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This AI-generated image provided by Adobe shows a hummingbird. Artificial intelligence tools that can conjure whimsical artwork or realistic-looking images from written commands started wowing the public in 2022. But most people don't actually use them at work or home. That could change as leading tech companies are competing to mainstream the use of text-to-image generators for a variety of tasks, integrating them into familiar tools such as Microsoft Paint, Adobe Photoshop, YouTube and ChatGPT. (Adobe via AP)

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Tech companies try to take AI image generators mainstream with better protections against misuse
By MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writer
Thu,09/21/23-11:02AM , 96 Reads
Artificial intelligence tools that can conjure whimsical artwork or realistic-looking images from written commands started wowing the public last year. But most people don't actually use them at work or home.
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Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. Anthropic, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and other major developers of AI systems known as large language models say they're hard at work to make them more truthful. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI’s hallucination problem fixable?
By MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writer
Tue,08/01/23-3:56AM , 71 Reads
Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn't take long for them to spout falsehoods.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, in San Francisco, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. A judge handed Microsoft a big victory on Tuesday, declining to stop its $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

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Microsoft can move ahead with record $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, judge rules
By MATT O'BRIEN
Tue,07/11/23-10:19AM , 125 Reads
A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard.
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A Twitter app icon on a mobile phone is displayed April 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new curfews on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as a trend-setter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere
By MATT O'BRIEN
Mon,07/03/23-11:19AM , 93 Reads
TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new curfews on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as a trendsetter.
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