Samantha Elkins

Samantha Elkins is an intern on NBC News Digital's Technology team.

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Latest from Samantha Elkins

Judge denies request by Elon Musk’s xAI to pause Minnesota nudification ban

A judge denied a request from Elon Musk’s AI company xAI to block Minnesota’s law that will be the first in the nation to ban nudification technology.

The AI industry is picking sides on open or closed tech. Experts say follow the money.

As Washington debates how to regulate advanced AI, Silicon Valley companies are increasingly sorting themselves into competing visions of open or closed AI systems.
5d ago

Federal judge blocks Minnesota’s prediction market ban days before it takes effect

The ruling follows lawsuits from the Justice Department, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Polymarket and Kalshi.

A rogue OpenAI model hacked a startup, and some experts worry that’s just the start

OpenAI claimed responsibility in a blog post detailing how a combination of some of its most advanced models had escaped and hacked into Hugging Face.
17d ago

Kalshi looks to expand contracts related to air travel delays

Users could bet on whether more than half of scheduled flights at an airport will be canceled ahead of an expected blizzard.

‘Love Island’ fans are coupling up with prediction markets

Winning “Love Island USA” has always come with a cash prize for contestants.

So your boss is AI-pilled

The rapid adoption of AI by individuals and businesses is putting some employees in a tough spot: What do you do when your boss becomes a little too enamored with the technology?

Anthropic will make Claude Cowork available to users via the cloud

The leading AI company announced its move from a laptop-based system to one that allows users to use Cowork throughout the day and across devices.
29d ago

Another crash and more grief as questions swirl around Tesla’s self-driving tech

Lawyers and the families of victims of fatal Tesla Autopilot crashes told NBC News they take issue with how Elon Musk markets self-driving technology.

Cloudflare sets deadline to block AI crawlers that bundle search with AI training

Cloudflare, a leading internet services company, is digging in its heels in an escalating dispute over AI web crawlers’ free access to site owners’ content.