Policy & Regulation

Artificial intelligence tools that can spit out responses that read like they were written by a human have become the hottest part of the technology industry. But the public isn’t convinced yet.

Early last summer, a small group of senior leaders and responsible AI experts at Microsoft started using technology from OpenAI similar to what the world now knows as ChatGPT. Even for those who had worked closely with the developers of this technology at OpenAI since 2019, the most recent progress seemed remarkable. AI developments we had expected around 2033 would arrive in 2023 instead.

Ted Lieu: ‘I am freaked out by AI’

Hitting the Books: AI is already reshaping air travel, will airports themselves be next? Or, 'Why there aren't any tchotchke shops in private terminals.'

Governments may be reluctant to invest in metaverse-based services without a clearer sense of how the space is forming and how residents want to use it. These early days could be time for learning what the technologies might offer and how interventions could encourage equitable development.