Major tech giants like YouTube and OpenAI are backing a bipartisan bill reintroduced in Congress, the NO FAKES Act, which aims to create new federal IP rights to protect against unauthorized AI deepfakes of people's voices and likenesses, aligning artists and tech on AI issues.
YouTube throws its weight behind the 'No Fakes Act' to combat unauthorized AI-generated replicas, allowing individuals to request removal while balancing innovation, as it expands its pilot program enabling creators to detect and remove AI copies of themselves.
The bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act, aimed at criminalizing non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfakes, cleared a House committee, gaining widespread support for requiring websites to swiftly remove such content and addressing the growing threat of AI-generated exploitation.
A new study reveals a striking trust gap between AI experts, who are upbeat about the technology's potential, and a wary public anxious about AI's impacts and concerned over its responsible regulation by governments and companies.
The global AI market is exploding toward $4.8 trillion by 2033, but as the US and China dominate 60% of all AI patents and G7 nations control major governance bodies, 118 developing countries are being left powerless and unprotected as trillion-dollar tech giants shape humanity's most transformative technology unchecked.
A sweeping coalition of Nobel laureates, labor unions, faith leaders, and entertainers launches the Pro-Human AI Declaration, demanding strict AI safeguards including bans on unsafe superintelligence development, mandatory off-switches, child protections, and independent oversight to keep humans firmly in control of increasingly powerful AI systems.
AI's unprecedented growth sparks environmental concerns, prompting governments and organizations to implement mitigation strategies like renewable energy adoption and resource management to curb emissions, waste, and ethical implications.
Major publishers like The New York Times and The Washington Post are running an ad campaign demanding that the US government hold tech companies accountable for AI content theft by mandating payment and attribution for copyrighted material used to train AI models.
The White House has unveiled new policies to accelerate AI adoption across federal agencies, streamlining procurement processes and removing bureaucratic hurdles to bolster American innovation and leadership in the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence.
Africa is witnessing an AI revolution, fueled by governments crafting policies to attract investment and nurture talent, and tech giants like Cassava and Huawei establishing AI hubs, as exemplified by a major summit in Rwanda bringing together over 1,000 stakeholders.