Anna Gomez, the Democratic member of the United States Federal Communications Commission, has urged the federal agency not to allow robocalls generated with artificial intelligence in the lead-up to the midterm elections in early November. On Wednesday, the commissioner pushed back against a petition from Club for Growth, a national conservative fiscal policy organisation, to allow AI-generated robocalls. The group said it would limit calls so that the same person would not receive more than three calls over the course of 30 days and would be presented with the option to opt out. The FCC's public comment period began on September 4, with the deadline for comments on Monday. Responses to those comments are due October 19, and the FCC has yet to decide whether it will approve the request.

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has rare cautionary note on AI safety SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said AI can become super dangerous" during an event on the sidelines of the Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto on Sunday. SoftBank Group chief Masayoshi Son -- one of AI's fervent believers -- said that even he's worried about safety risks as machines quickly gain more abilities. An exponential surge in AI capabilities makes it imperative for countries to build trust so that they can harness the technology together, Son said at an event on the sidelines of the Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto on Sunday. He was speaking alongside White House science and tech policy advisor Michael Kratsios. "We don't have any more luxury of having human fight against human," Son said, adding that countries need to work together to control the far greater threat from powerful AI models.

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Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 chip for the next generation of audio devices with AI features. This model will enable more powerful on-device AI capabilities for earbuds, headphones, audio glasses (perhaps similar to the new Ray-Ban Meta Audio) and camera-equipped earbuds like the AirPods Apple is reportedly developing. Qualcomm says the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 has twice the AI capabilities of its predecessor, the Snapdragon S7 Gen 1 Sound Platform. "As AI becomes a core capability, users will increasingly expect more natural ways to interact with it," said Ziad Asghar, Qualcomm Senior Vice President and General Manager for XR, Wearables and Personal AI. "Those interactions won't always happen through a screen. They will happen through natural conversations, where users can simply speak to an AI assistant and receive help in real time."

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The telecom giant is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electricity, and increased automation. AT&T, which already shed more than half of its workforce over the past decade, says it's going to continue laying off staff as it gears up for the AI era . The telecommunications giant is also doing away with its old-school landline service and using artificial intelligence to automate some internal processes. All this downsizing is resulting in tangible benefits, including a considerable decrease in electricity usage, AT&T chief technology officer Jeremy Legg tells WIRED.

SoftBank Group, led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, has committed close to $65 billion to ChatGPT creator OpenAI, making it one of the world's biggest investors in artificial intelligence along with its other investments in the sector. SoftBank Group has drawn more than $20 billion of preliminary demand for what's shaping up to be one of the biggest junk bond deals ever, people familiar with the matter said, as investors rush to capture record yields likely to be offered to help fund the firm's investments in OpenAI. The potential interest reflects early, nonbinding indications from investors and serves as an initial gauge ahead of pricing, which is still expected Thursday, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. SoftBank was seeking to raise the equivalent of more than $11 billion in the deal including a $10 billion dollar part and a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) euro portion, other people said Monday. There's no cap for the size, and no final decisions have been made, they added.

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks at the SoftBank World forum in Tokyo in July. SoftBank Group is seeking the equivalent of more than $11 billion in what would be one of the biggest junk bond deals ever, people familiar with the matter said Monday, as billionaire Masayoshi Son's conglomerate ramps up its investments in ChatGPT creator OpenAI. The company is looking to issue $10 billion of dollar securities across three tenors, and €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of euro notes across two maturities, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the discussions are private. The money will be used in part to fund a follow-on investment in OpenAI expected to close next month, the people said. The deal may price on Thursday, they added.

Why have US prosecutors labelled China's Huawei a criminal enterprise? Share Why have US prosecutors labelled China's Huawei a criminal enterprise? on social media Chinese technology giant Huawei is facing a landmark criminal trial in the United States amid Washington's long-running tech rivalry with Beijing. The trial began in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on September 9, with US prosecutors portraying Huawei as a criminal enterprise that spent two decades stealing technology from US companies, deceiving banks and circumventing sanctions on Iran. The trial is expected to last about three months and overlaps with Chinese President Xi Jinping's September 23-25 visit to Washington, where trade, artificial intelligence, tariffs and access to critical technologies are likely to be on the agenda. What are the allegations against Huawei?

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