI to promote products he does not endorse.

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?

Police officers are starting to use artificial intelligence to help write crime reports. Some prosecutors, police watchdogs and legal scholars have concerns.

Jenna Ortega says she deleted Twitter after seeing explicit AI images of herself as a minor

The actress said she left the social media platform, now X, when she saw “dirty edited content” of herself as a child.

As AI entrenches itself in the political world, discerning real from fake is critical

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a multipronged issue in the 2024 presidential race. From the question of how AI should be handled in policy to former President Donald Trump’s false claim that an image of Vice President Kamala Harris’ crowd was artificially generated, the emerging technology has a prominent position in the political landscape. It’s a new and difficult...

Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and stories

A reporter at a small Wyoming newspaper has resigned after a competitor discovered he was using artificial intelligence to write stories and fabricate quotes, including some by the governor.

Older Americans prepare themselves for a world altered by artificial intelligence

Older adults are grappling with how artificial intelligence is changing the world.

Hollywood icons of the past take new star turn, with celebrity estates cashing in on AI voice cloning deals

Celebrity estate are signing AI voice licensing deals, allowing audio of Hollywood icons to be cloned and offered as narrators in reading apps.

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and join rival Anthropic

Schulman said OpenAI executives remain committed to backing efforts to ensure that people can control highly capable artificial intelligence models.

Google pulls AI ad for Olympics following backlash

Google was criticized for using artificial intelligence to write a fan letter to an Olympic athlete.

Doctors in Vermont are starting to use AI – here's how

The University of Vermont Health Network is the latest to adopt an artificial intelligence tool meant to make life easier for both doctors and patients. The partnership with Abridge, a company that uses AI to transcribe doctor-patient interactions during appointments, runs within the Epic medical records system that most health care networks use. It records what doctors and patients...

Apple is spending more on AI, but remains far behind its Silicon Valley peers

Investors are focused on how much mega-cap tech companies are spending on their AI buildouts. Apple is in a category of its own.

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More medical offices using AI to help doctors

Your average doctor’s appoint takes 30-45 minutes out of your day, but your doctor can spend much longer working on your chart. Now, some health networks are using artificial intelligence to help them speed the process up.

Regulators consider first federal rule on AI-created political ads

Sidestepping the debate about whether to ban artificial content, the new rule would require political ads to disclose whether they were made with AI.

Generative AI requires massive amounts of power and water, and the aging U.S. grid can't handle the load

Data centers are being built at a rapid pace to support generative AI, and concerns are mounting about whether we can generate enough power to fuel the growth.

A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.

A rare neurological disorder robbed Rep. Jennifer Wexton of her ability to speak clearly. But with the help of a powerful artificial intelligence program, the Virginia Democrat used a clone of her voice to deliver what is believed to be the first such speech on the House floor.

How AI and automation will reshape grocery stores and fast-food chains

The food industry is leaning heavily into AI, investing billions of dollars to improve service and cut costs by implementing new automation technology.

Pope Francis becomes first pontiff to address a G7 summit, raises alarm about AI

Pope Francis challenged leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies Friday to keep human dignity foremost in developing and using artificial intelligence, warning that such powerful technology risks turning human relations themselves into mere algorithms.

Megan Thee Stallion calls out ‘fake' sexually explicit video circulating on X

A spokesperson for X said the platform’s “rules prohibit the sharing of non-consensual intimate media and we are proactively removing this content.”

Colorado the first state to move forward with attempt to regulate AI's hidden role in American life

State lawmakers first attempts at regulating discrimination from artificial intelligence have floundered in states across the country.