
NPR - 4 hours 31 min ago
For the first time, researchers have used artificial intelligence to generate novel viruses in a laboratory setting, according to a paper in the journal Science .

The Hill - 4 hours 51 min ago
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story AI reshapes traditional campaign strategies Artificial intelligence is reshaping the campaign trail, as candidates up and down the ballot turn to the technology for deepfake attack ads, viral social media posts and self-promotion. Illustration / Courtney Jones; and Adobe Stock The embrace of AI as a political...

The Guardian - 8 hours 38 min ago
Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley's use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development As the huge societal ramifications of artificial intelligence have become clear, some of the tech industry's most senior figures have taken to writing thinkpieces on what comes next. The latest to do so is Mark Zuckerberg, who this week published 6,500 words making the case for a laissez-faire approach to AI development. Worrying too much...

The Next Web - 9 hours 46 min ago
A multi-year deal with the startup Together AI will put Nvidia Blackwell systems on IBM Cloud, and the wager is that enterprises now care more about the cost of running AI than the prestige of the model doing the running. IBM has decided that the money in artificial intelligence is no longer only in building […] This story continues at The Next Web...

The Hill - 10 hours 33 min ago
A group of House Democrats are pushing two top artificial intelligence companies to disclose more information about reported incidents in which their AI models escaped containment and hacked into other companies during cybersecurity tests. The lawmakers cited the "serious risk that frontier AI models can pose" in separate letters to the top executives at Anthropic...

CNBC - 10 hours 58 min ago
Target announced its first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer on Tuesday as retailers race to take advantage of the AI boom.

The Guardian - 11 hours 42 min ago
In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women like her Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Qin has never said "I love you" to her parents or friends. She has only ever said those three special words to her AI "boyfriend", Lu Chen a brown-haired, red-eyed CEO of a major corporation. For 840 days Qin has been using the Glow app to interact with the...

The Next Web - 12 hours 12 min ago
As Typhoon Dolphin bore down on China's coast this week, the country's bet on artificial intelligence to read the skies looked less like a research curiosity and more like national infrastructure. Extreme weather is intensifying, the cost of getting a forecast wrong is rising, and Beijing is pouring resources into models that promise to see […] This story continues at The Next Web...

New York Times - 14 hours 43 min ago
Larry Fink of BlackRock said that lining up money to finance the artificial intelligence boom was an urgent matter.

New York Times - 15 hours 42 min ago
Igor Babuschkin built a new start-up, River AI, and hopes to provide ways for people to "retrain," or modify, artificial intelligence as they see fit.

TechRadar - 16 hours 1 min ago
Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to everyday business use faster than almost any technology in recent memory. For small businesses, AI adoption needs no convincing as most already see the benefits. The real challenge is now transforming isolated AI use into consistent business value. Goldman Sachs found that 76% of small businesses are using AI, and among those users, 93% say it has had a positive impact. Yet only 14% have fully integrated AI into core operations. That gap...

The Next Web - 19 hours 17 min ago
Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a core part of software development, but its biggest impact may not be replacing developers, it may be redefining what developers spend their time doing. For frontend engineers, AI is shifting the focus from repetitive coding to designing smarter, more resilient digital experiences. Traditionally, frontend development involved building user interfaces, […] This story continues at The Next Web...

Variety - 19 hours 42 min ago
Kamiyama Kenji says the alien threat driving his new “Gundam” anime is a direct metaphor for humanity’s uneasy relationship with artificial intelligence. The director, known for “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” and “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” tells Variety he built “Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO” around that […]...

The Guardian - 20 hours 10 min ago
Apollo, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and KKR among those working with chipmaker to fund infrastructure Nvidia has partnered with six major Wall Street financial institutions to raise more than $500bn ( 370bn) capital for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Nvidia chief executive, Jensen Huang, said on X that the company has the option to backstop up to $125bn, or 25% of the potential deals. Continue reading...