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Steven Anderegg allegedly used the Stable Diffusion AI model to generate photos; if convicted, he could face up to 70 years in prisonThe FBI has charged a US man with creating more than 10,000 sexually explicit and abusive images of children, which he allegedly generated using a popular artificial intelligence tool. Authorities also accused the man, 42-year-old Steven Anderegg, of sending pornographic AI-made images to a 15-year-old boy over Instagram.Anderegg crafted about 13,000 “hyper-r

If OpenAI can’t keep its own team together, what hope is there for the rest of the industry? Plus, AI-generated ‘slop’ is taking over the internet• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereEverything happens so much. I’m in Seoul for the International AI summit, the half-year follow-up to last year’s Bletchley Park AI safety summit (the full sequel will be in Paris this autumn). While you read this, the first day of ev

If OpenAI can’t keep its own team together, what hope is there for the rest of the industry? Plus, AI-generated ‘slop’ is taking over the internet• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereEverything happens so much. I’m in Seoul for the International AI summit, the half-year follow-up to last year’s Bletchley Park AI safety summit (the full sequel will be in Paris this autumn). While you read this, the first day of ev

Rishi Sunak says 16 international firms have committed, but standards have been criticised for lacking teethThe first 16 companies have signed up to the voluntary artificial intelligence safety standards introduced at the Bletchley Park summit, Rishi Sunak has said on the eve of the event’s follow-up in Seoul.But the standards have faced criticism for lacking teeth, with signatories committing only to voluntarily “work toward” information sharing, “invest” in cybers

OpenAI says ‘Sky’ is not an imitation of actor’s voice after users compare it to AI companion character in film HerScarlett Johansson has spoken out against OpenAI after the company used a voice eerily resembling her own in its new ChatGPT product.The actor said in a statement she was approached by OpenAI nine months ago to voice its AI system but declined for “personal reasons”. Johansson was “shocked” and “angered” when she heard the voice

OpenAI says ‘Sky’ is not an imitation of actor’s voice after users compare it to AI companion character in film HerScarlett Johansson is threatening legal action against OpenAI after the company used a voice eerily resembling her own in its new ChatGPT product.The actor said in a statement she had been approached by OpenAI nine months ago to voice its AI system but declined. Johansson was “shocked” and “angered” when she heard the voice option, which &ld

Employers in UK, one of 15 countries studied, willing to pay 14% wage premium for jobs requiring AI skillsThe sectors of the global economy most heavily exposed to artificial intelligence (AI) are witnessing a marked productivity increase and command a significant wage premium, according to a report.Boosting hopes that AI might help lift the global economy out of a 15-year, low-growth trough, a PwC study found productivity growth was almost five times as rapid in parts of the economy where AI pe

The software giant revealed an upgraded version of Copilot, its AI assistant, pitching its features as a virtual photographic memoryMicrosoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next.The software giant on Monday revealed an upgraded version of Copilot, its AI assistant, as it confronts heightened competition from big tech rivals in pitching ge