In a first, surgical robots learned tasks by watching videos
By The Washington Post Published on December 30, 2024 They don’t get fruitcakes or Christmas cards from grateful patients, but for decades robots have been helping doctors perform gallbladder removals, hysterectomies, hernia repairs, prostate surgeries and more. While patients lie unconscious on the operating table, robotic arms and grippers work on their bodies at […]
Beware the Intention Economy: Collection and Commodification of Intent via Large Language Models
By HDSR Published on December 30, 2024 The rapid proliferation of large language models (LLMs) invites the possibility of a new marketplace for behavioral and psychological data that signals intent. This brief article introduces some initial features of that emerging marketplace. We survey recent efforts by tech executives to position the capture, manipulation, and commodification […]
OpenAI expands lobbying team to shape AI regulation
By Computing Published on June 14, 2024 OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, is expanding its lobbying team to influence legislation aimed at regulating AI technology. The San Francisco-based startup told the Financial Times that it has grown its global affairs team from just three at the beginning of 2023 to 35 currently, with […]
The New Colonialism of Big Tech
By Intelligence Squared Published on June 10, 2024 Who owns and profits from our data, both big and small, has become one of the defining issues of the post-internet age. In their new book, Data Grab, critical media theorist Ulises A. Mejias and sociologist of media and culture Nick Couldry argue that big tech companies […]
‘AI Jesus’ avatar tests man’s faith in machines and the divine
By AP NEWS Published on Novemeber 29, 2024 Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of “Jesus” on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and […]
Waters unveils AI disclosure bill for finserv
By PUNCHBOWL NEWS Published on Novemeber 27, 2024 The bill, would direct several federal regulators to study the use and origins of AI products being used by financial firms. Those agencies include the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and […]
Microsoft will soon let you clone your voice for teams meetings
By David Bombal Published on Nov 26, 2024 Microsoft will soon let you clone your voice for teams meetings sounds like a good idea but from a cyber security point of view is a nightmare Microsoft plans to let teams users clone their voices so they can have their sound alike speak to others in […]
Pentagon announces new AI office as it looks to deploy autonomous weapons
By THE HILLS Published on Novemeber 12, 2024 The Defense Department on Wednesday announced a new office focused on accelerating and adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the military as it aims to deploy autonomous weapons in the near future. The Artificial Intelligence Rapid Capabilities Cell (AI RCC) will aim to install […]
The AI Startup Anthropic, Which Is Always Talking About How Ethical It Is, Just Partnered With Palantir
By The Byte Published on November 08, 2024 Anthropic, the AI company that touts itself as the safety-prioritizing alternative to other AI firms like OpenAI — from which it’s poached many executives — has partnered with shadowy defense contractor Palantir. The AI company is also teaming up with Amazon Web Services to bring […]