LG Electronics is bringing what it calls the “world’s first” wireless transparent OLED TV to market. At CES 2025, the South Korean tech maker is also introducing a new AI chatbot feature, that helps users troubleshoot issues without having to call customer services. (AP Video: James Brooks)
Anthropic did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment on how guardrails currently work to prevent the alleged jailbreaks, but publishers appear satisfied by current guardrails in accepting the deal. Whether AI training on lyrics is infringing remains unsettled Now, the matter of whether Anthropic has strong enough guardrails to block allegedly harmful outputs […]
Character.AI, a platform offering personalizable chatbots powered by large language models–faces yet another lawsuit for allegedly “serious, irreparable, and ongoing abuses” inflicted on its teenage users. According to a December 9th federal court complaint filed on behalf of two Texas families, multiple Character.AI bots engaged in discussions with minors that promoted self-harm and sexual abuse. […]
ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence system that learns from large amounts of human-produced data.Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty In the two years since ChatGPT was released to the publicresearchers have been using it to polish their academic writing, review the scientific literature and write code to analyse data. Although some think that the chatbot, […]
Meta’s in-house ChatGPT competitor is being marketed unlike anything that’s ever come out of the social media giant before: a convenient tool for planning airstrikes. As it has invested billions into developing machine learning technology it hopes can outpace OpenAI and other competitors, Meta has pitched its flagship large language model Llama as a handy […]
Google has launched an experimental new AI tool called Learn Aboutwhich is different from the chatbots we’re used to, like Gemini and ChatGPT. It’s built on the LearnLM AI model that Google introduced this spring, saying it’s “grounded in educational research and tailored to how people learn.” The answers it provides have more visual and […]
Character.AI could also update chatbots to protect kids further, the lawsuit said. For one, the chatbots could be designed to stop insisting that they are real people or licensed therapists. But instead of these updates, the lawsuit warned that Character.AI in June added a new feature that only heightens risks for kids. Part of what […]
Matthew Sag, a distinguished professor at Emory University who researches copyright and artificial intelligence, concurs. Even if a user creates a bot intentionally designed to cause emotional distress, the tech platform likely can’t be sued for that. He points out that Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has long protected platforms at the […]
Humans have been trying to talk to animals ever since we figured out how to form words. In modern times, we turn to technology for the solution—giving our dogs talking buttons to paw at, or trying to use artificial intelligence to help us understand whales. The latest and perhaps most direct approach at human-animal communication […]
Uber is driving on the road in Krakow, Poland, on July 4, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Tuesday announced that the company is updating its platform with new sustainability-minded features, including an “EV preference” that will let customers opt for fully electric vehicles by default, whenever they hail […]
