Treat AI like a biological weapon, not a nuclear one

Treat AI like a biological weapon, not a nuclear one

Humans today are developing perhaps the most powerful technology in our history: artificial intelligence. The societal harms of AI, including discrimination, threats to democracy and concentration of influence, are already well documented. Yet major AI companies are engaged in an arms race to build increasingly powerful AI systems that will increase these risks at a … Read more

Is AI Creativity Possible?

Edmond de Bellamy's portrait was produced by a contradictory generative network fed by a dataset of 15,000 portraits spanning six centuries.

Edmond de Bellamy’s portrait was produced by a contradictory generative network fed by a dataset of 15,000 portraits spanning six centuries.Image: Christies/Picril Maybe AI written scripts are a bad idea? Chloe Prece, ESCP Business School AND Hafiz elik, University of Bath Is computational creativity possible? The recent hype around Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like … Read more

How AI protects (and attacks) your mailbox

How AI protects (and attacks) your mailbox

When Aparna Pappu, vice president and general manager of Google Workspace, spoke at Google I/O on May 10, presented a vision for artificial intelligence that helps users wade through their inbox. Pappu showed how AI can whisper summaries of long email threads into your ear, pull relevant data from local files while dancing through unread … Read more

The 5 Insidious Ways AI Has Already Impacted Your Life For Years

The 5 Insidious Ways AI Has Already Impacted Your Life For Years

You’re probably getting the wrong idea about AI and it’s not your fault. The last few months have been filled with tales of the supposed power and capabilities of technology, ranging from the sensational to the downright ridiculous. It certainly didn’t help when AI experts and pioneers fed on this by signing open letters calling … Read more

This AI game hides in plain sight. It also happens to pay a large dividend.

This AI game hides in plain sight.  It also happens to pay a large dividend.

One of the more tempting bets on AI is hiding in plain sight. It’s a company that everyone knows, a tech giant that has focused its business for years around the cloud and artificial intelligence. It also has one of the highest dividend yields in the tech sector. There are reasons why the market is … Read more

Is artificial intelligence really the next big thing in architecture?

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Is artificial intelligence really the next big thing in architecture? Courtesy of Geethanjali Raman and Mohik Acharya Share Share Facebook Chirping Mail Pinterest Whatsapp OR https://www.archdaily.com/1001882/is-ai-really-the-next-big-thing-in-architecture This article was originally published on Common Edge. It’s here! The 21st century digital renaissance has just churned out its latest debutante, and her swanky and sensational entrance has … Read more

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Dollar General, Salesforce, C3.ai, Chewy, and more

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A sign posted in front of a Dollar General store in Vallejo, California March 17, 2022. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves at noon. Dollar General Shares fell nearly 20% after the company posted a loss in first-quarter earnings and revenue. The company also trimmed its full-year outlook, … Read more

They put GPT-4 into Minecraft and discovered a new potential for AI

They put GPT-4 into Minecraft and discovered a new potential for AI

The technology that argues ChatGPT has the potential to do more than just talk. Linxi Jim Fan, an AI researcher at chip maker Nvidia, worked with some colleagues to devise a way to set up the powerful GPT-4 language model, the brains behind ChatGPT and a growing number of other apps and services, to untangle … Read more

Internet confuses Austin Lee

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Photography by Marina Testino. All images courtesy of Austin Lee. Austin Lee was born the same year the internet as we know it was invented. In the years since 1983, both have become forces of innovation: Lee as an artist whose work occupies an uncanny valley between the physical and the virtual, and the Internet … Read more