With tech industry players rolling out shiny new AI investments on the banks of the Hudson River, international leaders gathered across Manhattan on the East River, coalescing for September’s annual UN General Assembly session — a global forum on big issues like sustainable development, ending armed conflict, and, amid it …

Google is expanding efforts to properly label AI-generated content, updating its in-house “About This Image” tool with a global standard for detecting the origins of an AI-edited image. The new label was formulated as part of Google’s work with the global Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). Members of …

Instagram just unveiled a much more restricted way for teens under 16 to use its app. Known as Teen Accounts, parent company Meta says its part of a “reimagining” of their platform for teens, in light of ongoing concerns about youth safety on the app — and they plan to …

OpenAI ‘s internal safety committee is becoming an independent oversight body, as CEO Sam Altman leaves the group’s top leadership role. The announcement came as part of the results of a 90-day evaluation by the existing Altman-chaired Safety and Security Committee into the company’s AI safeguards and governance. The committee’s …

Big Tech’s data hunger is even worse for the environment than its main players let on, according to a new investigation by the Guardian. The all-out push for AI (and the necessary processing energy it demands) is only exacerbating the demand. SEE ALSO: How much is AI hurting the planet? …

OpenAI may be overhauling its complex nonprofit structure in favor of a traditional for-profit push in 2025, the key to a potential $150 billion valuation as the AI leader veers down a similar profit-seeking path to that of its Silicon Valley peers. The news was first reported by Fortune, based …

Crew onboard the Russian Soyuz capsule, a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) that took place on Sept. 11, became record-breaking space residents this week, as humanity waves up to the now 19 humans living and working in space. It’s the largest group living in space concurrently in history. …

Spotify is introducing a new way for young listeners to discover music, announcing a new Premium membership pilot tailored explicitly to kids. Unlike Spotify Kids — a child-friendly app that offers singalongs, soundtracks, and playlists curated by Spotify — the new offering is a parent-managed Premium membership for users under …

AI is changing the way we create, work, and learn. Many fear it could even change the way we think. And while much has been made of how AI could affect education, the arts, and business, the impact of artificial intelligence on philanthropy is more of a second thought. AI’s …

Nevada will become the first state to pilot a generative AI system designed to make unemployment claim decisions, marketed as a way to speed up appeals and tackle the nation’s overwhelming backlog of cases. It’s a risky, first-time experiment at integrating AI into higher-level decision making. Google is behind the …