The U.S. on Tuesday warned that Australia's social media algorithm reform proposals to notify users and provide content recommended via a default algorithm could be "facilitating censorship." The U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia's capital, stated in a formal submission that it had "serious concerns" about the Australian government's goal with proposals "that dictate how platforms...

Artificial intelligence is playing a growing role in how voters get information about politics and elections, raising fresh questions about how the technology could influence the way voters stay informed. From chatbots to standard internet searches, voters this election cycle are interacting with AI-generated content, even when they may not realize it. Recent research on...

A bipartisan pair of senators are pressing the head of Department of Justice to provide guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies to prevent the misuse of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) as backlash against the technology grows across the country. In a letter sent Monday, Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.)...

Melania Trump says the country is experiencing "an extraordinary moment in human history" at the "threshold of a technological revolution," as she touted new events and partnerships as part of her Fostering the Future Together initiative. "Fostering the Future Together is a global coalition with a unified mission: to empower children through technology and education,"...

President Trump used the United Nations podium to issue an ultimatum to Iran on Tuesday: Pursue a deal to settle the war, or risk annihilation. The president used a large portion of his 40-minute speech to defend the war, which is deeply unpopular at home and abroad, contributing to economic chaos globally by disrupting major...

A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday said President Trump is failing to block China from accessing sensitive American technology to accelerate its development of artificial intelligence, ahead of the Chinese leader's state visit to Washington this week. Trump must close loopholes that China has used to subvert U.S. export bans on sensitive American technology,...

Nearly three-quarters of Americans are worried that artificial intelligence companies have not done enough to prevent the technology from causing serious harm, according to a new survey released Tuesday. The Reuters/Ipsos poll found 73 percent of respondents did not agree that the technology companies have implemented safeguards to prevent serious harm, sharing in the rising...

You may have noticed more ALPRs around you. Here's what they're looking for.

President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that artificial intelligence will be renamed “super intelligence” in all U.S. documents. “The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name,” Trump...

You may have noticed more ALPRs around you. Here's what they're looking for.