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FILE - Ernie Field pushes the doorbell on his Ring doorbell camera, July 16, 2019, at his home in Wolcott, Conn. In a vote Wednesday, May 31, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission is ordering Amazon to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera

Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle…

 

FILE - China's President Xi Jinping arrives to attend the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit, Nov. 19, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. China’s ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, highlighting the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence. A meeting headed by party leader and President Xi on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, urged “dedicated efforts to safeguard political security and improve the security governance of internet data and artificial intelligence," the official Xinhua News Agency said. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP, File)

China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures

China’s ruling Communist Party has warned of the risks posed by advances…

 

This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones

ChatGPT is now a smartphone app, which could be good news for…

 

New artificial intelligence tools are being used by West Kootenay residents to write, teach and make art. This image was generated by the AI tool Midjourney using original art by Nelson Star designer Katelyn Hurley.

This story about AI was written by a human: How Nelson tech experts are using new artificial intelligence tools

ChatGPT and Midjourney are brand new but already changing how Nelson residents work and live

New artificial intelligence tools are being used by West Kootenay residents to write, teach and make art. This image was generated by the AI tool Midjourney using original art by Nelson Star designer Katelyn Hurley.
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TikTok fined $15.9M by UK watchdog over misuse of kids’ data

Britain’s privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty Tuesday for misusing…

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This combination of images show gardening apps, from left, the Seed to Spoon mobile gardening app by Park Seed, from left, the Google Lens app that has image-recognition technology to identify plants, and Apple's AI-powered Visual Look Up feature to identify flowers. (Park Seed’s From Seed to Spoon/Google/Apple via AP)

Gardening help in the palm of your hand: 5 apps, phone tips

You’re in your garden and notice a beautiful, new-to-you flower that has…

This combination of images show gardening apps, from left, the Seed to Spoon mobile gardening app by Park Seed, from left, the Google Lens app that has image-recognition technology to identify plants, and Apple's AI-powered Visual Look Up feature to identify flowers. (Park Seed’s From Seed to Spoon/Google/Apple via AP)
FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT, on March 21, 2023, in Boston. The Italian government’s privacy watchdog said Friday March 31, 2023 that it is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns

Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake…

FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT, on March 21, 2023, in Boston. The Italian government’s privacy watchdog said Friday March 31, 2023 that it is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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What can ChatGPT maker’s new AI model GPT-4 do?

The company behind the ChatGPT chatbot has rolled out its latest artificial…

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This illustration released by Instacart depicts the grocery delivery company's app which can integrate ChatGPT to answer customers' food questions. (Instacart, Inc. via AP)

From marketing to design, brands adopt AI tools despite risk

Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays…

This illustration released by Instacart depicts the grocery delivery company's app which can integrate ChatGPT to answer customers' food questions. (Instacart, Inc. via AP)
Smart technology and home automation are changing our relationships with our machines. (Pixabay.com)

COLUMN: Computers and machines are not people

Home automation technology uses human names

Smart technology and home automation are changing our relationships with our machines. (Pixabay.com)
Grade 12 English teacher Brendan Benson is shown in Newmarket, Ontario on Thursday March 2, 2023. Benson is among teachers and professors across Canada who are inviting ChatGPT into the classroom, amid debate about ethics, plagiarism and other potential pitfalls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Why some Canadian teachers and professors are inviting ChatGPT into the classroom

The chatbot is also being discussed at the public school level

Grade 12 English teacher Brendan Benson is shown in Newmarket, Ontario on Thursday March 2, 2023. Benson is among teachers and professors across Canada who are inviting ChatGPT into the classroom, amid debate about ethics, plagiarism and other potential pitfalls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn