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News Articles: Artificial intelligence

Ethan Mollick, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School,  used a photo of himself (left) in an artificial intelligence platform where he generated a deepfake video of himself (right).

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  • Technology

It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

March 23, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on March 7.

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  • Business

Facebook parent Meta slashes 10,000 jobs in its 'Year of Efficiency'

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is cutting another 10,000 jobs after it laid off 11,000 workers late last year.

March 14, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Yang
Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft corporate vice president of modern Llife, search, and devices speaks during an event introducing a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., earlier this month.

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  • Technology

Microsoft's new AI chatbot has been saying some 'crazy and unhinged things'

After Microsoft's powerful AI chatbot verbally attacked people, and even compared one person to Hitler, the company has decided to rein in the technology until it works out the kinks.

March 02, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it's possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics.

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  • Technology

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

February 02, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
The EEOC is turning its attention to the use of AI and other advanced technologies in hiring.

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  • Business

Can bots discriminate? It's a big question as companies use AI for hiring

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says artificial intelligence-based hiring tools may be creating discriminatory barriers to jobs. The agency is asking for input as it considers guardrails.

February 01, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Microsoft said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, in the first months of 2023.

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  • Business

Microsoft slashes 10,000 jobs, the latest in a wave of layoffs

Amazon, Salesforce and Goldman Sachs have also announced cuts during a brutal January for corporate workers.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Mary Yang
Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The parent company of Facebook says bad actors are increasingly using realistic faces generated with artificial intelligence to run social media influence operations.

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  • Technology

AI-generated fake faces have become a hallmark of online influence operations

As artificial intelligence becomes more widely available, bad actors are turning to computer-generated faces in their attempts to manipulate social media networks.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Yael Bensoussan, MD, is part of the USF Health's department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. She's leading an effort to collect voice data that can be used to diagnose illnesses.

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  • Health

Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice

Everything from your vocal cord vibrations to breathing patterns when you speak offers potential information about your health. Researchers are collecting voice data to one day use in an app.

October 10, 2022
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By:
  • Carmen Molina Acosta and
  • Lisa Weiner
An image created by DALL-E2 with the prompt: "Photograph of a young boy and his Golden Retriever in the woods of Montana on a foggy day."

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  • Technology

Surreal or too real? Breathtaking AI tool DALL-E takes its images to a bigger stage

The lab behind the artificial intelligence art tool is giving access to up to a million people on its waiting list, just as worries grow about possible abuse.

July 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
An image of babies doing parkour generated by DALL-E mini.

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  • Technology

When machine learning meets surrealist art meets Reddit, you get DALL-E mini

DALL-E is the AI image generator social media users are employing to crank out bizarre art memes that range from beautiful to horrifying.

July 05, 2022
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2021. Wyden says he has long been concerned about the algorithms used by his state's child welfare system.

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  • National

Oregon is dropping an artificial intelligence tool used in child welfare system

Officials will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a process that officials say will make more racially equitable decisions.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke speaks at a news conference on Aug. 5, 2021. The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor their productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities.

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  • Technology

U.S. warns of discrimination in using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates

The federal government tells employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws by discriminating against people with disabilities.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Some of the likely AI-generated faces from fake LinkedIn profiles identified by Stanford University researchers. The central positioning of the eyes is a telltale sign of a computer-created face.

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  • Technology

That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake

Stanford researchers uncovered more than 1,000 of these LinkedIn profiles. A technology that has been used to promote misinformation online has now entered the corporate world.

March 27, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond

Tagged as: 

  • Technology

Here's how Americans view facial recognition and driverless cars

The most strongly opposed applications of artificial intelligence focused on computer chip brain implants and driverless cars.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The "Proximity Dress" which expands to reinforce social distancing when someone gets too close.

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  • Art & Design

Fashion and Tech Join Forces To Create A Dress That Signals When People Get Too Close

Dutch fashion designer and engineer Anouk Wipprecht distinctive 'fashion tech' designs combine couture, interactive technology and artificial intelligence.

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Kelley Dickens
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