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MU Faculty Council approves AI use scale policy
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (123+ words) The University of Missouri Faculty Council voted to approve an artificial intelligence use scale policy. According to council documents, MU educators are responsible for labeling graded assignments and assessments on a level from zero to three. Assignments where an instructor…...
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should government restrict minors' access to AI chatbots?
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (200+ words) QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should government restrict minors" access to AI chatbots?ABC17NEWS Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a part of daily life, and children are being included. More and more, lawmakers say restrictions are needed on how children use artificial…...
Social media and AI age verification bills up for potential vote in House Committee Monday
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (574+ words) Three bills that add age verification to social media and AI programs are up for executive action Monday by the Missouri House's Emerging Issues Committee. House Bill 3393 and 2392, sponsored by Representatives Don Mayhew (R-Crocker) and Marty Murray (D-St. Louis), respectively,…...
Melania Trump’s very robotic White House guest
1+ week, 2+ day ago (357+ words) (CNN) " The storied White House East Room has welcomed politicians, foreign dignitaries, war heroes, celebrities and elite athletes, but on Wednesday, it was the setting for an extremely robotic speech introducing first lady Melania Trump. The speaker was an American-made…...
Fake explosions, fake missiles, fake troops: AI videos and images of Iran war spread widely on social media
3+ week, 3+ day ago (833+ words) Those kinds of old-fashioned fakes are now spreading again during the war against Iran. This time, they have been joined by a form of deception that wasn't readily available in 2022: high-quality videos and still images that have been custom-created with…...
Anthropic’s Claude is suddenly the most popular iPhone app following Pentagon feud
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (618+ words) (CNN) " The AI company Anthropic was likely not in the public lexicon just a month ago. But it is now. The AI company has long been known within tech circles for its popular Claude AI assistant and coding tools. But…...
So-called ‘manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women. Smart glasses are their perfect tool
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1236+ words) By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) " Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger. The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to…...
The reason why different forecasting models can have noticeably different predictions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (558+ words) The reason why different forecasting models can have noticeably different predictions'ABC17NEWS If you check your weather apps or consistently look at forecasting models and their outputs, you may notice that the outcomes change constantly, especially in the longer-term forecasts. Then,…...
AI is upending entry-level jobs. Three teens tell us how they’re responding
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (616+ words) By Clare Duffy, CNN. Graphic by Koko Nakajima, CNN. New York (CNN) " High school students are on the verge of entering a very different job market than earlier generations did. Experts in tech and economics largely agree that AI is poised…...
AI shopping assistants are going mainstream: What can be learned from early launches
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (569+ words) AI assistants have emerged as the key public-facing facet of the most dominant tech movement in recent memory. General-purpose tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini may be the best known and widely used, but niche-specific iterations and adaptations are arguably…...