Category Archives: Business

This New Autonomous Drone for Cops Can Track You In the Dark

Startup Skydio says its powerful new drone for public safety can reduce the need for high-speed chases. Civil liberties groups warn that few rules govern police use of drones.

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Getty Images Plunges Into the Generative AI Pool

Stock-photo giant Getty Images has partnered with Nvidia to build an image generator. Just like with other tools of its ilk, questions remain about who should get credit for the pictures it dreams up.

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FBI Agents Are Using Face Recognition Without Proper Training

The FBI makes heavy use of face recognition services like that of controversial startup Clearview AI, but 95 percent of the agents using them haven’t completed training on the technology.

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The Booking.com Decision Shows the True Scope of the EU’s Big Tech Crackdown

European competition authorities have blocked an acquisition by Dutch travel company Booking as scrutiny on Big Tech companies heats up.

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The ChatGPT App Can Now Talk to You—and Look Into Your Life

ChatGPT inches closer to feature parity with the seductive AI assistant from Her, thanks to an upgrade that adds voice and image recognition to the chatbot.

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Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You

Corporations are using software to monitor employees on a large scale. Some experts fear the data these tools collect could be used to automate people out of their jobs.

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How ChatGPT Can Help You Do More With PDFs

The AI chatbot can search, summarize, and create PDF documents with a few handy plug-ins.

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California’s Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes State Ban on Driverless Trucks

California lawmakers, egged on by unions, voted to require a human onboard autonomous trucks over fears about safety and job losses. Governor Gavin Newsom was having none of it.

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Smarter AI Assistants Could Make It Harder to Stay Human

AI helpers that make phone calls, book flights, and chat with other bots will give humans new freedom—but also lead machines to undermine people’s independence.

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Workers Demand Job Security in the Autonomous, Electrified Future of Transport

Truck drivers, auto workers, and others are fighting for the greener, smarter era of transportation to also include better pay and more protections for humans.

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