Microsoft’s AI Boss Wants Copilot to Bring ‘Emotional Support’ to Windows and Office
We don’t save any of the material with Copilot Vision, so once you close the browser after your session, it all just disappears. It fully deletes....
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice, Vision, and a ‘Hype Man’ Persona
Microsoft deleted the over-eager office assistant Clippy some 17 years ago, but the vision for a friendly and optimistic AI helper has apparently found its way...
Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry
A spokesperson for Sibelco said, “As of September 26, we have temporarily halted operations at the Spruce Pine facilities in response to these challenges. “We are...
This Startup Wants YouTube Creators to Get Paid for AI Training Data
So far, when AI companies have trained on YouTube’s invaluable stash of videos, captions, and other content, they’ve done so without permission. An AI-focused content licensing...
Inside Two Years of Turmoil at Big Tech’s Anti-Terrorism Group
The four tech giants have presided over the consortium since they announced it in 2016, when Western governments were berating them for allowing Islamic State to...
No, Sam Altman, AI Won’t Solve All of Humanity’s Problems
We already knew where OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, stands on artificial intelligence vis-à-vis the human saga: It will be transformative, historic, and overwhelmingly beneficial. He has...
The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
If you step into the headquarters of the Internet Archive on a Friday after lunch, when it offers public tours, chances are you’ll be greeted by...
China’s Plan to Make AI Watermarks Happen
Chinese regulators likely learned from the EU AI Act, says Jeffrey Ding, an assistant professor of Political Science at George Washington University. “Chinese policymakers and scholars...
Shein Workers Have Had It—and They’re Going Public
Under Chinese law, only 10 percent of a company’s staff is supposed to be made up of labor dispatch workers. But Zhang says the regulations are...