Add Microsoft to the list of AI companies lobbying for a slowdown in the tech’s development. The tech giant on Monday (Sept. 14) published a new artificial intelligence (AI) code of conduct, based around the concept of “Humanist AI.” “Humanist AI is built to support people, not to replace...
Germany is reportedly rejecting the AI industry’s calls to slow the technology’s development. “We do not consider halting development to be a viable option for Europe,” a spokesperson for the country’s digital affairs ministry told Reuters Monday (Sept. 1), adding that bolstering Europe’s digital sovereignty means further...
Integrations of OpenTable’s restaurant technology with artificial intelligence models drove 17 times more seated diners year over year for restaurant operators, the company said in an Aug. 26 press release. The diners brought in by those model integrations spent on average 20% more than those...
Anthropic CEO and Co-Founder Dario Amodei said he wants independent evaluators inside leading artificial intelligence companies and governments to slow the race toward more powerful models. Amodei’s three-part proposal, published in a Saturday (Sept. 12) essay titled “We Must Pace the Frontier,” called for embedded...
Fraudsters are reportedly trading massive scam operations for smaller and more profitable schemes using artificial intelligence (AI). That’s according to Giles Thomson, president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), who outlined the fraud landscape in a Monday (Sept. 14) interview with the Financial Times. As the report notes, fraudsters...
Amazon Ads has announced a partnership with OpenAI, letting select U.S. advertisers extend their existing Amazon campaigns directly into ChatGPT, Amazon said. How does it work? Advertisers buy the placements through Amazon DSP, Amazon’s programmatic ad platform, without having to negotiate directly with OpenAI, and...
Anthropic, Google and OpenAI have reportedly held talks about establishing an AI industry standards body. That’s according to a report Sunday (Sept. 13) from The Information, citing sources familiar with the matter. These sources said the discussions began even before Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s weekend...
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A New Mexico defense attorney’s use of artificial intelligence in a murder appeal has landed him in trouble. The state’s Supreme Court last week held attorney Stephen Aarons in direct contempt of court for submitting a brief with “false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses,” according...