artificial intelligence

With connected devices proliferating in the growing internet of things infrastructure, IT leaders need to be prepared for the age of the machine customer.

Video game studios pay professional actors to voice the soldiers, goblins, elves and aliens that populate virtual worlds. Some are also starting to use artificial intelligence to generate synthetic voice clones that can save money or bring more characters to life.

The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands.

The generative artificial intelligence boom has led to the emergence of more companion chatbots. Similar to general-purpose AI chatbots that answer typical questions, companion bots use vast amounts of training data to mimic human language.

The CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says that the dangers that keep him awake at night regarding artificial intelligence are the “very subtle societal misalignments” that could make the systems wreck havoc.

The decision sends a clear message that exploiting the technology to scam people and mislead voters won’t be tolerated.

The Biden administration is making plans to name a top White House aide as the director of the newly established safety institute for artificial intelligence.

In October, Mayor Adams announced he’d hired ElevenLabs, an artificial intelligence start-up, to create a series of robocalls which made it seem like he could speak several foreign languages. Three months later, ElevenLabs is in the news again — this time, for an alleged connection to a political dirty trick.

Chris Glorioso reports.

The Biden administration will start implementing a new requirement for the developers of major artificial intelligence systems to disclose their safety test results to the government.

NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports.

As deepfake images of Taylor Swift spread quickly online earlier in the week, a group of high school students in New Jersey were all-too familiar with the nightmare it can be for the victim — and now they’re working with a congressman to fight back.

The estate of George Carlin has filed a lawsuit over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly uses artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material.

A teenage victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes joined Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., on Tuesday to advocate for a bipartisan bill that would criminalize sharing such material at the federal level, NBC News reported. In May, Morelle introduced the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee, but no further action has...

A teenage victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes joined Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., on Tuesday to advocate for a bipartisan bill that would criminalize sharing such material at the federal level.

Your next trip to Sam’s Club may not end with someone checking your receipt.

The New York Times on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, the company behind popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.

Some American senior citizens have a new companion to help them combat loneliness: a robot. ElliQ is a tabletop device that uses artificial intelligence to conduct humanlike conversations with its owners.

European Union negotiators have clinched a deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules.

A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey.