May 22, 2023
Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT

By Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies and…

May 18, 2023
Genome data sheds light on how Homo sapiens arose in Africa

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a site in Morocco called Jebel Irhoud, located between Marrakech and the Atlantic coast. But the…

May 16, 2023
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections

By Diane Bartz, Zeba Siddiqui and Jeffrey Dastin WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election integrity is a "significant area of concern",…

May 15, 2023
AI in Washington’s crosshairs but consensus far from certain

By Diane Bartz and Jeffrey Dastin WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers are grappling with what guardrails to put around burgeoning artificial intelligence, but months after ChatGPT got Washington's attention, consensus is far from certain. Interviews with a U.S. senator, congressional staffers,…

May 11, 2023
U.S. House passes Republican bill tightening border security

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved Republican legislation intended to stop immigrants and illegal drugs crossing the nation's southwestern border with Mexico, leaving it to the Senate to attempt a broader, bipartisan immigration…