Year: 2023
Michael Cohen’s Use of A.I.-Generated Fake Cases to Seek Removal from Court Supervision
Michael D. Cohen, the former fixer for Donald J. Trump, admitted to providing his attorney with fake legal citations generated by Google Bard. The citations were included in a motion submitted to federal judge Jesse M. Furman, in which Cohen requested an early end to the court’s supervision of his case. Cohen, who was convicted […]
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Find a Home for 80,000 Puzzles in an Italian Castle
George and Roxanne Miller own the world’s biggest collection of mechanical puzzles. The couple has accumulated over 80,000 puzzles, including a variety of Rubik’s Cubes and wooden burr puzzles. Some of their favorite pieces are the polyhedral creations by Massachusetts puzzle maker Stewart Coffin and brass, bronze, and gold puzzle sculptures by Spanish artist Miguel […]
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The News Industry’s Complex Relationship with OpenAI: A Look Inside the Negotiations
The biggest players in the U.S. media industry have been in confidential discussions with OpenAI regarding the price and terms of licensing content to the artificial intelligence company. The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming that its content was used without permission. The Times and other news organizations, including […]
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Elevating Electric Trucks: California’s Vision for the Future of Freight
Neri Diaz was prepared for a critical juncture in California’s ambitious plans, which are closely monitored by other states and worldwide, to phase out diesel-powered trucks. His company, Harbor Pride Logistics, had obtained 14 electric trucks this year to accommodate 32 diesel vehicles ahead of a rule that prohibited adding diesel rigs to the list […]
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Temporary Restart of Apple Watch Sales Announced
Apple is resuming sales of its newest smartwatches on Thursday, a day after a federal appeals court temporarily reversed an earlier ban on their import and sale in the United States. The company paused sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in its flagship stores on Dec. 21 and at retail […]
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The Blurred Lines of A.I. Generated Art: Human or Machine?
In 2023, artificial intelligence (A.I.) transitioned from an idea to a threat and a sales pitch. For years, artists have utilized A.I. technologies like neural networks and language models. But, the explosive growth of text-to-image generators like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and Dall-E has given rise to concerns that A.I. is encroaching on culture. Still, A.I. […]
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Study Reveals Business Consultants’ Mixed Feelings About ChatGPT: Assistance and Concerns
Last spring, when Karim Lakhani began testing how ChatGPT affected the work of elite business consultants, he assumed they would be elated by the tool. In a preliminary study of two dozen workers, the language bot had helped them finish two hours’ worth of tasks in 20 minutes. Instead, the consultants had feelings of unease. […]
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The Times’ Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft for A.I. Copyright Infringement
The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. The Times files a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan after negotiations with Microsoft and OpenAI reached an impasse. The lawsuit highlights how A.I. systems have used The Times’s material. Apart from representing The Times, Susman Godfrey has also filed a class action […]
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Rising Challenge: Chinese Spy Agency vs the C.I.A.
On behalf of The Chinese technology suppliers, the Chinese spies desired and requested more tech to surveil American diplomats, military officers, and other intelligence operatives in the restricted embassy area of Beijing. They proposed feeding confidential data from wide databases and multitudes of cameras, including car number plates, access to cell phone data, contacts, and […]
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Breaking Boundaries: The Inaugural Asteroid Mission is Just the Beginning
For Many, Mystery Over Space Missions of Big Money is at Stake A secretive era in private space missions is dawning, ushering in a time of unknown destinations and shifting priorities. In the coming year, AstroForge, a US-based asteroid mining company, plans on launching a spaceship on a mission to a rocky object near Earth’s […]
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