The Pope has released a guidebook on AI ethics. Yes, you heard that right. The supreme pontiff has partnered with Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics to form the Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture (ITEC), a body that, according to its website, is designed to convene “leaders from business, civil society, academia,… Continue reading The Pope Just Released a Guide to Artificial Intelligence
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Rage Against the Machine Refuses to Play Venues With Facial Recognition
We gotta take the power back! Rage, Rage Rage Against the Machine is living up to its name by signing a pledge to boycott venues that use facial recognition technology. Band cofounders Tom Morello and Zack De La Rocha are, as Rolling Stone reports, among the many signatories of a pledge from the nonprofit Fight for… Continue reading Rage Against the Machine Refuses to Play Venues With Facial Recognition
These New Gas Station Vapes Are Horrifying
Image by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The federal government is facing an uphill battle in its ongoing crackdown on the vaping industry. And some of its efforts, arguably, may be backfiring. Since 2020, the number of different e-cigarettes being sold in the US has only continued to shoot up, The Associated Press reports, tripling to over… Continue reading These New Gas Station Vapes Are Horrifying
Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud
The jokes write themselves. Liar Liar A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results — and yes, the jokes write themselves. Harvard Business School behavioral scientist Francesca Gino has been placed on academic leave, the New York Times reports, after colleagues found evidence that she falsified data… Continue reading Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud
Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content
The steady march of AI in journalism continues — though the outcome, both for the health of the information ecosystem and the financial wellbeing of publishers that embrace it, remains as hazy as ever. G/O Media, a major online media company that runs publications including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Quartz, Jezebel, and Deadspin, has announced that it… Continue reading Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content
Canada Is Hotboxing the United States Again
There’s “no end in sight.” Back Again Earlier in June, US cities across the east coast were visited by unwelcome smoke from wildfires in Canada. A pervasive orange-gray haze loured over places like New York City for days, spiking air pollution to dangerous levels. That haze eventually cleared up, but the threat isn’t over. Canadian… Continue reading Canada Is Hotboxing the United States Again
OpenAI Sued for Using Everybody’s Writing to Train AI
“…Defendants took a different approach: theft.” My Data, Your Data A new lawsuit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI is alleging that the buzzy Silicon Valley firm’s AI training practices violated the privacy and copyright of — well, of pretty much everyone who’s ever posted anything online. To train its powerful AI language models, OpenAI utilized an… Continue reading OpenAI Sued for Using Everybody’s Writing to Train AI
The WHO Is About to Declare Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen
Image by Getty Aspartame, one of the most widely used artificial sweeteners in the world, will be declared as a possible carcinogen by the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports. The upcoming July ruling from the WHO group, the International Agency on Cancer Research (IARC), will list aspartame as “possibly… Continue reading The WHO Is About to Declare Aspartame a Possible Carcinogen
Madman Brings Clippy Back as an AI
CLIPPY’S REVENGE! Undead Clippit Clippy’s back, y’all — and more powerful than ever. The former Microsoft Office mascot — technically named Clippit, though pretty much everyone calls him Clippy — has had a rough go of it. First introduced back in 1997, the anthropomorphic paperclip was first retired from its hate-it-or-love-it “office assistant” role back… Continue reading Madman Brings Clippy Back as an AI
Bankrate Posts AI-Generated Article, Deletes It When We Point Out It’s Full of Errors
The finance site Bankrate has started publishing AI-generated articles again, and it insists that this time they’ve been meticulously fact-checked by a human journalist before being published. “This article was generated using automation technology and thoroughly edited and fact-checked by an editor on our editorial staff,” reads a message at the bottom of the new… Continue reading Bankrate Posts AI-Generated Article, Deletes It When We Point Out It’s Full of Errors