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The PIGEON algorithm was able to geolocate this 2012 photo of the author on a backcountry trail in Yellowstone National Park to within roughly 35 miles of where it was taken.

Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts

4:43pm December 19, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

Three Stanford graduate students built an AI tool that can find a location by looking at pictures. Civil rights advocates warn more advanced versions will further erode online privacy.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, left, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrive to the White House for a meeting in May.

How OpenAI's origins explain the Sam Altman drama

5:00am November 24, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

The company's non-profit board and for-profit arm have long been at odds. CEO Sam Altman's week-long ouster represents the culmination of that long-simmering tension.

Sam Altman is shown at a panel discussion on artificial intelligence at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco on Thursday.

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Ousted OpenAI leader Sam Altman joins Microsoft

11:11am November 20, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

The surprise development follows Altman's abrupt ouster from OpenAI by its board of directors over an apparent rift over balancing AI safety with the push to publicly release new powerful AI tools.

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.