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Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish have instead been hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent

Anthropic says it will challenge Pentagon in court over 'supply chain risk' label on its AI technology

OpenAI gets $110 billion in funding from a trio of tech powerhouses, led by Amazon

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has received $110 billion in investments from Amazon, SoftBank and Nvidia, putting the technology company’s pre-money valuation at $730 billion

Hegseth labels Anthropic a supply chain risk after AI dispute, preventing US military vendors from working with company

Trump orders all federal agencies to phase out use of Anthropic technology after AI company's dispute with Pentagon

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI

Shares in the financial technology company Block have soared more than 20% in after-hours trading after its CEO announced it was laying off more than 4,000 of its 10,000 some employees due to efficiency gains from artificial intelligence

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program by modeling it after speedy Apollo

NASA is revamping its Artemis moon landing program

Growing more complex by the day: How should journalists govern use of AI in their products?

Journalists at the investigative outlet ProPublica have pledged to strike if negotiations for a contract don't take a turn — in what is believed would be the first such job action in the news industry where a dispute over how to deal with artificial intelligence is the chief sticking point

Anthropic CEO says it 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands for AI use

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology

NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as 'watered-down' after 67 deaths near Washington

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would address the recommendations that her agency made in January to prevent another midair collision like the one last year near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people