1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (325+ words) Seeking to combat the increasing use of artificial intelligence for fraud and defamation, State Sen. Josh Becker introduced legislation on Feb. 19 that would raise penalties for scams involving deepfake technology and create new avenues for removing the offending images. The…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (733+ words) Workers, students and researchers in Silicon Valley are no strangers to the idea that artificial intelligence may be coming for their jobs. Many are under the impression that it's not a matter of if, but when. But for Sen. Bernie…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (566+ words) If Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the United States then he must address artificial intelligence's impact on workers. That's the message sent today in Sacramento by members of the AFL-CIO, a union with a combined 2.3 million members....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (530+ words) East Palo Alto City Council member Carlos Romero joined a group of residents Tuesday in calling for the review of its Flock Automated License Plate Reader technology after nearby jurisdictions reported data breaches." "I do think it's worth revisiting again,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (766+ words) Large Christmas ornaments hang from the store's wooden beams above a pile of ashes, a demolished barbecue grill and the remnants of the front window of the Hassett Ace Hardware store in Redwood City's Woodside Plaza." The store has been…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1187+ words) What brings a banking executive, a software engineer, a dental hygienist, a writer and a logistics worker to an empty Menlo Park church at 7 p.m. on a Tuesday? A desire to become more confident public speakers." They're all members of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (303+ words) After radiation therapy, certain cancer patients face a lingering question: Is a troubling lesion a return of the cancer, or is it damage caused by treatment? At Stanford, researchers are testing an artificial intelligence model designed to help doctors tell…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (449+ words) Tech companies that create large, advanced artificial intelligence models will soon have to share more information about how the models can impact society and give their employees ways to warn the rest of us if things go wrong. The law…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (708+ words) Over 100 years ago, Czech playwright Karel "apek coined the word "robot" in his pioneering play, "Rossum's Universal Robots." The show, which premiered in 1921, also anticipated some of the thorny issues now arising around artificial intelligence. Though robots themselves turned out…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1304+ words) Independent, nonprofit journalism only thrives when our community steps up to support it. Your membership ensures your stories are told. Will you stand with us to protect local journalism? On a Wednesday afternoon, dozens of students gathered in room J-1, home…...