In a move that could force businesses to overhaul their automated customer outreach, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed new rules requiring companies to disclose when they use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate robocalls and texts, potentially reshaping the landscape of customer interactions and...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has staked out a clear position on using artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services: There are no exceptions to existing consumer protection laws for new technologies. In am Aug. 12 comment letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the CFPB...
The potential for artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robots in factories and stores is sparking debate among experts on the future of work and commerce. While companies explore humanoid robots for tasks from assembly to customer service, opinions vary widely on their adoption rate and implications....
Chain-of-thought AI, a new approach aimed at making artificial intelligence systems more transparent and interpretable, has gained attention as a potential solution to the longstanding “black box” problem in machine learning. Chain-of-thought (CoT) AI is designed to provide step-by-step explanations of its decision-making process. By...
DC Connected Car has raised €2.1 million ($2.29 million) for its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven remote vehicle diagnostics offering. The seed funding round, announced last week in a post on the German company’s blog, will help DC Connected Car develop AI diagnostic tools for roadside assistance,...
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Thursday (Aug. 8) that X has agreed to suspend the use of personal data from some users’ public posts on the social media platform to train the artificial intelligence (AI) model, Grok. This agreement applies to public posts that...
By year’s end, hundreds of Taco Bell drive-thrus could be taking orders without a human on the other end of the speaker. Yum Brands’ ambitious deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) at its flagship Mexican-style fast food chain signals a potential sea change in how America...
Character.AI and Google. Adept AI and Amazon. Microsoft and Inflection. What do these companies have in common? As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Aug. 6), they’re all part of a new trend in the artificial intelligence (AI) field: struggling startups being rescued by Big Tech companies in a new type of deal that...
One of OpenAI’s co-founders is departing the company to join artificial intelligence (AI) competitor Anthropic. John Schulman announced his exit on X Monday (Aug. 5) evening, months after OpenAI dissolved its safety-focused superalignment team, and hours before another co-founder – company president Greg Brockman –...
