Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
By The Byte Published on August 06, 2024 A Stanford University psychologist named Michal Kosinski claims that AI he’s built can detect your intelligence, sexual preferences, and political leanings with a great degree of accuracy just by scanning your face, Business Insider reports. Needless to say, Kosinski’s work raises many ethical questions. Is […]
We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’
By MIT Technology Review Published on Aug 05, 2024 AI concerns overemphasize harms arising from subversion rather than seduction. Worries about AI often imagine doomsday scenarios where systems escape human control or even understanding. Short of those nightmares, there are nearer-term harms we should take seriously: that AI could jeopardize public discourse through misinformation; cement […]
The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast
By The New York Times Published on July 19, 2024 For years, the people building powerful artificial intelligence systems have used enormous troves of text, images and videos pulled from the internet to train their models. Now, that data is drying up. Over the past year, many of the most important […]
Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand
By The Guardian Published on July 08, 2024 Google’s goal of reducing its climate footprint is in jeopardy as it relies on more and more energy-hungry data centres to power its new artificial intelligence products. The tech giant revealed Tuesday that its greenhouse gas emissions have climbed 48% over the past five years. […]
Rise of the Restaurant Robots: Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Others Bet on Automation
By The Wall Street Journal Published on July 11, 2024 Kernel, a New York City startup from Chipotle Mexican Grill founder Steve Ells, uses a robotic arm to flip plant-based burger patties and a conveyor belt to move dishes along the assembly line. Humans put on the finishing touches and package the meals for […]
A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots
By The New York Times Published on July 02, 2024 In a field on the outskirts of Kyiv, the founders of Vyriy, a Ukrainian drone company, were recently at work on a weapon of the future. To demonstrate it, Oleksii Babenko, 25, Vyriy’s chief executive, hopped on his motorcycle and rode down a dirt path. […]
Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes.
By The New York Times Published on June 29, 2024 In January 2020, Robert Williams spent 30 hours in a Detroit jail because facial recognition technology suggested he was a criminal. The match was wrong, and Mr. Williams sued. On Friday, as part of a legal settlement over his wrongful arrest, Mr. Williams got a […]
California governor wants to restrict smartphone usage in schools
By THE HILL Published on June 18, 2024 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media. The announcement, which was first reported by Politico, comes a day after U.S. […]
Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month to face extra checks
By The Guardian Published on June 14, 2024 Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month are to face extra checks from August, the regulator has confirmed, as part of a large package of measures aimed at protecting the most vulnerable customers. The extra checks come in from 30 August, and the […]