In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Copyright Office has ruled that AI-generated images are not protected under copyright law. It comes after the author of “Zarya of the Dawn” applied for copyright protection for both text and illustrations in her
Three UK police forces from a total of 45 have recorded instances of child abuse in the metaverse, though case numbers remain low for now. The revelations come as part of a UK-wide investigation by the National Society for the
New York-based financial services group BlackRock has launched a thematic equity fund aimed at tech companies molding the development of the metaverse. The fund is linked to Morningstar Global Metaverse & Virtual Interaction Select Index, which selects constituents from a
The UK is planning to subject artificially intelligent (AI) chatbots to regulation under the Online Safety Bill currently going through parliament, reports The Telegraph. Proposed new internet legislation will regulate search results generated by AI chatbots and the content posted
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT have been the tech buzz words of late, and now the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has stated his belief that we’ll all eventually have our own personal AI assistant
Google search alternative You.com, launched in November 2021 with a promise of better privacy, is solidifying its position in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot search, with a new and improved so-called “multi-modal conversational” search engine. The San Francisco-based startup has been offering AI
Metaverse maximalists often remark that virtual worlds represent our collective future. Last week, that vision gained credence with the news that a Colombian court has held a judicial hearing in virtual reality. The February 15 hearing, which was presided over
Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings is reportedly culling staff at its extended reality (XR) unit and folding plans for virtual reality (VR) hardware. It joins a host of Big Tech to have cut, or abandoned, spending on the metaverse as
Elon Musk has warned that the unrestrained development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a potential existential threat to humanity. AI has without doubt been the year’s most popular buzzword, and the hype has continued to build since the November launch
Microsoft Corp added new AI technology to its Bing search service and Edge browser last week, making use of the same technology behind hit chatbot ChatGPT. But what really is different about the new Bing and what sets it apart
Microsoft Bing’s flavor of ChatGPT is delivering a string of truly bizarre answers to user questions, displaying behaviors that are in equal measure comical and troubling. Users on Reddit and social media sites, including Twitter, are reporting unhinged answers from
Academics at the University of Cambridge have blamed sexist movies for low numbers of women entering the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Of 116 AI professionals depicted in ‘influential’ movies, only 9 ‘presented as female’ according to the study. In
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