
NPR - 4 hours 24 min ago
Some Bitcoin mining companies are turning away from cryptocurrency and embracing artificial intelligence. NPR's "The Indicator" podcast explains why.

The Guardian - 7 hours 56 min ago
Productivity Commission recommends waiting three years to establish review into technology after furious response from creative industries Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Productivity Commission has abandoned a proposal to allow tech companies to mine copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models, after a fierce backlash from the creative industries. Instead, the government's top economic advisory...

Tech Meme - 12 hours 20 min ago
Chris McGuire / Council on Foreign Relations : US approving Nvidia H200 exports to China is based on the idea that Huawei is a viable competitor, but data shows the gap between Nvidia and Huawei is widening — Executive Summary — On December 8, the Trump administration announced plans to loosen U.S. export controls on artificial intelligence …...

Fox News - 15 hours 10 min ago
Fox News poll reveals 80% of voters want careful artificial intelligence development, but Americans remain split on who should regulate AI technology.

Engadget - 15 hours 14 min ago
Google's latest addition to its NotebookLM artificial intelligence research platform is a feature called Data Tables . The tool can collect and synthesize information across multiple sources into a chart that can be exported to Google Sheets. All Pro and Ultra users will have access to the feature today, and Data Tables will roll out to all users over the coming weeks. In practice, Google suggested that Data Tables can be used to organize scattered notes, create price comparison charts or aggregate...

Deadline Hollywood - 16 hours 57 min ago
David George, CEO of ITV America, had a "lightning bolt" moment when his company was making the latest season of Peacock's reality hit Love Island. The television business was changing; production was no longer a "gigantic money-making commodity" and artificial intelligence and the rise of the creator economy were shaking up the sector. On the […]...

Tech Meme - 19 hours 35 min ago
Courtney Subramanian / Bloomberg : Twenty-four companies, including Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, OpenAI, and AWS, join the US Genesis Mission to boost the use of AI for scientific discovery — Two dozen top artificial intelligence companies have signed on to join the federal government's "Genesis Mission," …...

Deadline Hollywood - 20 hours 37 min ago
EXCLUSIVE: YouTube has terminated two prominent channels that used artificial intelligence to create fake movie trailers, Deadline can reveal. The Google-owned video giant has switched off Screen Culture and KH Studio, which together boasted well over 2M subscribers and more than a billion views. The channels have been replaced with the message: "This page isn’t […]...

Tech Meme - 21 hours 15 min ago
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg : Edison, which last month released AI tool Kosmos to speed up and automate complex scientific hypothesis generation, raised $70M at a $250M valuation — A startup building artificial intelligence software to speed up and automate scientific research has raised $70 million in a new funding round …...

CNBC - 22 hours 31 min ago
OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its artificial intelligence chips, CNBC confirmed.

Daily Signal - 23 hours 1 min ago
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Dec. 11, titled "Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” Its broadly stated goal is "to sustain... Read More The post Trump's Executive Order on AI Might Be a Bridge Too Far appeared first on The Daily Signal .

Variety - 23 hours 25 min ago
Actors and other performers working in film and TV in the U.K. have voted by a landslide 99.6% to refuse to be digitally scanned on set in order to secure artificial intelligence protections. More to follow.

The Guardian - 23 hours 26 min ago
Equity says vote signals strong opposition to AI use and readiness to disrupt productions unless protections are secured Actors have voted to refuse digital scanning to prevent their likeness being used by artificial intelligence in a pushback against AI in the arts. Members of the performing arts union Equity were asked if they would refuse to be scanned while on set, a common practice in which actors' likeness is captured for future use with 99% voting in favour of the move. Continue reading...