PARIS: Excitement around ChatGPT – an easy-to-use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay or computer code upon request and within seconds – has sent schools into panic and turned Big Tech green with envy.

WASHINGTON: Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions – the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.

PARIS: Online tools that can create wonderful, absurd and sometimes horrifying images using artificial intelligence (AI) have exploded in popularity, sparking soul-searching over the nature of art.

PARIS: While there are already a multitude of smart devices that can measure the climate in your home, this technology is now coming to some audio speakers.

STOCKHOLM: Music streaming giant Spotify on Tuesday reported a total of 205 million paying subscribers at the end of 2022, beating expectations, but its losses deepened.

SAN FRANCISCO: Creators of a ChatGPT bot causing a stir for its ability to mimic human writing on Tuesday released a tool designed to detect when written works are authored by artificial intelligence.

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter users will be able to appeal account suspensions and be evaluated under the social media platform's new criteria for reinstatement, starting February 1, the company said yesterday.

PARIS: At what age did you first introduce your children to the internet? This seemingly simple question nevertheless stirs up controversy and debate, if not a certain amount of guilt on the part of parents concerned about preventing their children from becoming addicted to screens.

TOKYO: Japan and the Netherlands will soon agree to join the US in restricting exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, Bloomberg News reported.

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta Platforms Inc said Wednesday it will reinstate former US president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on Jan 6, 2021.