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AI-generated portrait of famous UK mathematician sells for over USD $1 million

A portrait of Alan Turing created by Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist, sold for $1,084,800 (£836,667) at Sotheby’s, far exceeding its estimated value of...

TikTok owner fires intern for ‘maliciously interfering’ with AI model

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has fired an intern for "maliciously interfering" with the training of one of its AI models. The company refuted...

Tesla unveils ‘Optimus’ robots and ‘futuristic’ Robovan

At Tesla’s Cybercab event, CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s latest tech innovations, including a fleet of Optimus humanoid robots and the futuristic Robovan...

Users are manipulating AI by posting ‘special phrases’ on websites – Kaspersky Lab

Users have learned to manipulate artificial intelligence, which is used in chatbots for searching, analyzing websites with answers to queries, by posting special phrases...

Tesla to produce ‘humanoid’ robots next year – Musk

The electric-vehicle maker will use the machines internally first before producing them for other companies, according to the CEO. Electric-vehicle manufacturer Tesla plans to introduce...

ChatGPT maker secretly developing new type of AI – Reuters

OpenAI is looking to substantially increase the reasoning capacity of its models, the agency has said. OpenAI, the creator of virtual assistant ChatGPT, is working...

McDonald’s scraps AI trial after bacon added to ice cream – media

The fast food giant will remove voice ordering tech from over 100 outlets by the end of July, the company has reportedly said. McDonald’s is...

‘Riding the AI wave’: Nvidia surpasses Microsoft to become world’s most valuable company

Nvidia has become the world's most valuable company with a market worth of $3.34 trillion, following a share price surge to an all-time high. The...

‘Do not trust them’: Snowden warns against OpenAI after NSA Chief joins board

Former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden warned on Friday never to trust tech company OpenAI, after it appointed former...

Rabbit R1: The smartphone killer?

The Rabbit R1, a new AI-driven digital assistant, has been launched with the ambition of rivaling smartphones. The device, designed as a portable AI companion,...

Open AI takes down Scarlett Johansson-like voice

The Hollywood actress said she was “shocked” by the uncanny resemblance and sought legal counsel to protect her rights. High-tech company Open AI has suspended...

Deepfake democracy: How AI is disrupting the biggest election on Earth

Manipulated videos of political endorsements are too sophisticated to discern or track. Experts say the intent might be reverse psychology – to undermine the party...

Mind control, polypharmacy, and biotechnology, a looming disaster and a dead end

An article in the UK Daily Telegraph entitled “The ‘black sheep’ brain chip start-up backed by Bezos and Gates" and a fascinating Tucker Carlson...

Meta to flag AI-generated content

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram will sniff out and label robot-created videos, photos, and audio. Meta will start labeling AI-generated content on Facebook...

UNGA adopts AI resolution

The move is aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in the context of the rapidly developing technology. The UN General Assembly on Thursday unanimously...

British state media BBC looking to develop its own AI

The BBC has revealed plans to build and train its own artificial intelligence model to support its production process. UK national broadcaster BBC has announced...

AI chip maker Nvidia’s market value soars to US$2 trillion

Nvidia, a leading AI chip company, has seen its market value soar above US$2 trillion, marking a significant milestone in its growth and highlighting...

‘Racist’ Google AI suspended after historic failure

Gemini kept returning “diverse” pictures in response to prompts about Europeans. The Gemini artificial intelligence program will not be allowed to generate images of people...

US government funds AI tools for whole-of-internet surveillance and censorship

I feel scared. Very scared. Internet-wide surveillance and censorship, enabled by the unimaginably vast computational power of artificial intelligence (AI), is here. This is not a...

Pope warns of ‘perverse’ deepfakes

The pontiff acknowledged he had personally been a victim of AI-generated hoaxes. Pope Francis has issued a warning about the potential dangers posed by artificial...

AI chatbot goes rogue

The software of delivery company DPD recited poetry and used swear words after failing to help a customer. An AI-powered chatbot of the delivery firm...

Prestigious book prize winner used ChatGPT

Rie Kudan says about 5% of her novel was written by AI, which she claims “unlocked her creativity”. Japanese author Rie Kudan has admitted she...

AI to increase global inequality – WEF

The technology’s benefits for production will be more pronounced in high-income economies, according to a survey by the WEF. Leading economists surveyed by the World...

AI is our ‘Promethean fire’: using it wisely means knowing its true nature – and our own minds

Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). But whether that future will prove utopian, apocalyptic or...

Kanye West’s apology to Jews ‘looks’ AI-generated – TMZ

The celebrity gossip outlet has claimed 85% likelihood that the AI actually wrote the statement. Rapper Kanye ‘Ye’ West’s Hebrew-language apology for anti-Semitic comments appears...

New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI

AI chatbots threaten “independent journalism,” the US paper of record has said. The New York Times filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Microsoft and OpenAI...

Tesla factory robot mauls worker – media

The malfunctioning machine reportedly plunged its metal “claws” into a Tesla employee. A Tesla software engineer suffered lacerations after he was mauled by a manufacturing...

Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan uses AI to deliver speech from prison

Imran Khan wrote a script that was turned into a four-minute speech with the help of a ‘voice clone’. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan,...

EU regulates AI

Chatbots and deepfake generators are required to label their creations and share data about their algorithms. The EU unveiled its first-ever legislative package attempting to...

Musk’s AI just as “far left” as ChatGPT – researcher

Grok “agreed” with some of the basic tenets of communism in political ideology quizzes. Billionaire Elon Musk’s new AI chatbot Grok has nearly the same...

ChatGPT creator to return as CEO of OpenAI

Sam Altman was fired last week in what media have described as an attempted “coup” by the company’s board members. OpenAI's chief executive officer Sam...

Modi warns of AI dangers after deepfake revelation

The Indian leaders believes artificial intelligence is a matter of “concern” and could cause chaos. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged the use...

ChatGPT gets new feature enabling it to ‘speak’, ‘listen’ and ‘see’

ChatGPT, which stands for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, was launched in November 2022. It quickly became the most popular AI-powered chatbot and has over 100...

Musk warns of ‘civilizational risk’ from AI

There is an “above zero” chance that the technology “will kill us all,” the billionaire has claimed. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) could pose...

Big Tech unveils platform to promote ‘safe’ AI

IT heavyweights, including Microsoft and Google, launched a forum focusing on safeguards for artificial intelligence projects. Major players in the AI industry launched a group...

Google testing journalism AI – NYT

The tech giant’s AI chatbot Bard is already notorious for serving up false information as factual. Google is testing an AI-powered journalism product and pitching...

‘I am the AI’ – Biden

The US president joked as he warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence following a meeting with Big Tech leaders. US President Joe Biden declared...

AI is ‘quite stupid’ – Meta

The ‘hype’ behind artificial intelligence has surpassed what it is actually capable of, Meta has said. Current artificial intelligence (AI) models are “quite stupid” and...

How fake AI images could stoke tensions in the Indo-Pacific

Seeing is no longer believing. Surprisingly realistic – yet fake – images created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are here. To date, most have seemed more like...

AI drone ‘killed’ its operator during virtual test – USAF official

The program reportedly deduced that human input was interfering with its mission to destroy military targets. The US Air Force has reportedly been carrying out...

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