Scott Rosenberg

Election outcome has two different worlds for AI

Artificial intelligence, like everything else in the U.S.

AI manifestos flood the tech zone

Writing a manifesto predicting a glorious AI-driven future has become a mandatory ritual for artificial intelligence (AI) leaders. The compulsion to share utopian AI roadmaps might mean that these CEOs and investors see breakthroughs right around the corner in their lab—and they want to make sure the world knows just how close we are to nirvana.

Breaking up Google is hard to do

A federal judge is actively considering breaking up Google after a landmark ruling last week that the tech giant has illegally abused its search monopoly.  A court

Trump speeds AI-driven truth decay

Donald Trump's false charge that his opponent used artificial intelligence to forge a photo of a crowd of supporters shows yet another dimension of AI's potential to 

Tech leaders line up behind Trump

A significant chunk of the tech industry's money and power is lining up behind Donald Trump. Silicon Valley was once solidly Democratic, with just a handful of Republican outliers.

The Supreme Court just kneecapped tech regulation

The Supreme Court's decision limiting executive branch power also further hobbled U.S.

Making things up is AI's Achilles heel

Generative AI makes things up. It can't distinguish between fact and fiction.

AI brings us a new kind of bug

Generative AI is raising the curtain on a new era of software breakdowns rooted in the same creative capabilities that make it powerful. Every novel tec

Newsrooms try AI to check for bias and error

After months of experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) to make their work more efficient, some newsrooms are now dipping their toes in more treacherous waters: trying to harness AI to detect bias or inaccuracies in their work. Confidence in the news media is at 

Tech rolls out two revolutions at once

Silicon Valley is hatching new futures faster than the rest of the world can digest them. The artificial-intelligence wave, driven by the astonishing ne