“We are on a path to a world in which algorithms will enable us to decode people’s mental processes.” Thought Police The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has sounded the alarm bell on neurotechnology, warning that its “warp speed” advancement, catalyzed by artificial intelligence, poses a threat to human rights and mental… Continue reading UN Warns That AI-Powered Brain Implants Could Spy on Our Innermost Thoughts
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Sam Altman Is Not At All Happy With The FTC’s ChatGPT Investigation
He’s super disappointed. Poor guy. Disappointed! On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission announced it had opened an extensive investigation into ChatGPT maker OpenAI over concerns that it’s violated consumer protection laws by harming users’ reputations. The regulator is now demanding that the Sam Altman-led company provide detailed accounts of every time somebody complained of its… Continue reading Sam Altman Is Not At All Happy With The FTC’s ChatGPT Investigation
AI Expert: “I Think We’re All Going to Die”
Is that good? Good As Dead There’s no shortage of AI doomsday scenarios to go around, so here’s another AI expert who pretty bluntly forecasts that the technology will spell the death of us all, as reported by Bloomberg. This time, it’s not a so-called godfather of AI sounding the alarm bell — or that… Continue reading AI Expert: “I Think We’re All Going to Die”
Lawsuit Claims Google Is Vacuuming Up People’s Whole Lives to Train AI
The lawsuits are piling up. Everything and Anything Lawsuits against AI companies for their training and data practices continue to pile up. And this time, Google’s the one in the hot seat. As Reuters reports, a class action lawsuit is accusing Google of “secretly stealing everything ever created and shared on the internet by hundreds… Continue reading Lawsuit Claims Google Is Vacuuming Up People’s Whole Lives to Train AI
Hollywood’s Plan to Scan Actors Sounds Exactly Like a Recent Episode of “Black Mirror”
That’s why it sounded so familiar! Art Imitates Life Hollywood actors have officially gone on strike, joining the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines for the first time in over 60 years — a reality that Netflix, a major force in the industry the actors are striking against, predicted almost exactly a month ago… Continue reading Hollywood’s Plan to Scan Actors Sounds Exactly Like a Recent Episode of “Black Mirror”
Elon Musk Warns Chinese Leaders That AI Could Take Over the Country
AI Domination On the same day he unveiled a new company called xAI to better “understand reality,” Twitter CEO Elon Musk made another eyebrow-raising claim: that he’d warned Chinese leaders that a “digital superintelligence” could take over the entire country, Insider reports. During a Twitter Spaces call on Wednesday, Musk revealed that he had spent… Continue reading Elon Musk Warns Chinese Leaders That AI Could Take Over the Country
Studios Want to Replace Background Actors With AI After Paying Them for Only One Day
It’s official: the Screen Actors Guild is joining the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines by the end of Thursday, the first time that’s happened since 1960. That means much of Hollywood is effectively on strike, grinding the most influential film industry in the world to a halt. Ever since the WGA went… Continue reading Studios Want to Replace Background Actors With AI After Paying Them for Only One Day
Scientists Attempt to Explain Star With Tentacle-Like Arms
Whoa. Hidden World Many galaxies — including our own Milky Way — form in spiral-like shapes. But there are some curious stars out there that have spirals of their own, surrounded by what’s known as protoplanetary disks of gas and dust that can eventually form planets and other objects. These spirals have long been the source… Continue reading Scientists Attempt to Explain Star With Tentacle-Like Arms
A Cruise Ship Pulled Up for a Beautiful View. Then Blood Started Turning the Water Red
It’s not the kind of view they’d paid for. Red Wave Luxury cruise ship passengers were exposed to a grizzly sight after docking at the Faroe Islands capital of Tórshavn over the weekend. Specifically, locals were in the process of butchering 78 long-finned pilot whales — a type of dolphin — in the adjacent bay, tinting the… Continue reading A Cruise Ship Pulled Up for a Beautiful View. Then Blood Started Turning the Water Red
FTC Investigating ChatGPT for Saying Harmful Things About People
OpenAI may have broken consumer protection laws. FTC Probe The Federal Trade Commission has started an extensive investigation into ChatGPT maker OpenAI to figure out whether it has violated consumer protection laws by undermining its users’ reputations. The regulator fired off a 20-page demand, The Washington Post reports, requiring OpenAI to provide detailed descriptions of… Continue reading FTC Investigating ChatGPT for Saying Harmful Things About People