Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk-Backed Non-Profit Offered $100K Grant to ‘Pro-Nazi’ Media Outlet
The Future of Life Institute said that a failure of vetting led to the grant offer to the Swedish far-right media platform "Nya Dagbladet," but it was revoked once they realised their extremist ideology.
CNET Defends Use of AI Blogger After Embarrassing 163-Word Correction: ‘Humans Make Mistakes, Too’
The technology site's top editor said the use of AI to write stories was an “experiment” in line with CNET’s history of “testing new technologies."
Workers Who Train Google's Search Algorithm Finally Got a Raise Thanks to Union Action
Thousands of contractors who work for RaterLabs and power Google search's AI behind the scenes will now receive $14-$14.50 an hour.
Startup Uses AI Chatbot to Provide Mental Health Counseling and Then Realizes It 'Feels Weird'
“We pulled the feature anyway and I wanted to unravel the concern as a thought piece, to help reign in enthusiasm about gpt3 replacing therapists."
An AI Expert Explains How Realistic ‘M3GAN’ Really Is
Killer robots could be the least of our problems.
Researcher Deepfakes His Voice, Uses AI to Demand Refund From Wells Fargo
Do Not Pay, which has automated a ton of menial tasks, says it plans to make the tool available to customers.
NYC Bans Students and Teachers from Using ChatGPT
The machine learning chatbot is inaccessible on school networks and devices, due to "concerns about negative impacts on student learning," a spokesperson said.
This Virtual Twitch Streamer is Controlled Entirely By AI
Neuro-sama has quickly become a rising star of the V-tuber phenomenon.
Artists Are Revolting Against AI Art on ArtStation
Artists are fed up with AI art on the portfolio platform, which is owned by Epic Games, but the company isn't backing down.
Chinese Students Invent Coat That Makes People Invisible to AI Security Cameras
“Security cameras using AI technology are everywhere. They pervade our lives... Our privacy is exposed,” a researcher told VICE World News.
Stack Overflow Bans ChatGPT For Constantly Giving Wrong Answers
One of the internet’s largest coding resources has temporarily banned the AI chatbot after users answered programming questions with its responses.
OpenAI’s New Chatbot Will Tell You How to Shoplift And Make Explosives
ChatGPT is yet another reminder that all AI systems are prone to bias and misuse.