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OpenAI alters deal with Pentagon as critics sound alarm over surveillance
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (948+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled a reworked agreement with the Pentagon Monday night governing the Defense Department's use of its AI services, which he says provides stronger guarantees that the military won't use OpenAI's systems for domestic surveillance. Researchers argue…...
Many AI toys claim to use chatbots meant for adults and teens
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (657+ words) Morning Rundown: Trump's Iran endgame unclear, midterm primaries kick off, and Supreme Court blocks trans students rule Most major tech companies have age restrictions on their powerful chatbots, but that hasn't stopped some toy companies from claiming to use OpenAI…...
Burger King's new AI chatbot to help employees with operations, improve ‘friendliness’
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (140+ words) Burger King's new AI chatbot to help employees with operations, improve "friendliness'NBC News Tom Llamas meets humanoid robot 'Sprout.' How this technology could soon become a family fixture Burger King's new AI chatbot to help employees with operations, improve "friendliness…...
Anthropic CEO says company cannot agree to Pentagon's AI usage demands
5+ day, 7+ min ago (159+ words) Anthropic CEO says company cannot agree to Pentagon's AI usage demands'NBC News Burger King's new AI chatbot to help employees with operations, improve "friendliness" Columbia University student released from ICE detention with help of Mamdani Anthropic CEO says company cannot…...
What the polls say about how Americans are using AI
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (615+ words) Americans are increasingly encountering and using artificial intelligence technologies like Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Most surveys now suggest more than two-thirds of the population is interacting with these technologies. However, a defining question is how far along…...
Elon Musk's makeshift AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (1537+ words) The 27 temporary gas turbines roar like jet engines day and night to power data centers, residents say. SOUTHAVEN, Miss. " Eddie Gossett awoke one morning last summer to what sounded like an airport runway suddenly opening on his rural Mississippi road....
Tech companies are making their robots cute to try and win over humans
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1188+ words) When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city's residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris. "She's doing her best, you guys," one…...
Concerns are growing over chatbots causing users to go into 'delusional spirals"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (176+ words) There are new concerns over chatbots sending users into a '"delusional spiral" when seeking support, according to an article by the New York Times. NBC News' Ellison Barber talks to Dr. Judy Ho on why people might turn to AI…...
India’s AI summit draws global leaders, big pledges and some chaos
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1051+ words) As the United States and China battle to dominate artificial intelligence, this week India attempted to highlight that there are other pathways to navigate the silicon surge. Billed as the first high-level AI gathering to be held in the Global…...
A robotic dog made in China gets an Indian university kicked out of an AI summit
1+ week, 6+ day ago (449+ words) NEW DELHI " A private Indian university was booted from a top artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi on Wednesday after one of its staffers displayed a commercially available robotic dog made in China, claiming it was the university's own innovation....