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Microsoft's new Copilot key is seen on a Dell computer, next to the alt key, in this undated photo provided by AxiCom. Starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system will have the special 'Copilot key' that launches the software giant's AI chatbot. (AxiCom on behalf of Dell Technologies via AP)

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Microsoft's new AI key is first big change to keyboards in decades
By MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writer
Thu,01/04/24-2:08AM , 180 Reads
Computer keyboards are making room for an artificial intelligence chatbot button as Microsoft unveils its first major keyboard redesign in three decades.

Starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system will have a special “Copilot key” that launches the software giant's AI chatbot.
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A ChapGPT logo is seen on a smartphone in West Chester, Pa., Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in computer science even if not everyone figured out quite how it works or what to do with it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence — and weren't sure what to do about it
By MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writer
Thu,12/14/23-5:15AM , 206 Reads
Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people's science fiction fantasies of human-like machines.
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Vice President and Chief AI Scientist at Meta, Yann LeCun, speaks at the Vivatech show in Paris, France on June 14, 2023. IBM and Facebook parent Meta are launching a new group called the AI Alliance that's advocating an "open science" approach to AI development that puts them at odds with rivals like Google, Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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AI's future could be 'open-source' or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators
By MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writer
Mon,12/04/23-11:15PM , 92 Reads
Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor.

That's not to say they all want the same thing.
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Actor and filmmaker Justine Bateman, right, speaks outside Netflix during a Writers Guild rally on July 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. Bateman said she was disturbed that AI models were "ingesting 100 years of film" and TV in a way that could destroy the structure of the film business and replace large portions of its labor pipeline. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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'Please regulate AI:' Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast
By MATT O'BRIEN - AP Technology Writer
Fri,11/17/23-4:13PM , 230 Reads
Country singers, romance novelists, video game artists and voice actors are appealing to the U.S. government for relief — as soon as possible — from the threat that artificial intelligence poses to their livelihoods.
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