Despite developers’ assurances to the contrary, AI models still rank job candidates with “White-sounding” names ahead of those with more ethnically linked monikers, according to a new study from the University of Washington.
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AI COMES TO THE AID OF BIODIVERSITY
In late October, an estimated 15,000 people met in Colombia for COP16, the 16th annual meeting of the 150 nations that signed the Convention on Biodiversity intended to protect species from extinction.
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DON’T USE AI TO SPY ON WORKERS, AGENCY WARNS
Employers could find themselves in legal trouble if they use AI and algorithmic programs to surveil their workers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned in a public statement.
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OPENAI GIVES CHATGPT A SEARCH FUNCTION
Over the next few weeks, OpenAI will introduce its search function for its flagship ChatGPT AI platform.
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TAIWAN HAS BECOME THE PRECARIOUS GLOBAL CENTER OF AI TECHNOLOGY
Nvidia, the market leader in AI chips, sees Taiwan as the only place able to make its state-of-the-art AI chips.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI DEGRADING HUMAN COGNITION, AND A SETBACK FOR THE “CENSORSHIP INDUSTRY”
A new research paper featured in Nature Human Behavior says a novel cognitive mode for humans is emerging, due to AI technology.
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MIND-VASION: INDOCTRINATION GOING FROM OUTSIDE-IN, TO INSIDE-OUT
Generative AI and sophisticated new brain targeting technologies, together with defeats suffered by authoritarian elites in molding opinions of citizens, is setting the stage for a different species of mind manipulation.
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SPECIAL REPORT: AI AND THE MARKETS
Major tech firms will spend more than $200 billion this year on capital projects and even more in 2025 to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI), according to their announced plans.
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CHINA CREATES MILITARY AI MODELS USING META’S LLAMA PLATFORM
Chinese research institutions with ties to the country’s Academy of Military Sciences have built an AI for military applications by using Meta's publicly available LLaMA generative AI, according to a recently published research paper.
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DATA CENTERS COULD HEAT EUROPEAN HOMES AND BUSINESSES
Frankfurt, a German city of almost 800,000 people, is home to 60 AI data centers as well as some of the world’s largest Internet exchanges.