Cal Fire AI tech receives national recognition Cal Fire AI tech receives national recognition 02:03 SACRAMENTO — Cal Fire is getting national recognition for a piece of technology that is helping in the firefight. Time magazine named the agency’s fire detection artificial intelligence program one of the best inventions of 2023. “I know a lot…

The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, according to a new report. The U.K.-based Internet Watch Foundation this week warned governments and technology providers to act quickly before a flood of…

NEW YORK (AP) — The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, according to a new report. Why the future of streaming may not involve Netflix or Disney+ | What’s next for…

AI is primed to quickly transform much of everyday life from jobs, the economy, homeland security and equity. “The top concern is fear of job loss,” said Milan Kordestani, an entrepreneur in AI startups and author. On Tuesday night, Kordestani will moderate a public roundtable with Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey and and Texas Republican…

Venture capital firm IVP is leading an investment in Perplexity, developer of an artificial intelligence–powered search engine that competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, according to people with direct knowledge. The deal values the 1-year-old company at around $500 million, including the new capital, up from a $150 million post-investment valuation from an earlier…

Just about everything you do on the internet is filtered through a handful of tech companies. Google is synonymous with search, Amazon with shopping; much of that happens on phones made by Apple. You might not always know when you’re interacting with the tech giants. Google and Meta alone capture something like half of online…

Sales at Microsoft have surged as the technology giant cashes in on the artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush in a race against Silicon Valley rival Google. Revenues at Microsoft jumped 13pc to $56.5bn (£46.5bn) as boss Satya Nadella claimed the company was “making the age of AI real”. The technology company has invested in ChatGPT-developer…

Revenue increased 13 percent in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier. Profit rose 27 percent. Microsoft on Tuesday reported strong sales in its latest quarter, showing that its corporate customers have been shaking off jitters about spending heavily in the uncertain economy. The results also showed early signs that the company’s investments in…

By Scott Wallsten Oct. 24, 2023 4:12 pm ET Listen (3 min) Lawyers, take note: Artificial-intelligence systems will soon be commenting on new government rules. I asked ChatTPI, the Technology Policy Institute’s large language model, to respond to the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed net-neutrality rules. Its feedback, which draws on our research, isn’t good enough…

Oct 24 (Reuters) – Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for fiscal first-quarter results in all segments, with its cloud computing and PC businesses growing as customers anticipate using its artificial-intelligence offerings. Its forecast also was mostly ahead of analyst targets. Microsoft, which has heavily backed and collaborated with OpenAI, has yet to…