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“We must regulate AI,” FTC Chair Khan says

Enlarge / FTC Chair Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on April 21, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Graeme Jennings/Getty Images) On Wednesday, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan pledged to use existing laws to regulate AI in a New York Times op-ed, “We Must Regulate...

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AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle “plagiarism machines” in union talks

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “an office copy machine in front of a hollywood-style explosion.” (credit: Midjourney) The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is seeking to restrict the use of generative AI in writing film and TV scripts as part of an ongoing strike, reports Reuters. The concerns come at a time when anxiety...

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Google will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon because no one knows what it means

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) One of the biggest advances in web security over the last decade or so is the proliferation of secure, encrypted HTTPS connections. Once the purview of shopping and banking sites, HTTPS connections have become the norm rather than the exception, keeping more of your credentials and data safe...

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AI-generated beer commercial contains joyful monstrosities, goes viral

Enlarge / A still image from “Synthetic Summer,” an AI-generated beer commercial. (credit: Privateisland.tv) While many fear a future where AI-generated media becomes indistinguishable from traditional media, destroying society and/or civilization in the process, we aren’t quite there yet. Exhibit A comes in the form of a surreal AI-generated beer commercial that went viral over...

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Microsoft could offer private ChatGPT to businesses for “10 times” the normal cost

Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Microsoft is planning to offer a privacy-focused version of the ChatGPT chatbot to banks, health care providers, and other large organizations concerned about data leaks and regulatory compliance, according to a report from The Information. The product, which could be announced “later this quarter,” would run ChatGPT on...