Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish
SAN FRANCISCO — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the…
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Reddit’s explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first-ever profit
NEW YORK — For the first time in its nearly 20-year history, Reddit is turning a profit. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million, or 16 cents per…
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Google’s moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits despite multiple threats
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire. The latest evidence…
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Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
SAN FRANCISCO — Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” But Whisper has a major flaw: It is…
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An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest…
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Google’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation
LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog said Thursday it’s opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority said it has “sufficient information”…
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How the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has turned the AI boom into a digital gold mine
The artificial intelligence boom has benefited chatbot makers, computer scientists and Nvidia investors. It’s also providing an unusual windfall for Anguilla, a tiny island in the Caribbean. ChatGPT’s debut nearly…
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Changing OpenAI’s nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future
NEW YORK — The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion. Nonprofit tax…
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Documents show OpenAI’s long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company
Back in 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, California, applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Services….
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in fresh funding as it moves away from its nonprofit roots
OpenAI said Wednesday it has raised $6.6 billion in venture capital investments as part of a broader shift by the ChatGPT maker away from its nonprofit roots. Led by venture…
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