Category: Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is getting too intelligent for its own good. For the second year in a row, people all over the Internet were fooled with a fake AI image of Katy Perry attending the Met Gala.

The famous pop singer was not in attendance at this year’s Met Gala on Monday night, but incredibly realistic images of her at the event have been circling the Internet. The photos were circulated and reposted by thousands online before Perry took to her own social media to confirm that they were fake and that she had not been in attendance. Turns out they were created by AI, but it’s hard to fault people for falling for them. They look incredibly realistic, capturing Perry’s likeness from multiple angles. There are even photographers in the background who look very real.

But the story gets even wilder, because this isn’t the first time it’s happened. To this person specifically. Last year, Katy Perry was also not in attendance at the Met Gala, but some convincing AI-generated images of her there fooled many people online. Perhaps she’ll have to attend next year just to fool the bots.

Arvind Krishna, the CEO of IBM, said his company’s investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has ultimately led to a rise in employment in the firm.

According to a Tuesday (May 6) report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), IBM replaced a few hundred human resources staffers with AI agents, bots that can perform tasks like analyze spreadsheets, conduct research and draft emails autonomously.

Consequently, IBM hired more programmers and salespeople.

“While we have done a huge amount of work inside IBM on leveraging AI and automation on certain enterprise workflows, our total employment has actually gone up, because what it does is it gives you more investment to put into other areas,” Krishna told WSJ.

Krishna called these areas — such as software engineering, sales and marketing — “critical thinking” focused domains, where people need to do things that “face up or against other humans, as opposed to just doing rote process work,” according to the report.

WSJ noted that IBM didn’t say over what period its job reductions happened.

The CEO also noted that the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on IBM’s bottom line was “very limited,” given that most of its mainframe computer and quantum systems are built domestically.

However, he expressed caution about a possible reduction in demand due to tariffs, which could hit discretionary spending in the company’s consulting business.

“If the impact is within 3 to 4%, you actually can grit and manage through it,” Krishna said. “If the impact is going to be more like 10%, then that requires a lot more hardheaded management decisions.”

Krishna — along with the CEOs of Intel, Qualcomm and HP — met with Trump on March 10 to discuss the impact of tariffs on the industry.

“Some of the topics top-of-mind for our leadership team are trade policy and U.S. manufacturing,” that spokesperson said.

In February, Krishna argued that a drop in AI costs will drive demand for the technology.

“We will find that the usage will explode as costs come down,” Krishna told Bloomberg Television, according to a Feb. 11 report from PYMNTS.

A Shorewood man’s attorneys in a case linked to a 2024 mass shooting in Joliet is seeking to use Artificial Intelligence to review and analyze his discovery as he prepares for trial.

On Tuesday, attorneys for Jon Hansen, 25, filed a flurry of pretrial motions for the upcoming trial in a case where Hansen is charged with the murder of Toyosi Bakare, 28, and the attempted first-degree murder of Mario Guerrero, 44.

Both men were among the nine victims of a 2024 shooting spree in Joliet carried out by Romeo Nance, 23, of Joliet. Nance also shot and killed seven members of his own family, according to authorities.

Nance fled to Texas after the shooting and died by suicide following a confrontation with law enforcement. The charges against Hansen are holding him accountable for Nance’s shootings of Bakare and Guerrero.

One of the motions filed by Joliet law firm Tomczak Law Group requests the use of artificial intelligence to review and analyze the discovery.

The motion said the “product of the artificial intelligence” will only be reviewed by Hansen and his attorneys. Illinois Supreme Court rules on discovery in criminal cases “does not address this issue at this time,” according to the motion.

Attorney Jeff Tomczak has previously said the case involves an “enormous amount” of discovery that includes evidence from multiple states.

The other motions filed by Tomczak’s law firm include requesting prosecutors not to use Hansen’s mug shot during the trial and that Hansen should receive a list of prospective jurors at least two months before trial.

Tomczak has contended there is no evidence his client shot Bakare or Guerrero, and there’s no evidence that he played a role in those shootings.

Prosecutors have alleged Hansen sent Nance text messages that revealed his violent intentions and desire to engage in a confrontation with members of the Vice Lords gang.

Hansen’s case has not yet gone to trial but both parties may settle on a date Thursday.