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Artificial Intelligence

Highlights

  1. The shift

    The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast

    New research from the Data Provenance Initiative has found a dramatic drop in content made available to the collections used to build artificial intelligence.

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    CreditRaven Jiang
  2. J.D. Vance’s A.I. Agenda: Reduce Regulation

    Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick has indicated he favors a hands-off approach to A.I. but also wants to increase scrutiny of the biggest tech firms in the field.

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    J.D. Vance, former President Donald J. Trump’s pick for vice president and a former tech investor, is expected to take a more laissez-faire approach to A.I. regulations than the Biden administration.
    CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times
  1. A.I. Needs Copper. It Just Helped to Find Millions of Tons of It.

    The deposit, in Zambia, could make billions for Silicon Valley, provide minerals for the energy transition and help the United States in its rivalry with China.

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    An exploration site run by KoBold Metals in Chililabombwe, Zambia, in June.
    CreditZinyange Auntony for The New York Times
  2. Microsoft Surrenders OpenAI Board Position

    As regulatory scrutiny picks up, the tech giant says it is pleased with the progress OpenAI has made with governance and considers its oversight role unnecessary.

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    OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, speaks with Microsoft’s chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, during Microsoft’s annual engineering and development conference in Seattle in May.
    CreditGrant Hindsley for The New York Times
  3. An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her.

    Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim may be abused again and what protection to provide — sometimes leading to fatal consequences.

     By Adam Satariano and

    Luz, with her son, said she was labeled lower risk because she was afraid and ashamed to provide complete information about her partner’s abuse to police.
    CreditAna María Arévalo Gosen for The New York Times
  4. Is It Silicon Valley’s Job to Make Guaranteed Income a Reality?

    The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded programs that give people unconditional cash. Some say it’s time to scale up.

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    The OpenAI offices in San Francisco. The company contributed $10 million toward the Unconditional Income Study, the biggest direct income program to date.
    CreditJason Henry for The New York Times
  5. In Constant Battle With Insurers, Doctors Reach for a Cudgel: A.I.

    As health plans increasingly rely on technology to deny treatment, physicians are fighting back with chatbots that synthesize research and make the case.

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    Dr. Azlan Tariq uses A.I. to help fight insurance denials of treatments that need pre-approval. “I think for people like me, ChatGPT and generative A.I. have been a lifeline,” he said.
    CreditTaylor Glascock for The New York Times

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  1. When A.I. Fails the Language Test, Who Is Left Out of the Conversation?

    The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology’s language models are primarily trained in English, leaving many speakers of other languages behind.

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    Lelapa AI, a company in Johannesburg is developing socially-grounded research to bolster artificial intelligence technology for African languages.
    CreditCebisile Mbonani for The New York Times
  2. China Is Closing the A.I. Gap With the United States

    In recent weeks, Chinese tech companies have unveiled technologies that rival American systems — and they are already in the hands of consumers and software developers.

     By Meaghan Tobin and

    A.I. generated videos from the Chinese internet company Kuaishou.
Prompt: Extend 1: The astronaut jumps up from the moon's surface and launches himself into space.
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  3. H​ow Long Will A.I.’s ‘Slop’ Era Last?

    Consumer-facing A.I. has become a nuisance. But the big breakthroughs may be on the horizon.

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    CreditIllustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath
  4. Scarlett Johansson sabe lo que quiere

    Tras imponerse sobre Disney y OpenAI, Johansson protagoniza una comedia romántica que gira en torno a la carrera hacia la Luna de la década de 1960.

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    CreditThea Traff for The New York Times
  5. The Push to Develop Generative A.I. Without All the Lawsuits

    Companies like Getty have begun developing A.I. models with their own data, part of a broader push to build artificial intelligence with licensed content.

     By Nico Grant and

    An A.I.-generated image from Picsart, which is building an A.I. image model with stock photos from Getty’s repository.
    Creditvia Picsart

On Tech: AI Newsletter

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  1. Applying to College? Here’s How A.I. Tools Might Hurt, or Help.

    ChatGPT might change the application essay forever.

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    CreditKendrick Brinson for The New York Times
  2. How teachers and students feel about A.I.

    As the school year begins, their thinking has evolved.

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    CreditSam Wood
  3. How to Use A.I. for Family Time

    Plan meals, find gifts and create stories using generative A.I.

     

    CreditTess Smith-Roberts
  4. What’s the Future for A.I.?

    Where we’re heading tomorrow, next year and beyond.

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    CreditMathieu Labrecque
  5. How Should I Use A.I. Chatbots Like ChatGPT?

    Large language models are already good at a wide variety of tasks.

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    CreditIllustrations by Mathieu Labrecque

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