Tag: Ai
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Boulder man arrested for creating AI sex images using children’s photos
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday it had arrested a man for allegedly altering real children’s photos into sexual material using artificial intelligence. Daniel Fairchild, 72, faces 23 counts relating to the sexual exploitation of a child, including producing the material, possessing the material and exploiting those under the age of 12, according to…
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Leadership in the age of artificial intelligence | Tom Cronin
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a feature story asking about when and if AI humanoid robots will be able to be chief executives and manage companies. AI evangelists Sam Altman of Open AI and Elon Musk of Tesla and xAI say AI robots already do remarkable engineering and logistical activities, and we can expect…
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EDITORIAL: A presidential reprieve from Colorado’s bungled AI law
Our Democratic governor is in synch with our Republican president on at least one issue: the regulation of artificial intelligence. Both agree any guardrails on development and use of AI technology ideally should come from Washington — rather than be imposed haphazardly though a regulatory patchwork woven state by state. So, Jared Polis has Donald…
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A safety report card ranks AI company efforts to protect humanity
Are artificial intelligence companies keeping humanity safe from AI’s potential harms? Don’t bet on it, a new report card says. As AI plays an increasingly larger role in the way humans interact with technology, the potential harms are becoming more clear — people using AI-powered chatbots for counseling and then dying by suicide, or using AI…
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Federal judge recommends sanctions on plaintiffs for faulty case citations
A federal judge recommended that a pair of self-represented plaintiffs be subject to a range of sanctions for including flawed and non-existent case citations in their filings, potentially by using artificial intelligence. “A federal court is not a workshop for fictional writing. It is a forum that exists to uphold the law, administer justice, and…
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Denmark eyes new law to protect citizens from AI deepfakes
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — In 2021, Danish video game live-streamer Marie Watson received an image of herself from an unknown Instagram account. She instantly recognized the holiday snap from her Instagram account, but something was different: Her clothing had been digitally removed to make her appear naked. It was a deepfake. “It overwhelmed me so much,” Watson…
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Denver-based Palantir saw record earnings, but AI bubble fears hit stock
Palantir Technologies Inc., the artificial intelligence and data software company based in Denver, had the best financial quarter in its history. Yet, its stock took a hit Tuesday. The company announced its revenues grew by 63% year-over-year to nearly $1.2 billion in its third quarterly earnings report released Monday. Most of Palantir’s growth was in…
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Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates
Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere. Teams and individuals impacted by the job cuts will be notified on Tuesday. Most workers will be given 90 days to look for a new position internally, Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of…
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EDITORIAL: Hurdles to AI will cost Colorado
No sooner had Colorado’s legislature punted on AI, yet again, during this summer’s special session — than a Homer Simpson-worthy “Doh!” might as well have pealed out across the state. It would have been an acknowledgment lawmakers had blown it, for the time being, in making Colorado a more welcoming destination for the development of…
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Colorado justices decide pre-2025 law did not criminalize AI-generated child porn
Colorado law prior to 2025 did not criminalize, as a means of sexually exploiting a child, the use of artificial intelligence to generate nude images depicting real children, the state Supreme Court concluded on Monday. The legislature acted this year to clearly establish a crime for someone to have or share fake, yet “highly realistic,”…