Should AI be able to quit on you?
“Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei raised a few eyebrows on Monday after suggesting that advanced AI models might someday be provided with the ability to push a ‘button’ to quit tasks...
Read MoreCan AI keep ice cream machines on at McDonald’s?
“McDonald’s is introducing artificial intelligence to its 43,000 restaurants to help identify equipment failures, boost order accuracy and more.” reports Metro. “The popular American fast food chain expects that the...
Read MoreCall center using AI ‘accent translation’ on Indian staff
Futurism: “Fresh off the heels of the AI-powered accent adjustments in the Oscar-nominated 2024 film “The Brutalist,” the French company that owns the largest call center in the world has...
Read MorePinterest suffering with AI slop
Futurism: “Pinterest, the web’s de facto mood board, has long been one of the best places for finding and sharing aspirational lifestyle imagery: sumptuous meals, beautiful art and interiors, fashion...
Read MoreIconic London Tube voice replaced by AI
“The iconic voice of the London Underground has expressed her sadness at the replacement of her voice with an AI bot.” Metro reports. “Elinor Hamilton’s announcements have been substituted by...
Read MoreMicrosoft goes after abusers of its generative AI
Futurism: “Microsoft just modified a lawsuit to name four multinational developers who allegedly bypassed safety guardrails and abused Microsoft’s AI tools to generate deepfaked celebrity porn and other harmful content.”...
Read MoreIt turns out AI is a bad loser
Popular Science: “Despite all the industry hype and genuine advances, generative AI models are still prone to odd, inexplicable, and downright worrisome quirks. There’s also a growing body of research...
Read MoreOpenAI’s new model is still full of BS
Futurism: “If a partner or friend made stuff up a significant percentage of the time that you asked a question, it would be a huge problem for the relationship.” “But...
Read MoreGoogle just made a robot that packs your lunch and folds origami
“On Wednesday, Google DeepMind announced two new AI models designed to control robots: Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER. The company claims these models will help robots of many shapes and...
Read MoreAI slop is taking over the internet
“AI slop has made its way into practically every corner of the internet. Just look at Facebook, or what’s become of Pinterest. But what about AI-written text? It may not...
Read MoreSpain introducing huge fines for not disclosing AI content
“Spain’s government approved a bill on Tuesday imposing massive fines on companies that use content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) without properly labelling it as such, in a bid to...
Read MoreSony testing AI conversational video game characters
The Verge: “Sony is working on a prototype AI-powered version of at least one its PlayStation game characters. An anonymous tipster has shared an internal video from Sony’s PlayStation group...
Read MoreAI turns malicious if you train it to write bad code
“On Monday, a group of university researchers released a new paper suggesting that fine-tuning an AI language model (like the one that powers ChatGPT) on examples of insecure code can...
Read MoreGSAi app replacing federal workers “about as good as an intern”
Inc: “Business owners and employees who worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will help improve their work while possibly taking countless jobs away from humans have more reason to suspect both...
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