Machine learning & AI

Is it possible to slow down the development of AI?

Top AI executives say they want to slow the breakneck pace of artificial intelligence development, but competition, U.S. government reluctance and geopolitical factors stand in the way.

Machine learning & AI

Anthropic says AI systems are moving toward building themselves

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday that AI systems are increasingly capable of building future versions of themselves, adding to mounting concerns about the dangers of the powerful technology.

Machine learning & AI

Hugging Face, the French startup that became AI's warehouse

Hugging Face, the artificial intelligence platform U.S. chip giant Nvidia is buying for $12.9 billion, is a French success story—founded by three Frenchmen and incubated in Paris—even if its headquarters and many of its investors ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Meta leans into AI, smart glasses amid privacy pushback

Meta has spent billions to stay competitive in artificial intelligence, but the tech giant faces growing pushback as CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to announce new products built for the AI era Wednesday.

Consumer & Gadgets

AI can sound empathetic and human—but not at the same time

AI-generated texts are increasingly perceived as human, but people can still recognize human writing as such. However, this distinction becomes much more difficult once AI is explicitly instructed to come across as human. ...

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