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ChatGPT turns 1: A generative AI status report

by Matt Levin
Nov 21, 2023
Some experts are surprised we're not using AI tools even more.
"I think there was no business owner out there that when they were exposed to ChatGPT couldn't imagine that there was some application for this technology to make their own business more efficient," says Amin Ahmad of Vectara.
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What to make of the drama at OpenAI after CEO Sam Altman's firing?

by Matt Levin
Nov 20, 2023
The very public OpenAI chaos is a teachable moment for policymakers and regulators, says NYU professor Gary Marcus.
Hundreds of OpenAI staff members have threatened to quit if former CEO Sam Altman, above, isn't reinstated.
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Biden signs wide-ranging executive order on AI safeguards and regulations

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 30, 2023
This executive order attempts to set new standards for how we develop, test, and use AI — in government as well as within private industry.
President Biden's recent executive order about artificial intelligence contains orders for government agencies and suggestions for the private sector.
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Why are we hearing so much about AI all of a sudden?

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 13, 2023
Experts say that big companies often observe or invest in innovations years before they become widely known. 
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Chinese video game designers experiment with AI

by Jennifer Pak
Sep 13, 2023
China's video gaming sector is the first to feel the impact of generative artificial intelligence.
An AI-generated animation character by a Chinese video gaming firm in Chengdu city.
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Patents are about to get more enforceable

by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette
Sep 12, 2023
You've probably infringed several patents today.
Patented items are everywhere, and the current system "depends on most people in most situations ignoring patents and ignoring patent infringement," says Janet Freilich, law professor at Fordham University.
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Thanks to AI, more U.S. workers worry that technology threatens their jobs

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 11, 2023
In the past, technology has displaced jobs but the economy has continually created new ones. Some experts see greater losses this time.
Many college-educated workers are anxious about the potential for their jobs to be automated, a new Gallup poll finds.
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When one company dominates a market, there can be downsides

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 24, 2023
Chipmaker Nvidia is the breakout sensation of the AI boom. But supply chain snarls have taught us the risks of having few sources.
Nvidia designs about 80% of the specialized chips needed to train complex artificial intelligence models. It makes a single-source product that's fabricated by only one company.
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What keeps economists up at night?

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 23, 2023
We asked some professors to riff on the theme of the Fed's annual Jackson Hole retreat: “Structural Shifts in the Global Economy.”
"I think the regular 8-to-5 schedules we used to have are really super hard for families," says Ayse Imrohoroglu of the University of Southern California.
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Chipmaker Nvidia steps into the spotlight as a barometer of the AI economy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 21, 2023
It makes the chips at the heart of ChatGPT and other tools.
The valuation of Nvidia, whose products are crucial to artificial intelligence technology, has surpassed $1 trillion.
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