
The Guardian - 1 hour 27 min ago
Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automation Liz Kendall has insisted Labour will make artificial intelligence "work for workers", and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance. With public fears mounting about the impact of AI on employment, particularly for young people, the technology secretary claimed that the government could shape the way it is adopted. Continue reading...

Los Angeles Times - 2 hours 20 min ago
SAG-AFTRA says the new four-year deal offers protections related to artificial intelligence, increases minimum wage rates by 3% annually and merges the pension plans of previously separate unions SAG and AFTRA.

BBC - 2 hours 44 min ago
US firm proposes coordinated global slowdown on building advanced artificial intelligence...

The Next Web - 2 hours 44 min ago
The European Commission has appointed Jim Hagemann Snabe, chairman of Siemens' supervisory board, as its special envoy for industrial artificial intelligence. He will advise Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and tech sovereignty chief Henna Virkkunen on how to accelerate AI adoption across European industry. The backlash was immediate. Snabe's appointment lands weeks after Siemens […] This story continues at The Next Web...

Engadget - 3 hours 47 min ago
It's the first instance of an vaccine antigen designed exclusively by artificial intelligence.

NBC News - 6 hours 5 min ago
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is calling for a global slowdown of AI development, saying the systems are advancing so fast, they may soon be able to improve themselves without any human input. Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says it's important that people keep control over AI systems as they get more powerful and have a broader impact on society.

NPR - 6 hours 29 min ago
The Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill after an overnight vote. And, former first lady Jill Biden discusses her husband's 2024 campaign with NPR's Newsmakers .

Slate - 9 hours 7 min ago
The head of America's second-largest teacher's union weighs in on "ed tech."...

NPR - 9 hours 27 min ago
Scientists are building autonomous robotic labs powered by artificial intelligence. The goal, they say, is for these robots to take over human researchers' most laborious, time-consuming tasks.

Newser - 9 hours 40 min ago
Graduation season has a new soundtrack a chorus of boos. In a New York Times opinion piece, Molly Jong-Fast dissects why students are jeering commencement speakers who won't stop hyping artificial intelligence to a crowd staring down debt, a shaky job market, and shrinking entry-level opportunities. "Think of this from...

Sky News - 11 hours 28 min ago
New vaccine technology created with the help of artificial intelligence could provide immunity against entire families of viruses and protect people from any future mutations in a single jab.

ABC News - 11 hours 38 min ago
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning that foreign artificial intelligence platforms could be used against Canadians...

ABC News - 12 hours 12 min ago
Shares have fallen in Asia, with South Korea's benchmark dropping more than 5%, after sharp declines for some big artificial intelligence-related stocks in the U.S. U.S. futures also retreated, while oil prices were little changed...

NY Post - 18 hours 21 min ago
Anthropic said artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly that an industry-wide pause is needed to slow the pace of development while companies get a handle on potential societal risks. The AI juggernaut penned a blog post Thursday warning that AI systems could soon be able to improve themselves without human intervention which could result in...

BBC - 18 hours 58 min ago
Cambridge scientists say they have, for the first time, tested a vaccine designed by AI.

Fox News - 19 hours 34 min ago
Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a surge in electricity demand, prompting companies to invest in energy technologies, grid infrastructure and innovative data centers.

The Hill - 20 hours 16 min ago
The U.S. has announced a new partnership with Japan on science and artificial intelligence. Energy Department Undersecretary for Science Dar o Gil told reporters Thursday that each country would invest $500 million in the joint venture. "This is the defining moment for the next era of science," he said. "We're linking our brightest minds and the...

Fortune - 21 hours 54 min ago
Chesky plans to create an AI venture to develop artificial intelligence models and is considering a focus on user interaction and design.

The Hill - 22 hours 3 min ago
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story House drops 300-page AI framework draft On Thursday, a bipartisan pair of House lawmakers released a long-awaited draft of a national framework on artificial intelligence, aiming to preempt some state laws on AI, minimize the technology's risks and expand research. Greg Nash The discussion draft, obtained by...

The Hill - 23 hours 35 min ago
Business mogul Kevin O'Leary said late Wednesday he is willing to scale back his controversial 40,000-acre artificial intelligence data center campus in Utah after mounting backlash over the development's size and environmental impact. The "Shark Tank" investor told NBC News he is "going to have to" slim down the development amid political pushback from state...