Engineers at OpenAI have designed a suite of tests to determine whether a future AI should be considered “artificial general intelligence” (AGI)—an AI that not only can outperform humans in most mental abilities but also can evolve new versions of itself without human intervention.
A new Department of Defense (DoD) directive issued in late September very arguably runs afoul of longstanding prohibitions on the U.S. military being used in domestic operations and surveillance against American citizens.
In a 10 October X post, Peter Diamandis, co-founder of Singularity University and protege of preeminent transhumanist Ray Kurzweil, endorsed good AI fighting bad AI as the only way humanity would be protected in the future.
Meta has unveiled Movie Gen, its AI that can create realistic videos from written instructions. The system will play catch-up with similar offerings already out, including OpenAI’s Sora and developer Runway’s version.
Mozilla, the nonprofit that operates the Thunderbird email program and Firefox browser, is urging AI developers to create a parallel AI industry devoted solely to public benefit—one that creates AI platforms just for nonprofits, government agencies, and companies emphasizing social goals.
OpenAI is considering transforming itself into a profit-seeking corporation that also is legally committed to socially beneficial works.
This year’s chemistry Nobel went to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, two AI scientists at Google’s DeepMind research subsidiary, and University of Washington biochemist David Baker for their work in developing AIs that can decode and forecast the structure of proteins.
Roughly two-thirds of people using AI in their jobs say that the tools create "new opportunities for them to enjoy work," according to HP’s latest Work Relationship Survey, which quizzed 15,600 employees across several industries.
Google’s DeepMind AI lab and BioNTech, co-developer of a COVID vaccine, are each creating automated lab assistants to help researchers design experiments and predict their results.
Michigan’s Palisades nuclear power plant came to the end of its useful life in 2022. Energy company Holtec International bought it and planned to dismantle it.