Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts. In November, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, a large language model that can generate text that gives the impression of human intelligence, spontaneity, and surprise. Users of ChatGPT have described it as a revolutionary technology that will change every aspect of how we interact with text and with one another. American political life has already been profoundly altered by the Internet, and the effects of ChatGPT, Rothman says, could be even more profound.

'Gutfeld!' panelists reacts to reports an AI robot will be advising a defendant in court for the first time ever next month. A software engineer who was fired by Google after he blew the whistle on the danger of artificial intelligence (AI) to the public has turned his attention to Microsoft's newest AI chatbot, Bing Search. On Monday, Lemoine targeted Microsoft's AI in an op-ed for Newsweek, calling the technology behind it "the most powerful technology that has been invented since the atomic bomb. In my view, this technology has the ability to reshape the world." Blake Lemoine first made headlines in 2022 after he claimed that Google's AI chatbot was becoming sentient, and might even have a soul.

Military and weapons researchers have developed microwave guns and lasers that can be used to disable soldiers or shoot down drones -- but a new report from the CIA and other intelligence agencies say that these kinds of weapons probably aren't responsible for the condition known as Havana Syndrome. When US personnel overseas began suffering from unexplained headaches, nausea and hearing problems in 2016, many were quick to suspect foul play by a foreign adversary. A panel of experts concluded that the anomalous health incidents that came to be known as Havana Syndrome could plausibly have been caused by "pulsed electromagnetic energy," prompting some of those afflicted with the condition to blame their symptoms on a mysterious new energy weapon, possibly wielded by Russian operatives. Now, seven intelligence agencies say that panel got it wrong. The Washington Post reports that even after reviewing about 1,000 cases across the world, the CIA and half a dozen agencies concluded that it was unlikely that the symptoms were caused by a foreign adversary.

On February 27, 2023, a video of Biden announcing a new national draft, in which 20-year-olds would be conscripted into military service, began making its rounds on the internet. If you've been paying attention to how Biden has been handling the conflict in Ukraine, this doesn't seem too far-fetched. Billions of our tax dollars have trickled overseas under the watchful (or senile) eye of the president and directly into Ukraine's outstretched hands. Because when it comes to pleasing President Zelenskyy, there seems to be nothing Biden can't be told to do. It was an artificial intelligence deepfake, and it wasn't even good.

As a child of the '80s, I can divide my life cleanly into Before Google and After Google. Right around the turn of the millennium, the internet stopped being a tangled thicket of incomplete lists of weird stuff and became a useful research database. Ever since, Google Search has been one of the only technological constants of my adult life, persisting through the rise of smartphones, social media, streaming services, and even drone-based burrito delivery (also, what happened to that?). In all that time, nobody has been able to challenge Google's role as gatekeeper to the cornucopia of digital abundance. More than 90 percent of internet users around the world use Google to shop, navigate, and satisfy their curiosity about pretty much everything.

When ChatGPT was released late last year, people around the world suddenly awoke to the major advancements going on in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). For many, what once seemed like a science fiction fantasy was now reality. In truth, the technology behind the groundbreaking chatbot had been brewing behind the scenes in research labs and major tech companies for years. But refined and released in its most accessible form yet, ChatGPT stands to herald in a transformational age of AI adoption. ChatGPT, and other generative AIs like DALL-E, which can create original text and images from a simple prompt, won't just transform education. It will reshape the way people conduct business, create art and do research. Commentators have likened what's coming to the next Industrial Revolution: one in which the role of humans may radically change. While ChatGPT and DALL-E are both products of OpenAI, an American research company, other Silicon Valley giants have been moving quickly to show they're capable of similar technology. With names like OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Meta and even Baidu capturing international headlines for their generative AI offerings, it's easy to forget that the foundational principles upon which these technologies rest were developed in large part by Canadian scientists.

In the United States, the National Transportation Safety Board is widely respected for its prompt responses to investigate plane, train, and boat accidents. Its independent reports have done much to promote safety in civil aviation and beyond. Could a National Algorithms Safety Board have a similar impact in increasing safety for algorithmic systems, especially the rapidly proliferating Artificial Intelligence applications based on unpredictable machine learning? Alternatively, could agencies such as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or Federal Communications Commission (FCC) take on the task of increasing safety of algorithmic systems? In addition to federal agencies, could the major accounting firms provide algorithmic audits as they do in auditing financial statements of publicly listed companies?

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has more on the fiscal trajectory as the Congressional Budget Office warns the country could default sometime between July and September on'Special Report.' House Republicans are demanding more information from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on what – if any – safeguards are in place to keep the economy from careening off a cliff if the debt ceiling is not increased and the government is forced to make tough spending choices. House Financial Services Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., asked Yellen in a Tuesday letter exactly how long the government will be able to operate now that it has hit the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and asked for an exact date. McHenry asked Yellen to provide "Treasury's current projection of the X-Date, along with how Treasury has arrived at this projection." So far, Treasury has said it expects it will need to begin borrowing money again by June 5, but has not explained publicly how it reached that date. McHenry also asked Yellen to provide a Treasury briefing to the committee by next week about federal debt management and "contingency planning."

CEO of Codeproof, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in providing easy-to-use, modern mobile device management software to businesses. As 2023 begins, businesses must anticipate and prepare for evolving cybersecurity trends and threats. The increase in remote work, cloud usage, AI and the IoT expands the attack surface, making it imperative to stay alert. They should also educate employees on identifying risks and cybersecurity practices, as well as maintaining strong password hygiene. Phishing uses fake websites to obtain personal information.

Kyiv, Ukraine – "UFOs" have rained on Russia in recent days – some dangerously close to the capital Moscow and President Vladimir Putin's hometown. Russian officials and media, using that term – "unidentified foreign objects" – seem unnerved and are accusing Ukraine of drone attacks. Ukraine on Wednesday denied targeting Russia, suggesting attempts at domestic assaults – which Moscow did not accept. With a dash of black humour, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted that a sense of "panic and collapse" was growing in Russia, "manifested by increasing domestic attacks of unidentified flying objects on infrastructure sites". Throughout the war, Ukrainian leaders and top brass have routinely refused any responsibility for attacks on Russian soil – and often resort to ridiculing disorganised Russian servicemen.