Elon Musk‘s company xAI has now addressed recent strange behavior from its Grok chatbot, claiming that an “unauthorized modification” caused it to bring up the myth of “white genocide” in South Africa in response to unrelated prompts. Meanwhile, Grok has started to dabble in Holocaust denial, saying that it is …
Read More »Republicans' Health Care Plan: Dr. AI Will See You Now
Four months into Donald Trump’s presidency, his and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to “Make America Healthy Again” appears to be taking shape: It consists of throwing millions of Americans off their health insurance plans, making Americans pay more for health care in various ways, and slashing health spending and …
Read More »Elton John, Dua Lipa, Coldplay Among 400 Artists Seeking Copyright Protection Amid A.I. Surge
Elton John, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and Florence Welch are among the over 400 artists who have signed a letter calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to update copyright laws in the face of A.I. technology. “We, along with 400 other creatives, have signed and sent this letter to the …
Read More »Natasha Lyonne Bets on AI With Directorial Debut 'Uncanny Valley'
From the Slums of Beverly Hills to the heart of Silicon Valley: actress, writer, and director Natasha Lyonne isn’t shying away from artificial intelligence, even as fellow creatives in Hollywood fret over what the tech means for their industry. As revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, Lyonne is teaming up with …
Read More »Are Em Dashes Really a Sign of AI Writing?
In the escalating arms race between AI models like ChatGPT and human beings trying to determine if what they’re reading was machine-generated, there is no easy or surefire way to spot the bot — or is there? “I — keep — seeing — weird — long — dashes — in …
Read More »Miyazaki Fans Sure Are Pissed About ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli AI Slop
In a bitter irony, people around the world are using OpenAI’s GPT‑4o model to generate images in the style of legendary Japanese animator and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, who for his entire career has prized values of humanism, painstaking artistry, and the sanctity of nature versus the horrors of exploitative industry. …
Read More »Elon Musk Says His AI Company Acquired X at Valuation of $33 Billion
Since buying Twitter and rebranding it as X, tech oligarch Elon Musk has sought to bring the social media platform into alignment with xAI, his artificial intelligence venture. Now, he says, that company has acquired the app, signaling that users’ content and behavior will be core to the AI business. …
Read More »Timbaland's AI Reinvention: 'God Presented This Tool to Me'
Not long ago, Timbaland thought he was tapped out. Since the mid-Nineties, he’s repeatedly reinvented R&B, hip-hop, and pop, lacing classics by the likes of Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, and Jay-Z with skittering beats, future-shock synths, and his outrageous ear for samples and hooks. At age 53, though, the producer worried …
Read More »Celine Dion Warns Against 'Fake,' AI-Generated Songs Popping Up Online
Celine Dion has warned fans against “fake” music claiming to be by the singer that has popped up on streaming services. In a statement posted to social media, Dion wrote, “It has come to our attention that unsanctioned, AI-generated music purporting to contain Celine Dion’s musical performances, and name and …
Read More »Damon Albarn, Annie Lennox, Kate Bush Release Silent Album to Protest Proposed U.K. AI Law
Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens, The Clash and Hans Zimmer are among 1,000 artists featured on a new collaborative album surprise released on Tuesday, but you won’t hear any of their music. Instead, their new record is merely 47 minutes and 17 seconds of relative silence and …
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