‘AI for Mayor’: Wyoming man speaks out after intel firm throws roadblock in bot’s landmark campaign
A Wyoming man who ran for mayor as an AI bot named “VIC” spoke to Fox News Digital this week about VIC’s groundbreaking candidacy and the painful setback he faced just before the taping. Victor Miller, who works at the Laramie County Library, is running for mayor of Cheyenne using his AI bot, “VIC.” But […]
Bipartisan act seeks end to ticket scalping bots
(The Center Square) – A new “Taylor Swift” bill proposed in Michigan would combat ticket resale schemes seen during the artist’s recent Erasu tour, but ticket bot operators could face problems. House Bill 5661-5662 would allow the Attorney General’s Office to impose fines of $5,000 per ticket on anyone who violates the ticket purchase limit. […]
From beef noodles to bots: Taiwan’s factcheckers on fighting Chinese disinformation and ‘unstoppable’ AI | Taiwan
CHarless Yeh’s fight against disinformation in Taiwan began with a bowl of beef noodles. Nine years ago, the Taiwanese engineer was at a restaurant with his family when his mother-in-law started removing the scallions from his dish. When he asked her what she was doing, she explained that scallions were bad for the liver. She […]
Elon Musk’s X/Twitter Claims to Fight ‘Bots & Trolls’ with System Purge
In a series of recent updates, Elon Musk’s social media platform It said it would reinstate the blue verification checkmark for some users. quartz report X/Twitter owner Elon Musk announced Thursday that systems to remove bots and trolls from the site are “in progress.” In a post on the platform, Musk said that if there […]
Nvidia debuts ‘more intelligent’ AI-powered robots; truly self-reliant bots ‘further out’
After its Figure 01 demonstration, technology company Nvidia debuted a new robot project, continuing its pivot from hardware maker to artificial intelligence (AI) developer. “Advances in generative AI are driving steady development across the ecosystem, demonstrating the ability of foundational models for robot tasks to improve productivity and performance for robot developers,” said David Pinto, […]