A 4-year-old Japanese girl died in her mother’s care after the local government decided not to place her in temporary protective custody—a decision influenced in part by an artificial intelligence evaluation program, according to officials in the prefecture of Mie.  Mie police arrested the girl’s 42-year-old mother in June for allegedly inflicting injuries that resulted…

Microsoft is adding its centralized AI-assisted feature Copilot to Windows 11, the company announced on May 22. In a blog post, Panos Panay, Microsoft’s chief product officer, said the new chatbot—which like Chat GPT-4 is powered by artificial intelligence that uses large language models (LLMs)—will help assist users to complete complex tasks. Such tasks will…

Researchers are concerned that advancements in new artificial intelligence (AI) applications could be used to mislead the voting public and potentially sway the outcomes of elections. Recent advancements have allowed AI to respond to writing prompts in real-time, effectively mimicking human conversation. AI has also enabled people to create lifelike images, videos, and voiceovers, commonly…

Artificial intelligence is being used to help predict when a patient with colon cancer is likely to experience nasty side effects from chemotherapy. The technology can identify patients at risk of overdosing on medication which can lead to problems like infections, nerve damage, gastrointestinal issues and other side effects.  About 70 percent of colon cancer…

A number of federal government agencies said on April 25 that they have the power to prevent unlawful “bias in algorithms and technologies” marketed as artificial intelligence (AI). In a joint statement, four federal agencies —The Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade…

President Joe Biden’s $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) defense budget request includes $145 billion for research and development into emerging technologies to create new weapons systems using Artificial Intelligence (AI), hypersonic munitions, and electromagnetic swarms. The Department of Defense (DOD) and its subsidiary military branch technology laboratories, working in tandem universities and high-tech contractors…

President Joe Biden’s $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) defense budget request includes $145 billion for research and development into emerging technologies to create new weapons systems using Artificial Intelligence (AI), hypersonic munitions, and electromagnetic swarms. The Department of Defense (DOD) and its subsidiary military branch technology laboratories, working in tandem with universities and high-tech…

An Arizona mother received an unexpected phone call from her daughter, only it wasn’t actually her daughter calling. Jennifer DeStefano’s 15-year-old daughter called her while out of town on a ski trip, so DeStefano didn’t assume anything was out of the ordinary. “I pick up the phone, and I hear my daughter’s voice, ‘Mom!’ and…

A House panel accuses a federal agency of targeting Twitter since Elon Musk took over. As artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the world, lawmakers are struggling to catch up. Senators hold a hearing on risks of AI, such as faster bioweapon development in China. Two owners of low-mileage Telsa vehicles complain that their steering wheels came off while…

A House panel accuses a federal agency of targeting Twitter since Elon Musk took over. As artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the world, lawmakers are struggling to catch up. Senators hold a hearing on risks of AI, such as faster bioweapon development in China. Two owners of low-mileage Tesla vehicles complain that their steering wheels came off while…