Can you tell which faces are real and which are synthetic? Answers are at the bottom of the article.
Robin Kramer
Scientists measured the brain activity of people trying to discern real from synthetic faces.
The summit was held under the guise of discussing AI safety.
CHRIS J. RATCLIFFE / POOL / EPA IMAGES
The summit brought together key players behind the development of AI, but more needs to be done.
A voter marks a ballot during Kentucky’s primary elections in May 2023.
Jon Cherry/Getty Images
Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public sphere.
Shutterstock
The Guardian has accused Microsoft of reputational damage, after it displayed one of its articles alongside an inappropriate AI-generated poll.
Meunierd / Shutterstock
This new last Beatles song, enabled in part by AI, demonstrates the importance of the profound and lasting connections between the four musicians.
Vice President Kamala Harris held a meeting with civil rights leaders and consumer protection experts about the societal impact of AI on July 12, 2023.
Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
If safety is the heart of the Biden administration’s executive order on AI, then civil rights is its soul.
A man and children cross a busy street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
AP
It’s likely developing countries will be hit the hardest as AI become more common and more affordable.
Shutterstock
Chatbots are proving to be productive and useful but they can be unreliable and make mistakes.
The Biden administration rolled out an executive order on AI that contains a mix of rules, guidelines and priorities.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
In the absence of comprehensive AI regulation from Congress, the executive branch is building on its previous efforts to address AI harms.
Deemerwha studio / Shutterstock
Governments have the ability to challenge misuse of the technology, but don’t have a great track record.
Zhu et al. / Nature Communications
A tangle of silver nanowires may pave the way to low-energy real-time machine learning.
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to regulate AI. The directives could help avoid AI doom – but they miss some key points.
R. Classen / Shutterstock
Real-world examples suggest we need to be careful using AI for frontline work.
If AIs are going to play a role in society, they’ll need to understand the law.
PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images
If a business is run by an AI and it causes you harm, could you sue the AI?
Away from the fighting, information warfare is proving to be an active front in the Ukraine war.
EPA-EFE/YAKIV LIASHENKO
The use of deepfake videos seems to undermine people’s trust in all types of media.
Search engines are expected to increasingly incorporate generative AI.
ArtemisDiana/iStock via Getty Images Plus
Search engines run by generative AI could fundamentally change the online ecosystem.
Pantry staples can go rancid when exposed to oxygen.
Daniel de la Hoz/Moment
Pantry food can go bad if exposed to oxygen, but an AI model might help develop more effective preservatives and keep food fresher for longer.
A couple have been chosen to help humanity survive the coming collapse of the planet.
Amazon Studios
Set in the not-so-distant future, Foe poses questions about humanity and what it means to be human in the face of environmental collapse.
Pexels/Google Deepmind
The Turing test, first proposed in 1950 by Alan Turing, was framed as a test that could supposedly tell us whether an AI system could ‘think’ like a human.
The power of putting basic elements in just the right order is key to both Jewish mysticism and computer coding.
WhataWin/iStock via Getty Images Plus
Advanced artificial intelligence is new, but a similar idea has been around for hundreds of years: the power of a just-right sequence of numbers, letters or elements to animate matter.