More than 70 percent of the 2,000 respondents in a British OnePoll survey want stricter laws controlling AI, specifically to slow down the breakneck pace of advances.
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“VIRTUAL LAB” RUNS THOUSANDS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH A FEW CLICKS
There are millions of genetic mutations whose effects are unknown. Some might have therapeutic benefits. Weeding through them all to find out which ones have value could take millions of hours of lab work.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
It’s global. The numbers are there for all to see. From developed to underdeveloped nations, economies are slowing down and/or contracting.
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THE U.S. HAS MORE JOB APPLICANTS THAN AVAILABLE JOBS
Posted job requisitions increased 7 percent during the first six months of 2024, year on year, while job applications rocketed up 31 percent, according to a study released last week by hiring website Workday.
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OPENAI INTRODUCES “THINKING” CHATBOT
OpenAI has unveiled a new series of AIs, called OpenAI o1, that the developers say can “think” as it reasons its way through more complex problems in coding, math, and science than the company’s previous models can.
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MANAGING BOTS TEACHES SUPERVISORS TO BETTER MANAGE PEOPLE
Hanover Insurance Group is one of the businesses using a new AI that teaches bosses to manage people by managing bots.
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CHINA REFUSES TO ENDORSE OUTLINE TO GOVERN AI’S MILITARY USES
In Seoul, South Korea, last week, 60 nations endorsed a “blueprint for action” outlining permitted military uses of AI. China was among 30 countries that refused to support the non-binding outline.
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CAN AI PREDICT THE TIPPING POINT INTO DISASTER?
When a change—a disease outbreak, a shifting weather pattern, or similar flux—leads to disaster, it usually has a “tipping point”: a moment at which the crisis that follows can no longer be avoided.
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RESEARCHERS RETHINK COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE FOR AGI
Computer scientists in China have reversed AI’s computer architecture in a way that, they claim, brings general artificial intelligence (AGI) closer.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
More evidence continues to pile up that AI—and some of its most ardent advocates—is going off the rails.