Artificial Intelligence

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October 7

AI and Your Life

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My chat with soulless AI Judi Dench, coming soon to your Facebook

September 25

So you want to ride a self-driving taxi? How Waymo compares in our tests.

September 12

Apple to unveil iPhone 16, new Watches and AirPods. Here’s what to expect.

September 9

How AI could monitor brain health and find dementia sooner

September 24

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots

September 18

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Meta unveils AI video models, as tech giants race to produce Hollywood-style clips

Meta says Movie Gen will enable users to create videos, edit existing clips, and create a video with a person’s image.

October 4

OpenAI gets $6.6 billion in new funding, valuing company at $157 billion

The maker of ChatGPT announced it received $6.6 billion in new funding, valuing the company at $157 billion — one of the most valuable start-ups ever.

October 2

Transcript: The Futurist: What’s Next with AI?

October 2

AI’s impact on businesses, consumers and employees

Across industries, artificial intelligence is already aiding in the customer experience, optimizing data in new ways, writing code and more. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, join Washington Post Live for conversations with MIT economics professor David Autor and other experts diving deeper into the impact of AI on America’s businesses, workforce and economy.

October 2

AI assistants are blabbing our embarrassing work secrets

Workplace AI tools can do tasks by themselves. Getting them to stop is the problem.

October 2

OpenAI wants all your apps to talk in its expressive AI voices

OpenAI will let businesses use the latest voice technology in ChatGPT inside their own products, potentially expanding the number of people who interact with AI.

October 1

Analysis

All the major tech bills California’s governor signed and vetoed

The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.

October 1

California Gov. Newsom vetoes AI bill in a win for Big Tech

Tech executives opposed the measure, which would have required companies to test the most powerful AI systems before release.

September 30

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AI is an existential threat to colleges. Can they adapt?

Schools should worry about threats to education if students use artificial intelligence to cheat.

September 30

The far right is using AI to sell Hitler to a new generation

Videos of the Nazi leader speaking in English are reaching millions online. Experts fear they’re fueling a surge of antisemitism.

September 27

Analysis

France plans for a very different kind of AI summit

The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.

September 26

OpenAI hit by staff exits as it seeks to restructure and raise new funds

Chief technology officer Mira Murati and two research leaders announced their departures Wednesday. The company is exploring a new structure that could help raise new funding.

September 26

Meta’s answer to ChatGPT is AI that sounds like John Cena or Judi Dench

Meta is adding celebrity voices to it conversational chatbot, part of a bet that users will connect with AI tools that surprise, delight and entertain.

September 25

Column

My chat with soulless AI Judi Dench, coming soon to your Facebook

Hear our tech columnist’s chat with the AI celebrity voices coming to the chatbot built into Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

September 25

How AI could monitor brain health and find dementia sooner

Using advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, scientists are hoping to identify brain wave patterns associated with the risk of dementia.

September 24

Opinion

To compete with China on AI, we need a lot more power

A ChatGPT query uses 10 times the wattage of a Google search. It may already be impossible for the U.S. to match China’s centralized energy system.

September 24

Column

Mark Robinson offers up the 2024 version of the I-was-hacked defense

As a rule of thumb, the scandal a prominent figure faces is almost never due to a hack — or AI.

September 20

Opinion

Unprepared for the rising, nightmarish risk of biological warfare

We might be on a ‘path to mayhem’ from AI-enhanced biological weapons. Do Harris or Trump seem to notice?

September 18

California passes AI laws to curb election deepfakes, protect actors

The bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) come amid concerns over the use of AI in the run-up to the presidential vote and its threat to actors’ livelihoods.

September 18

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots

AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.

September 18

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