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How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’
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How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’

Elon Musk testified in court during the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, with tensions...

Wired AI
Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models
Ethics & Regulation

Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models

Researchers have developed WRING, a new debiasing technique for AI vision models that addresses the "whac-a-mole...

MIT News AI
Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
Ethics & Regulation

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

Emergency first responders have raised concerns with federal regulators that Waymo's autonomous vehicle technology was...

Wired AI
Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why
Ethics & Regulation

Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why

Scammers are using AI-generated deepfake videos of celebrity interviews to deceive TikTok users into sharing personal...

Wired AI
Mistral's Le Chat spreads Iran war disinformation in 60 percent of leading prompts
Ethics & RegulationMistral

Mistral's Le Chat spreads Iran war disinformation in 60 percent of leading prompts

A NewsGuard audit discovered that Mistral's Le Chat chatbot repeats state-sponsored disinformation about the Iran war...

The Decoder
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman

The Musk v. Altman trial is revealing evidence from OpenAI's founding, including emails, documents, and photos showing...

The Verge AI
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’
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Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’

Canonical's plan to integrate AI features into Ubuntu has prompted users to request a way to disable or opt-out of...

The Verge AI
Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI

Seven families of victims from a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging...

The Verge AI
White House moves to restore Anthropic access after Pentagon standoff
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

White House moves to restore Anthropic access after Pentagon standoff

The White House is developing guidance to allow federal agencies to resume work with Anthropic, including access to its...

The Decoder
Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok
Ethics & Regulation

Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok

Scammers are using AI-generated deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rihanna on TikTok to promote fraudulent...

The Verge AI
Musk and Altman face off in court over OpenAI's for-profit pivot
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Musk and Altman face off in court over OpenAI's for-profit pivot

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are facing off in federal court in Oakland over OpenAI's transition to a for-profit structure....

The Decoder
China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos
Ethics & Regulation

China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos

China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles following a Baidu robotaxi incident in Wuhan where dozens of...

The Verge AI
Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age

OpenAI has released a five-part action plan aimed at strengthening cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age by...

OpenAI Blog
At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship

Elon Musk testified under oath at an OpenAI trial, recounting a previously shared story about a friendship dispute. The...

TechCrunch AI
Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared

Elon Musk testified as the first witness in his lawsuit against Sam Altman, appearing unprepared and unfocused during...

The Verge AI
Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’

Elon Musk testified in court that he founded OpenAI to prevent dangerous AI outcomes, while the judge warned both Musk...

Wired AI
Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity

Elon Musk testifies in a trial against OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, presenting his background and positioning himself...

The Verge AI
Taylor Swift is stepping up the legal war on AI copycats
Ethics & Regulation

Taylor Swift is stepping up the legal war on AI copycats

Taylor Swift is filing trademark applications to protect her voice and spoken phrases from AI imitation, marking an...

The Verge AI
Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI

Elon Musk has begun testimony in a lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman over disagreements...

The Verge AI