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The brutal killings of University of South Florida graduate students Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon, allegedly plotted in part using ChatGPT, is the latest example of a suspect using an artificial intelligence tool as research prior to committing a crime. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, the roommate of Limon, was arrested over the weekend and charged with…

Artificial intelligence puts powerful new technology in consumers’ hands — if they can afford to use it.  The rise of AI requires enormous computing power, which in turn is leading to a shortage of memory chips. That’s pushing up the price of personal computers, according to analysts with Oxford Economics — the first time those…

With AI ever more capable of producing photorealistic images, seemingly genuine videos and author-like text, it’s getting harder to distinguish human-generated art and other content from large language model fare.  When it comes to music, Spotify said Thursday it wants to help users tell the difference. The audio streaming platform has launched a certification tool that…

Elon Musk told a court on Wednesday that he was a “fool” for providing funding to launch ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Testifying in a case he brought against OpenAI, the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX said he continued to finance OpenAI after receiving assurances from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that the company would remain a nonprofit. However,…

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco reported a close call with a drone as it was approaching to land in San Diego on Wednesday morning, authorities said. A United spokesperson said Flight 1980 reported a possible drone strike just prior to the plane’s arrival at San Diego International Airport. The flight landed safely, and…

Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday in a trial against fellow billionaire Sam Altman that could change the future of AI. Musk accused the OpenAI co-founder of lying and stealing, adding that he has “extreme concerns” about AI and who controls it.

This week, Maine’s governor vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first to ban the construction of new data centers. Shanelle Kaul reports.

Atlanta — It is a sunny afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia, but inside Carolyn Kayne’s 3,000-square-foot home, it is cold. “I’m walking around in a ski suit trying to stay warm in the winter,” Kayne told CBS News. It is just one of the ways Kayne has tried to beat her skyrocketing electric bills, which have almost…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has apologized to members of a Canadian community where a mass shooting took place earlier this year for not flagging the ChatGPT account of the shooter to law enforcement. “The pain your community has endured is unimaginable,” Altman wrote in a letter shared Friday on social media by the British Columbia…