A group of Democrat Senators has asked the FTC and DOJ to investigate whether new generative AI features such as summarizers on search platforms violate US antitrust laws. New features like Google’s AI Overviews…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Tom Hanks warned his fans not to be duped by ads using his likeness and voice to promote “wonder drugs” that claim to cure diabetes. Scammers…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
HR software company Lattice, founded by Sam Altman’s brother Jack Altman, became the first to give digital workers official employee records but canceled the move just…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Elon Musk says that the most likely scenario is that AI and robots will eventually replace almost all human labor, but he assures us that it’s…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
American actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry has put the $800m expansion of his Atlanta film studio on hold after seeing what OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora is…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
New York City has become the first in the world to enact a law regulating the use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs). Researchers from Cornell…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Actors union SAG-AFTRA has announced an agreement with AI voice studio Replica Studios outlining how AI voices can be used in video games. With AI voice…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
A Chevrolet dealership in Watsonville, California has had to take its sales chatbot down after it was tricked into offering buyers steep discounts. Some entertaining interactions…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Microsoft and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) announced a partnership to address AI and its impact on America’s workers. The…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
A new report from Autonomy says millions of people could enjoy a four-day workweek by 2033 if AI tools like ChatGPT are properly integrated into the…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
