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To Legislate on AI, Schumer Should Start with the Basics

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled his SAFE Innovation Framework, a set of policy objectives for an “all-hands-on-deck effort” to contend with artificial intelligence (AI). He...

Foreign Policy

OpenAI’s CEO Goes on a Diplomatic Charm Offensive

Sam Altman has been on a world tour that would put Taylor Swift to shame.

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How to Regulate AI? Start With the Data.

We live in an era of data dichotomy. On one hand, AI developers rely on large data sets to “train” their systems about the world and respond to user questions. These data troves have become...

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Forget the metaverse. For $3,500, Apple offers a new way to be alone

Before AI mania swept Silicon Valley, the concept that everyone would soon be strapping on headsets and logging on to an “embodied internet” to do conference calls and standup comedy was center stage...

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How AI raises challenges to protecting creators’ work

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology is posing new challenges to intellectual property law.

Marketplace

U.S. imports rise in April, but share of goods from China decreases

Trade data out from the Commerce Department Thursday shows that Americans bought more stuff from abroad in April than in March — more cars and car parts, more cell phones and household goods....

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Twitter just closed the book on academic research

Twitter was once an indispensable resource for academic research. That’s changed under Elon Musk.

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AI Imitating Artist ‘Style’ Drives Call to Rethink Copyright Law

The rise of generative artificial intelligence models that can create graphic, textual, or even audio outputs at a user’s request led lawmakers this month to ask whether an artist’s style can be...

Medpage Today

We Shouldn't Carry the Full Weight of Responsibility for Our Own Workplace Safety

Violence and abusive threats against healthcare workers are nearly daily occurrences. Of all workplace violence, 73% occurs against healthcare workers. Every year, 13% of nurses suffer...

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Do humans cause climate change? Even now, only half of Americans say yes.

Even now, only half of Americans believe humans cause climate change. That finding, from a new Ipsos poll, illuminates a yawning gap between public opinion and science on perhaps the most important...