Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodos weekly deep dive on whats been happening in artificial intelligence.
Concerns about AI pornor, more commonlydeepfake pornare not new.
This week,legislation was introducedto combat the issue.
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The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act was introduced as bipartisan legislation by Sens.
This month, fake, sexually-explicit images ofTaylor Swiftthat were generated by artificial intelligence swept across social media platforms.
Question of the day: Can Metas new robot clean up your gross-ass bedroom?
Theres currently a race in Silicon Valley to see who can create the most commercially viable robot.
While the gear may look silly, the AI system that drives the machine means serious business.
Other headlines this week:
AI companies just lost a shitload of stock value.
Google parent company Alphabet, Microsoft, and chipmaker AMD, all witnessed a massive selloff on Tuesday.
Reutersreports that, in total, the companies lost $190 billion in market cap.
The FCC might criminalize AI-generated robocalls.
Amazon has debuted an AI shopping assistant.
While Im tempted to make fun of this thing, I have to admit: Shopping can be hard.
It often feels like a ridiculous amount of research is required just to make the simplest of purchases.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
Two banks say Amazon has paused negotiations on some international data centers.
Pacific Rims TV Show Drifts to Prime Video
Good news for giant robot fans.
Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs
Meta is being very transparent on accident.
