Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why

Last week, Taylor Swift filed a trio of trademark applications to protect her image and voice. One is meant to cover a well-known photograph of…

The Pope’s Warnings About AI Were AI-Generated, a Detection Tool Claims

On Monday, a brand-new Reddit account popped up on the widely read forum r/AmItheAsshole, where users have their personal disputes arbitrated by strangers. This particular…

Tech CEOs Think AI Will Let Them Be Everywhere at Once

Silicon Valley moguls have lately complained that too many people are too negative about artificial intelligence. They’re likewise frustrated by stalled AI adoption among major…

A New AI Documentary Puts CEOs in the Hot Seat—but Goes Too Easy on Them

It’s not easy to get an interview with Sam Altman—just ask Adam Bhala Lough, the filmmaker behind the recent documentary Deepfaking Sam Altman. Lough originally…

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature

Superhuman, the tech company behind the writing software Grammarly, is facing a class action lawsuit over an AI tool that presented editing suggestions as if…

Grammarly Is Offering ‘Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authors—Dead or Alive

Do you have fond memories of being a teacher’s pet? Wish you could still get notes from your favorite college professor? Dream about some implacable…

Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue

An insurrectionist robot unleashed by a mad inventor in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. HAL 9000 sabotaging a manned mission to Jupiter in 2001: A Space Odyssey.…