artificial intelligence

Alone in Tehran, a young Iranian turns to ChatGPT and video games for comfort

9:47am June 29, 2025

A young shop manager living alone in Iran's capital was panicking during the war with Israel. Her family wasn't nearby. Her therapist had fled. So she turned to an AI chat bot.

Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI

11:28am June 28, 2025

The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.

In a first-of-its-kind decision, an AI company wins a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors

9:00pm June 25, 2025

The ruling opens a potential pathway for AI companies to train large language models on copyrighted works without authors' consent — but only if copies of the works were obtained legally.

An AI video ad is making a splash. Is it the future of advertising?

5:01am June 23, 2025

The over-the-top ad combines the energy of Grand Theft Auto with the drama of the NBA Finals — all created by AI. Is it a sign of things to come?

Arts

In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement

3:38pm June 12, 2025

Disney and Universal's 110-page lawsuit against Midjourney claims the AI player stole "countless" copyrighted works to train its software.

Apple's WWDC event goes big on design, but says less on AI

5:02am June 09, 2025

by A Martínez

The annual event for developers focused on a new 'Liquid Glass' interface for Apple products, but did little to follow up on last year's promise of a bold push into artificial intelligence.

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Open AI CEO Speaks At Annual Snowflake Summit In San Francisco

OpenAI takes down covert operations tied to China and other countries

5:00am June 05, 2025

The company said China and other nations are covertly trying to use chatbots to influence opinion around the world. In one case, operatives also used the tools to write internal performance reports.

Technology

Rockingham County set to welcome a $1 billion AI data center

3:05pm June 03, 2025

by David Ford

WhiteFiber Inc. plans to build an AI data center in Madison, North Carolina. The company could generate roughly 60 new jobs with an average salary of approximately $67,000.

Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks

5:00am May 31, 2025

Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.

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National

Should a court break up Google? The tech giant made its final stand today

5:00am May 30, 2025

Last summer a federal judge ruled that Google had monopolized the search market. Now the Justice Department and the tech giant had one last chance to argue over what the penalties should be.

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