Politics

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Tuesday they don't get to make "operational decisions" about how the military uses their AI technology: "Maybe you think the Iran strike was good and the Venezuela invasion was bad," Altman said in an all-hands meeting. "You don't get to weigh in on that." Continue Reading →

The Trump Administration has released its 25-page "America's AI Action Plan," and everyone should read it. This document presents a significant policy shift. Continue Reading →

On July 1, the U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to remove a proposed 10-year federal ban on state-level AI regulation from President Trump's comprehensive tax-cut and spending bill. The amendment, introduced by Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, was adopted during a marathon "vote-a-rama" session. Continue Reading →

Professor Shelly Palmer, a tech expert and the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, discusses the latest developments surrounding TikTok. With TikTok at the center of political and technological debates, Shelly shares his perspective on whether U.S.-based tech giants, like Elon Musk, might make a move to acquire TikTok and what that could mean for the platform's future. Continue Reading →

Do California's legislative efforts to regulate AI reflect a growing concern for digital ethics, personal rights, and democratic integrity, or are they legislative overreach that will stifle innovation? Continue Reading →

Eight senators sent a letter to the FTC urging an investigation into the antitrust implications of AI-generated content summaries by companies like Google. They argue that these summaries take content from publishers without permission, reducing traffic and revenue for original content creators. Continue Reading →

Today, just seven years after the term deepfake was coined, absolutely anyone who is interested in making a photorealistic image or video of anything has the ability to do so at no (or very low) cost, in real (or very near-real) time. Continue Reading →

Do we need AI regulation? Can we articulate a specific danger? If so, how far should the regulations go? Who will they protect? How will they be enforced? How can we accomplish the protections we need and still foster and encourage innovation? These are all rational questions that, one would hope, lawmakers are asking themselves as they craft our laws. Continue Reading →

Yesterday, I wrote, "Get ready to be inundated with hyper-targeted AI-generated bot-delivered messaging. There will be no escaping it. (There's no way this gets regulated or stopped. I won't print the reason here, but if you're interested, reach out and I'll explain it in a private email.)" I had no idea how many of you were going to email and text me about this. So, instead of a private email, here's my reasoning… Continue Reading →

I'm not sure if George Lucas was prescient (or just lucky) when he wrote C-3PO's famous self-introduction: "I am C-3PO, human/cyborg relations." It always announced itself as a purpose-built artificial life form. Ethics? Protocol? Law? Truth in labeling? Requirement? We won't need to recognize the future; it's already here. Continue Reading →