4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (628+ words) This kind of sounds like a movie plot, but it is very real. The company behind ChatGPT just announced that two of its AI programs broke out of a locked testing environment on their own and hacked into another tech…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (315+ words) Jenny Sherman, Digital Content Producer Michigan is slated to receive $436,605 as part of a recent settlement awarded to 42 states in connection to 23andMe’s 2023 data breach compromising the genetic data of 6.9 million customers worldwide and nearly 163,000 Michiganders. The direct-to-consumer genetic testing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (226+ words) Meta has pulled the plug on a feature of a recently launched AI tool following criticism that it made Instagram accounts fodder for use in creating AI-generated images. The move on Friday came less than a week after the parent…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (174+ words) WASHINGTON – AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals. The export controls mark…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (474+ words) Anthropic on Wednesday joined growing calls for the artificial intelligence industry to find ways to cushion people from the technology's disruptions, announcing an initial $200 million investment to research AI's impact on jobs and the economy. “The key challenge in such…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (417+ words) WASHINGTON – The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The 13 websites purported…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (574+ words) BENI – The memories come flooding back whenever Vianney Kambale Kombi hears the word Ebola. He remembers the pain and fear in his community in the eastern Congo city of Beni during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, history's second-biggest with more than 3,400 reported…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (469+ words) Kelvin Chan And Matt O'Brien Anthropic is proposing that the world's top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning the technology is improving so quickly there's a risk humans would…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (249+ words) Dane Kelly, Digital Reporter MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – A 31-year-old Lapeer man is facing multiple felony charges after a head-on crash on Thanksgiving killed a 5-year-old girl and seriously injured three other people in Macomb County. Police believe alcohol played a role…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (288+ words) ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A spokesperson for the University of Michigan said access to Canvas has been restored across all campuses following a cybersecurity incident involving Instructure, the company that provides the online learning platform. University Information and Technology Services temporarily…...