China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk - The New York Times
New research examines how a Chinese company struggled to develop its predictive surveillance technology while U.S. restrictions were in place.
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: A.I. Belongs to the People, Not to Billionaires - The New York Times
That is why I will soon be introducing the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act. This legislation would give the public a direct ownership stake in the largest A.I. companies in our country. How? It would create a sovereign wealth fund through a one-time 50 percent tax — not on the profits of OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and other companies, but paid with something far more valuable than that: the stock.
What It’s Like to Be a Student at the First A.I.-Powered University - The New York Times
On campuses across the university system, the initiative has stoked backlash. The C.S.U. faculty union has organized against the contract with OpenAI, which is set to expire in June. Students, meanwhile, are caught in the middle as everyone around them struggles to figure out what becoming “the first A.I.-powered university” actually means. “Faculty are feeling anxious,” Nik Janos, a sociology professor at Chico State, told me. “Students don’t know how to behave. What are we doing here?”
Nvidia Has a Plan to Put Its Chips in Personal Computers - The New York Times
The world’s most valuable company is chasing Intel and Apple as it tries to bring A.I. agents to laptops and desktops.
