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News Articles: Artificial intelligence

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  • News

Georgia House Committee studying AI releases preliminary findings

The House committee studying artificial intelligence released its preliminary findings Thursday. 

December 19, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis

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  • Business

Lawsuit: A chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits

Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized content.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Ted Chiang was recently awarded the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's prize for short story excellence.

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  • Arts & Life

Writer Ted Chiang on AI and grappling with big ideas

Ted Chiang was recently awarded the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's prize for short story excellence. He sat down with NPR to talk about AI, making art and grappling with big ideas.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Avery Keatley,
  • Scott Detrow,
  • and 1 more
A screenshot of the AI-generated "Daisy" — a new program launched by British phone company O2 to combat phone scams.

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  • Technology

A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game

The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
The Georgia Senate Committee on Artificial Intelligence released recommendations for next year’s legislative session. Photo by Midjourney AI

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  • Politics

Georgia state senators work on real world guardrails for fantastical world of AI

For the I, Robot 1940s science fiction author, Isaac Asimov, artificial intelligence was a far-off fantasy, but next month, Georgia lawmakers will be tasked with putting laws on the books to guide human-AI interactions in the real world. 

December 04, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams

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  • News

A new take on robocop? Georgia lawmakers look into ways AI can improve public safety

One of the most fundamental roles of any government is ensuring the safety of its citizens, whether from others who would do them harm, from disasters like fire and floods or from injuries and sickness. But with artificial intelligence rapidly advancing, what public safety jobs can look like is changing quickly.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
An image that was likely created with artificial intelligence tools that purported to show a young survivor of Hurricane Helene. The image got millions of views online, even after its provenance was questioned.

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  • Politics

AI-generated images have become a new form of propaganda this election season

This election cycle, AI-generated images have proliferated on social media platforms after politically charged news events. They often spread partisan narratives rather than facts.

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
FILE -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB1046, a hotly contested measure that would have been the nation's strictest AI safety law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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  • Technology

California Gov. Newsom vetoes AI safety bill that divided Silicon Valley

The measure, known as SB 1047, was one of the nation’s most far-reaching regulations on the booming AI industry. It would have held AI companies legally liable for harms caused by AI and enabled a "kill switch" if systems went rogue.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A woman walks in front of the Kremlin on September 23, 2024. U.S. intelligence officials say Russia has embraced artificial intelligence tools to try to sway American voters ahead of the November election.

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  • Politics

U.S. officials say Russia is embracing AI for its election influence efforts

The cutting-edge technology makes it easier for Russia as well as Iran to quickly and more convincingly tailor polarizing content aimed at swaying American voters, intelligence officials said.

September 23, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant is seen in March 2011 in Middletown, Pa.

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  • National

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania power plant that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in American history, will reopen and sell power to Microsoft.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • C Mandler
Light enters the compound eye of the fly, causing hexagonally arranged photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the fly to detect motion.

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  • Science

AI met fruit fly, and a better brain model emerged

A virtual version of a fruit fly’s visual system could help scientists understand how brain networks process information. The model could also lead to more efficient AI systems.

September 18, 2024
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Elon Musk's xAI took over this factory in Memphis, Tenn., earlier this year. This is where it's building a supercomputer to fuel artificial intelligence.

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  • Business

How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer

A massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it’s looking into it.

September 14, 2024
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
An AI-generated depiction of Donald Trump riding a lion. The image was first posted by a Trump supporter on X before Trump reposted the depiction on his Truth Social account. Trump has embracing reposting AI-generated images created by his supporters. NPR added the borders to the image to make clear the image was AI-generated.

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  • Politics

How AI-generated memes are changing the 2024 election

Donald Trump has repeatedly shared AI-generated content on social media in the latest example of how artificial intelligence is showing up in the 2024 election.

August 31, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The scene from a Kamala Harris and Tim Walz rally in Detroit on Aug. 7. Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that another picture of the rally showing a large crowd was generated by artificial intelligence.

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  • Technology

Why false claims that a picture of a Kamala Harris rally was AI-generated matter

"This is a photo of an event in one city on one day," said one AI researcher. "I mean, what hope do we have to actually tackle complex problems in society if we can't agree on this?"

August 14, 2024
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
 An image created by Midjourney AI.

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  • Politics

Artificial Intelligence on the minds of Georgia Senate study committee

The Georgia Senate Artificial Intelligence Study Committee is set to meet Wednesday at Georgia Tech to explore the extent Georgia lawmakers should promote policies to attract AI business and research and how much they should focus on preventing pitfalls like loss of jobs or privacy.

July 16, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
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