artificial intelligence

A digitally generated image of a robot's hands playing the piano.

When you realize your favorite new song was written and performed by ... AI

11:46am April 21, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

Artificial intelligence technology can now create new songs that sound like they're the work of real artists, which introduces creative possibilities — and raises legal and ethical questions.

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A computer screen shows the OpenAI website Friday in Manta, Italy.

ChatGPT is temporarily banned in Italy amid an investigation into data collection

5:06pm March 31, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Italian authorities are temporarily banning ChatGPT while it investigates the company behind the AI tool. Italy is considered the first government to take such a measure against ChatGPT.

Ethan Mollick, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, used a photo of himself (left) in an artificial intelligence platform where he generated a deepfake video of himself (right).

Politics & Government

It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

12:44pm March 23, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

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Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it's possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics.

Science

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

7:13am February 02, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

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Yael Bensoussan, MD, is part of the USF Health's department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. She's leading an effort to collect voice data that can be used to diagnose illnesses.

Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice

8:10am October 10, 2022

Everything from your vocal cord vibrations to breathing patterns when you speak offers potential information about your health. Researchers are collecting voice data to one day use in an app.

An image of babies doing parkour generated by DALL-E mini.

Arts

When machine learning meets surrealist art meets Reddit, you get DALL-E mini

5:01am July 05, 2022

by Kai McNamee

DALL-E is the AI image generator social media users are employing to crank out bizarre art memes that range from beautiful to horrifying.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2021. Wyden says he has long been concerned about the algorithms used by his state's child welfare system.

National

Oregon is dropping an artificial intelligence tool used in child welfare system

1:12pm June 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Officials will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a process that officials say will make more racially equitable decisions.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke speaks at a news conference on Aug. 5, 2021. The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor their productivity can unfairly di

National

U.S. warns of discrimination in using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates

5:04pm May 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The federal government tells employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws by discriminating against people with disabilities.

The "Proximity Dress" which expands to reinforce social distancing when someone gets too close.

Arts

Fashion and Tech Join Forces To Create A Dress That Signals When People Get Too Close

1:01pm August 05, 2021

by Kelley Dickens

Dutch fashion designer and engineer Anouk Wipprecht distinctive 'fashion tech' designs combine couture, interactive technology and artificial intelligence.

UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang says a system that lets a man express his thoughts at 15 words a minute is just the beginning for computer-mediated communication.

Health & Safety

Experimental Brain Implant Lets Man With Paralysis Turn His Thoughts Into Words

10:36am July 15, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

A stroke left a man paralyzed and speechless. Now a device that decodes brain signals is letting him generate words and sentences.