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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...

AI ‘could go quite wrong’ – ChatGPT inventor

Sam Altman has told US Congress that the technology could cause “significant harm”. The CEO of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, has urged US...

AI ‘more urgent’ risk than ‘climate change’ – former Google engineer

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton resigned from his role at the forefront of the company’s tech development this month. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI)...

‘Godfather of AI’ sounds warning as he quits Google

Geoffrey Hinton says ‘bad actors’ could harness artificial intelligence for ‘bad things’. Turing Award-winning scientist Geoffrey Hinton is credited with being a foundational figure in...

Google intends to introduce AI technologies into ad campaigns – reports

Google plans to integrate generative artificial intelligence technology in its advertising business, British media reported on Thursday, citing a company presentation. Google reportedly already uses...

US Homeland Security chief launches AI task force

Alejandro Mayorkas wants to use AI to “secure the homeland” and “defend against the malicious use” of itself. The US Department of Homeland Security plans...

Tech giant rolls out ‘drone detector’

Kaspersky has announced a suitcase-sized, portable anti-UAV system. Leading Russian software company Kaspersky has developed a portable device for detecting small drones. The Antidrone Portable...

Freeing the log jam of distrust and dishonesty. Securing a brighter future.

Today’s education, politics, science, medicine, and media have failed us. Pandemic policy has changed the rules and distorted the truth. Like you I am always...

Music giant raises alarm over AI hit

Universal Music Group wants platforms and creators to be on the “right side of history” against “deep fakes and fraud”. After a song featuring the...

EU goes after ChatGPT

The bloc is looking at “possible enforcement actions” against the American AI project. The European Data Protection Board said on Thursday that it will help...

Bill Gates challenges AI moratorium

The Microsoft founder has a stake in one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has broken with hundreds of AI...

Biden convenes advisers to decide AI’s future

The meeting reportedly focused on ensuring ‘appropriate safeguards’ existed around popular tech like ChatGPT. US President Joe Biden summoned the President’s Council of Advisors on...

Widow blames chatbot ELIZA for husband’s suicide

An AI encouraged a Belgian man to kill himself over climate change, his surviving spouse told the local media. A young Belgian father was pressured...

Rage Against the Machine: Italy slaps ban on ChatGPT

The ban comes amid mounting alarm over the current dramatic upsurge in AI use, which poses numerous dangers to the global economy and society. The...

‘Everyone on Earth will die,’ top AI researcher warns

Humanity is unprepared to survive an encounter with a much smarter artificial intelligence, Eliezer Yudkowsky says. Shutting down the development of advanced artificial intelligence systems...

Musk demands AI pause

More than 1,100 professionals agree that the race between researchers poses ‘profound risks to society and humanity’. More than 1,100 AI researchers, tech luminaries, and...

Watch: AI is evolving faster than you think

Incredible AI advances in the space of a week, according to ColdFusion TV. https://youtu.be/DIU48QL5Cyk

AI may produce systems capable of wiping out all human life, Scholars Warn

There is a veritable "arms race" going on in the field of AI development, researchers claim, arguing that this field is in need of...

Scientists develop metallic robots that can turn into liquid

The new robots demonstrated, among other things, an ability to pass through a grid by switching to a liquid form before returning to their...

DARPA AI security camera defeated by US Marines pretending to be trees & boxes, book claims

The US government may be concerned about China getting its hands on its artificial intelligence technologies, but Beijing may be thinking twice about trying...

Intruding on Real Writing Jobs? Internet Fumes as Media Portal Churns Out AI-Generated Articles

A news outlet embarked on the experiment of publishing articles written by artificial intelligence (AI) in November, but has kept it low key, without...

NSA promises ‘no backdoors’ in new encryption

Spy agency claims future encryption standards will be too secure for it to bypass. The National Security Agency’s cybersecurity chief has claimed that next-generation encryption...

Facial recognition firm reaches privacy settlement

Clearview AI will stop selling database access to private companies, but continue working with law enforcement. Facial recognition software company Clearview AI has agreed to...

How liberty-infringing facial recognition threatens you every day

Despite rights groups' opposition, Orwellian tech able to recognize and track anyone, anywhere is booming. On February 15, Amnesty International published a report exposing how...

New AI-controlled device helps paralyzed people move

Patients with spinal-cord injuries were able to walk, cycle and swim again. Three patients completely paralyzed from the waist down due to irreparable damage to...

Elon Musk nears human testing of brain chip

The billionaire’s neurotechnology firm is hiring clinical trial staffers as it awaits regulatory approval. Neuralink, the US neurotechnology firm co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk,...

Watch: Human-like robot’s reaction ‘freaks out’ creators

A machine touted as the world’s most advanced humanoid robot “freaked out” its creators after it reacted with visible irritation and grabbed the hand...

Watch: Brain Cells in Petri Dish Learn to Play Pong in 5 Mins, Beating AI in Comparison, Study Shows

In the past couple of decades, the development of artificial intelligence - a machine capable of performing creative functions almost like a human -...

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