AI Keeps Getting Smarter. Who’s Training It?

How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions.

Tech companies are taking your conversations, photos and documents to teach their AI how to write, paint, and pretend to be human.

It’s a practice that could introduce further errors into already error-prone models.

Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?

In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners.

One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to train artificial intelligence.

An update to Zoom’s terms of service is worrying some online that the company now has permission to use their videos and chat logs for artificial intelligence training with no ability to opt out.

A TIME investigation reveals the difficult conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible.

There are many programs where people can generate art using AI. However, this comes with a risk of non-Indigenous people generating Indigenous art, which negatively affects Indigenous artists.

Artificial intelligence has entered a new era. From search to education to art, recent advancements in AI promise to shake up the way we work and live. Yet for some of us, AI poses more questions than answers. How will it affect us? Are there risks? How do we make it trustworthy?