“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
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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
New Gun Won’t Fire Without Checking Owner’s Fingerprint
“If we can save one life, I think that’s the right thing to do. I think we can save tens of thousands of lives.” Trigger Fingerprint There’s finally a smart gun on the market — but analysts warn that it’s hard to say whether firearm enthusiasts will actually buy it. As Bloomberg reports, the Biofire smart gun… Continue reading New Gun Won’t Fire Without Checking Owner’s Fingerprint
Twitter Rips Into Elon Musk’s New Crypto “Ponzi Scheme”
“Oh you said you wanted them to fix the crypto spam? That’s cute.” Confidence Artist Elon Musk is moving forward with his plan to turn Twitter into an “everything app” by introducing stock and crypto trading options on the social network — and tons of the platform’s denizens are calling foul. Twitter is partnering with… Continue reading Twitter Rips Into Elon Musk’s New Crypto “Ponzi Scheme”
Major News Site Warns ChatGPT Is Inaccurate, Announces Plans to Use It Anyway
Insider has given its reporters the green light to use OpenAI’s ChatGPT for its reporting, as long as they don’t plagiarize or misconstrue any facts in the process — while acknowledging, strangely, that ChatGPT has been known to both plagiarize and fabricate. “AI at Insider: We can use it to make us faster and better,” reads… Continue reading Major News Site Warns ChatGPT Is Inaccurate, Announces Plans to Use It Anyway