Generative artificial intelligence tools will soon be used by California’s government.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday the state will partner with five companies to develop and test generative AI tools that could improve public service.
California is am
Since ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, sparking a frenzy of artificial intelligence development, artists have faced a dilemma. In order to build an audience for their work, they need to share it online. But by sharing it online, they risk having it used by tech companies, which train their AI models on the art without the artist’s consent, and without compensation.
It will likely be a long time before motorsports organizations like NASCAR see self-driving cars compete, but that doesn’t mean artificial intelligence has no place in the sport.
At General Motors’ Charlotte Technical Center in North Carolina, a team of software and automotive experts harness AI to give GM racers an advantage in NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, and other races. The technology is used during races to do everything from delivering real-time transcriptions of driver
After decades of research and development, the U.S. military is officially using laser weapons in combat zones overseas.
The U.S. Army recently disclosed that the service had not only deployed a pair of 20-kilowatt palletized high-energy laser (P-HEL) systems—built on Virginia-based defense contractor BlueHalo’s Locust Laser Weapon System—abroad
Nuclear energy is responsible for 19% of U.S. electricity production, fourth in line behind natural gas, coal, and renewable energy sources such as wind. All three of those other sources seem to have a better future than the stagnant nuclear power business, which has seen only three new reactors built in the past 20 years.
This week, a two-year-old company, Nano Nuclear Energy, is expected to go public on Nasdaq with a plan to solve what ails the nuclear power business.
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How the Department of Homeland Security uses AI
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which employs 260,000 people, is res
New York City’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into allegations that the city’s police department improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens.
The city Dep
TikTok will begin labeling content created using artificial intelligence when it’s uploaded from outside its own platform.
TikTok says its efforts are an attempt to combat misin
In 1928, the Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming returned from a two-week vacation and realized he had made a significant oversight. In his haste to leave for his holiday, he had left a messy pile of petri dishes on his workstation. As he began to dispose of the dishes, something unusual caught his eye: a mold had formed around the bacteria in one of the petri dishes.
Upon closer examination, Fleming made a startling discovery. The mold wasn’t just growing—it was actively inhibiti
Russia went toe to toe with the rest of the world on Monday at the U.N. General Assembly, where officials overwhelmingly condemned Moscow’s veto last month of a measure reaffirming that nuclear weapons would not be placed in orbit.
The meeting gave member nations an opportunity to present their views on the weaponization of space and, more specifically, to respond to Russia’s unilateral veto of a joint proposal from the U.S. and Japan that was cosponsored by 65 nations. In a surpri