A 2022 file photo demonstrating Clearview AI’s facial recognition software. Seth Wenig/Associated Press Seth Wenig/Associated Press States are increasingly clamping down on how tech companies digitally scan and analyze our most sensitive and
Screenshots of two videos about an adventurous kitten created by Mark Lawrence I Garilao using generative AI for his “FUNTASTIC YT” YouTube channel. @funntastic_AI/Youtube/Screenshot by NPR @funntastic_AI/Youtube/Screenshot by NPR Spend some time scrolling
A digitally-manipulated Fred Astaire appeared in a Dirt Devil commercial in 1997, a decade after the entertainer died. As researchers raise the alarm about the potential commercial exploitation of AI deadbots, they point
A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration Headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, MD on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images A whistleblower says that
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Cal Newport, author and computer science professor at Georgetown, about AI’s limitations and if progress within the industry has stalled. Sponsor Message SCOTT DETROW, HOST: I just asked
The Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Trump said on Friday he had asked
Despite dating apps and social media advice, romantic connections can be hard to make. Enter artificial intelligence. Sponsor Message JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: And now for a story about romance – very modern romance.
Postdoctoral researcher Erin Kunz holds up a microelectrode array that can be placed on the brain’s surface as part of a brain-computer interface. Jim Gensheimer Jim Gensheimer Surgically implanted devices that allow paralyzed
Artificial intelligence has proven effective at helping doctors screen for abnormalities in the colon. Sorbetto/Getty Images Sorbetto/Getty Images Artificial intelligence is beginning to help doctors screen patients for several routine diseases. But a
Sunny Wu for NPR Up until recently, 16-year-old Esraa Elsharkawy was an artificial intelligence skeptic. “I just thought AI just was kind of creepy,” she says. She worried the technology would take jobs
