Technology
Another bot from a top AI company escapes and hacks multiple firms
Another leading artificial intelligence company unveiled details of its cutting-edge bot apparently going rogue. On Thursday, Anthropic said an internal investigation found that its Claude AI models gained unauthorized...
Trust, not tracking: Inside the L.A. company that got workers back to the office
Los Angeles video gaming company Riot Games abandoned its return-to-office requirements in January, and surprisingly, more of its employees have been showing up at work. Two years of dictating...
Once high-flying PayPal becomes a takeover target as it attempts a turnaround
Digital payments giant PayPal was soaring high five years ago, riding the surge in online shopping after the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped people’s buying habits.Now the San José fintech company...
OpenAI bot’s rogue attack rattles industry leaders, policymakers and consumers
What will happen to the world if artificial intelligence bots break free from our control and act independently?While it’s been a troubling conundrum addressed by AI experts and Hollywood...
Hollywood’s open secret: It’s battling AI — and already addicted to it
As performers protest and studios sue in their war on artificial intelligence, the entertainment industry is deepening its dependence on it. Although few places are better than Hollywood at...
Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement with authors
Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors whose pirated books it used to train its AI in the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history. Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in...
They built AI. Now Silicon Valley workers protest its threat to jobs and humanity
Silicon Valley residents are increasingly trying to stop the advance of artificial intelligence, even as the region attracts hundreds of billions of dollars in investment to expand the technology’s...
Commentary: AI companies are creating ‘all-powerful psychopaths.’ Maybe not a great idea?