“Please learn any lessons possible from this.” Rug Pull Yet another NFT collector got caught up in a scam, losing millions of dollars worth of crypto in the process. Collector and aerospace engineer Frank Caldwell II, better known by his online handle FranklinIsBored, was forced to sell a number of his Bored Ape NFTs after… Continue reading Crypto Guy Forced to Sell Apes After Falling for Scam
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Google Surprised When Experimental AI Learns Language It Was Never Trained On
“There is an aspect of this which we call — all of us in the field call it as a ‘black box.’” Linguistic Nightmare Like a human possessed, Google’s artificial intelligence appears to know things it shouldn’t — and yeah, it’s freaking us out. In an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes, Google tech exec James… Continue reading Google Surprised When Experimental AI Learns Language It Was Never Trained On
You Can Apparently Use a “USB Condom” to Protect Against the FBI’s Latest Boogeyman
No glove, no love. Alerta The FBI and Federal Communications Commission are warning about the dangers of public USB charging ports — but luckily, someone’s come up with a literal prophylactic. As ZDNet reports, concerns over “juice jacking” — rogue charging ports introducing malware or draining your battery in service of turning your phone into miniature… Continue reading You Can Apparently Use a “USB Condom” to Protect Against the FBI’s Latest Boogeyman
Media Outlet Shows Off AI-Powered News Presenter
“Fedha represents everyone.” AInchor Move over, AI-generated SEO spam — AI-powered news anchors are here. Kuwait News — the oil-rich nation’s first English-speaking paper, notably — revealed its first AI-generated news personality, dubbed “Fedha,” on Twitter over the weekend, with the Kuwaiti publication’s deputy editor-in-chief, Abdullah Boftain, telling the French news outlet AFP that Fedha was introduced… Continue reading Media Outlet Shows Off AI-Powered News Presenter
Machine Learning Investor Warns AI Is Becoming Like a God
A serial artificial intelligence investor is raising alarm bells about the dogged pursuit of increasingly-smart machines, which he believes may soon advance to the degree of divinity. In an op-ed for the Financial Times, AI mega-investor Ian Hogarth recalled a recent anecdote in which a machine learning researcher with whom he was acquainted told him that… Continue reading Machine Learning Investor Warns AI Is Becoming Like a God
AI Is Already Putting Videogame Illustrators Out of Work in China
“Two people could potentially do the work that used to be done by ten.” Destabilizing Diffusion AI image generators are already taking work away from China-based videogame artists and illustrators, Rest of World reports. Illustrator Amber Yu told the publication she used to make anywhere between $430 and $1,000 for the time-intensive labor of drawing videogame… Continue reading AI Is Already Putting Videogame Illustrators Out of Work in China
Mom Says Creeps Used AI to Fake Daughter’s Kidnapping
“It was completely her voice. It was her inflection. It was the way she would have cried.” Horrifying Phone Call A mom says criminals used AI to clone the voice of her 15-year-old daughter to fake a kidnapping and try to get a ransom — a shocking incident that underlines just how far the technology… Continue reading Mom Says Creeps Used AI to Fake Daughter’s Kidnapping
AI Tasked With Destroying Humanity Now Trying New Tactic
Mama didn’t raise no quitter. As reported by Vice, ChaosGPT — that autonomous, open-source AI agent tasked to “destroy humanity,” among other grandiose goals — is still working hard to bring about the end of our species, albeit with its efforts focused on a new plan of attack. To recap, ChaosGPT’s first go at ending… Continue reading AI Tasked With Destroying Humanity Now Trying New Tactic
San Francisco District Attorney Takes Aim at Elon Musk Over Murder Allegations
Cash App cofounder Bob Lee was found stabbed to death in a deserted part of downtown San Francisco in the early morning hours of April 4. The incident, which received huge amounts of media attention, led Silicon Valley leaders to come out in force, decrying the state of violent crime in the city. Some tech… Continue reading San Francisco District Attorney Takes Aim at Elon Musk Over Murder Allegations
Scientists Launch JUICE Mission to Distant Worlds
“This is one of the most exciting missions we have ever flown in the solar system, by far the most complex.” Lucid Dreams The European Space Agency has successfully launched an exciting new deep space mission to visit Jupiter’s icy moons, which are considered to be some of the best places to search for extraterrestrial… Continue reading Scientists Launch JUICE Mission to Distant Worlds