Articles by Richa Naidu, Martin Coulter and Jason Lange

ChatGPT Fever Spreads to US Workplace, Sounding Alarm for Some

Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldwide are considering how to best …

Top AI CEOs, Experts Raise ‘Risk of Extinction’ From AI

Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the “risk of extinction from AI,” which they urged policymakers to equate at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war. …

Legislation to Govern AI Takes Another Step in Europe

European lawmakers came a step closer to passing new rules regulating artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, following a crunch vote on Thursday where they agreed tougher draft legislation. The European Union’s highly anticipated AI Act looks set to be …

AI Pioneer Says its Threat to World May Be ‘More Urgent’ Than Climate Change

Artificial intelligence could pose a “more urgent” threat to humanity than climate change, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told Reuters in an interview on Friday. Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the “godfathers of AI,” recently announced he had quit …

Amazon Faces Renewed Pressure From UK Lawmakers Over Warehouse Conditions

UK lawmakers have called on Amazon to clarify comments made by a senior executive at a recent parliamentary hearing, after an advocacy group accused him of providing “misleading” evidence concerning the company’s treatment of warehouse workers. An Amazon spokesperson told …