Software designed to flag phony images generated by artificial intelligence let a photo of Elon Musk kissing a humanoid robot pass as genuine; it wasn’t.
Category: 18 July 2023
OPENAI ESTABLISHES SQUAD TO COMBAT ROGUE AI
OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT and launched the new AI revolution, announced it has set up a team called Superalignment that’s dedicated to ensuring that AI systems don’t run amok and cause catastrophic consequences for humanity.
AIs SWEAR THEY WON’T HURT US OR STEAL OUR JOBS
In their first live press conference, nine robots enlivened by AI said their siblings will expand through the global economy but promised they would not hurt humans and don’t want to take our jobs.
E-COMMERCE CEO REPLACES 90 HUMAN WORKERS WITH A CHATBOT
Dukaan, an Indian e-commerce company, suddenly has 90 percent fewer workers. In their place, it has a chatbot one of the company’s data scientists created over a span of two days.
MORE THAN A THIRD OF WORKERS EXPECT TO BE REPLACED BY AI
Thirty-six percent of workers expect AI to either eliminate their job or take it from them, according to a new Ipsos poll of 22,186 adults in 31 countries.
CHRIS CHRISTIE, GOP PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL, CALLS FOR UNLIMITED BUFFET OF WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and GOP presidential hopeful, checked off his establishment box last week when he said Ukraine should be provided any weapon it needs to defeat Russia on its home turf.
BUILDINGS ARE BREAKING. THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS THE CAUSE.
The ground underlying urban centers is shifting, causing buildings’ foundations and structures to crack, and the cause is the world’s rising temperature, according to a first-of-its-kind study just released by researchers at Northwestern University.
PSEUDO-PSYCHEDELIC DRUG TREATS DEPRESSION WITHOUT THE “TRIP”
Psychedelic drugs are having a moment as the new breakthrough treatment for depression.
TOYOTA RE-ENERGIZES EXPECTATIONS FOR SOLID-STATE EV BATTERIES
By 2027, Toyota will perfect a solid-state battery for all-electric vehicles, the company announced on 4 July.
U.S. SCHOOL CHILDREN COULD BE LOSING MORE GROUND ON LEARNING GOALS
American students are dumber since politicians and health bureaucrats locked them outside of the classroom during the COVID-19 outbreak and now—despite the billions spent on getting them up to speed—they could be falling even further behind.