Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the development and adoption of technical standards to keep artificial intelligence (AI) “trustworthy”, saying governance of the technology has not kept pace with its growth. While the G7 leaders, meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, recognised that the approaches to …
Read More »China shuts 100,000 fake news social media accounts
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has launched a special operation aimed at removing online social media accounts that spread “fake news” and impersonate government-run media. The CAC said on Wednesday that since April 6 it had removed 107,000 accounts that disseminated false news and rumors on the internet. Hundreds …
Read More »New AI Service makes Fake Photos of you hanging out with your Friends, Laughing and having a great time.
Don’t want to spend time with other humans, but still want to make it look like you’re hanging out with your pals IRL? Boy, do we have just the thing. A new app called Hotshot makes use of the power of AI to generate fake photos of you and your …
Read More »UK reviews AI models as rapid growth fuels safety concerns
Britain’s competition regulator said on Thursday it would start examining the impact of artificial intelligence on consumers, businesses and the economy and whether new controls were needed on technologies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. While research on AI has been going on for years, the sudden popularity of generative AI applications …
Read More »Tech giant could replace workers with AI – Bloomberg
IBM plans to pause hiring for jobs that can be automated in the near future, the company’s CEO told the outlet International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) expects to cut nearly 8,000 jobs in the coming years and replace them with AI, the CEO of the US tech giant, Arvind Krishna, …
Read More »Will humans become an extension of their machines? ChatGPT may have irrevocable consequences for learning and decision-making
We already rely on digital crutches in numerous aspects of our lives – will we delegate even our essential faculties to AI? Mankind’s modern trajectory has been defined by several inflection points. The invention of electricity, the light bulb, the telegraph system, the computer and the Internet, among others, have …
Read More »Microsoft Set to Roll Out AI-Powered Docs, PowerPoint, Outlook Apps
Microsoft will reportedly demo how its new AI tech, similar to ChatGPT, works in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook in March. Microsoft is reportedly set to roll out its new AI tech, similar to ChatGPT, across Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook in March. According to The Verge’s Tom Warren, the company is …
Read More »Facial recognition: Clearview AI breaks EU data privacy rules, says French watchdog
France has threatened to fine the facial recognition company Clearview AI for unlawfully collecting citizens’ data. The French data protection watchdog (CNIL) said the American company had collected thousands of photos of French citizens without their consent. The authority has formally ordered Clearview to delete its database of images within …
Read More »Elon Musk announces plans for humanoid ‘Tesla Bot’
The billionaire entrepreneur says android is aimed at making physical work a ‘choice,’ jokes it will be ‘friendly’ and built so that ‘you can run away from it’ After dominating the electric vehicle market and throwing his hat into the billionaire space race, Tesla boss Elon Musk announced the latest …
Read More »Mind-reading AI may spell the end to humanity as we know it – Zizek
Technologies linking human consciousness to any sort of a cloud computing service could not just open the way for totalitarian mind control, but destroy the very essence of human relations, philosopher Slavoj Zizek says. A computer that can read the thoughts of many people at once would make normal human …
Read More »Hey Siri! Stop recording and sharing my private conversations.
“Voice assistants have a dark side, and we may be paying for their limited benefits with our privacy” A news story in the Guardian last week confirmed what many Apple users likely already suspected: Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, has the power to record private conversations, and these audio clips aren’t …
Read More »Facebook’s Voice Assistant in Works to Compete With Siri & Alexa.
The tech giant is looking to develop a voice AI, which would work across Facebook’s range of augmented and virtual reality products, including Portal and Oculus. The initiative is led by the director of AR/VR and Facebook Assistant Ira Snyder, with the plan to develop the technology for the Oculus …
Read More »Amazon staff listen to customers’ Alexa recordings: reports.
When Amazon customers speak to Alexa, the company’s AI-powered voice assistant, they may be heard by more people than they expect, according to a report. Amazon employees around the world regularly listen to recordings from the company’s smart speakers as part of the development process for new services, Bloomberg News …
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