Artificial Intelligence
Silicon Valley’s A.I. Lobbying Blitz Reaches a Fever Pitch
OpenAI and Anthropic are opening offices in Washington, hiring lobbyists and spending more than ever to win over federal lawmakers.
Tag
Artificial Intelligence
Live stream
RIVO news Listen to this section's headlines in an AI voice
Now:
Press play to start the stream
This browser does not support voice playback. Try Chrome, Edge or Safari.
Artificial Intelligence
A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public spaces.
Artificial Intelligence
How Good Is Google’s Gemini AI at Making Travel Plans?
Gemini is a digital Swiss Army knife for planning flights, activities and routes, but it isn’t perfect. Why did it forget to put underwear on the packing list?
Verse-becomes-electric
“Entanglement: A Brief History of Human Connection”
It started with word, cave, and storytelling,A line scratched on stone walls:“Meet me when the young moon rises.”The first protocol for connection.Coyote tales, forbidden scripts,Medieval texts hidden from flame.What lived…
Elderly
Aging in Place: How Technology Might Help You Grow Old at Home
The budding field is turning dreams into reality for older adults who are eager to age in place, filling caregiving gaps and easing minds as America ages rapidly.
Wearable Computing
I Feel So Sorry for My A.I. Sunglasses
Plenty of people hate Mark Zuckerberg’s superintelligent, supercharged spectacles. I was ready to hate them, too.
Smartphones
Spice Up Your Cooking Skills With Help From Your Phone
Recipe apps and artificial intelligence can give you a boost, but free tools already on your device can also assist with meal planning and preparation.
Generation Z
All the Worst People Seem to Want to Be ‘High Agency’
The term “high agency” is an ethos for a gambler’s time.
Electronic Health Records
A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.
Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.
Home Automation and Smart Homes
The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.
Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.
Artificial Intelligence
A.I. Complicates Old Internet Privacy Risks
Artificial intelligence is convenient and easy to use, but you should think about what you say to the chatbots.
Computers and the Internet
How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC
A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.
Artificial Intelligence
These A.I. Dreamers Don’t Fit the Stereotype
Young tech entrepreneurs in San Francisco are hoping to cash in, even as they wonder how artificial intelligence will affect society.
Artificial Intelligence
A.I. Personalizes the Internet but Takes Away Control
The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.
Artificial Intelligence
The Drama at Thinking Machines, a New A.I. Start-Up, Is Riveting Silicon Valley
Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama.
Artificial Intelligence
The New Billionaires of the A.I. Boom
Just like past tech booms, the latest frenzy has produced a group of billionaires — at least on paper — from smaller start-ups.
Deep-learning
Andrew Ng: Unbiggen AI
Andrew Ng has serious street cred in artificial intelligence. He pioneered the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) to train deep learning models in the late 2000s with his students…