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Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian computer scientist who is often referred to as the “godfather” of artificial intelligence (AI), has raised concerns that the technology may lead to human extinction in the next 30 years. Prof Hinton, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics earlier this year for his work in the field, estimates a “10% to…
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Social media users have been left shellshocked by a ‘dystopian’ employee “productivity monitoring” AI software that aims to scrutinise every move of the workers whilst suggesting ways they can be replaced by automation. A Reddit user claimed that during a sales pitch for such a tool, they were made aware of the software suite that…
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San Francisco, United States: A quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models — the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future — may be slowing down. Since the frenzied launch of ChatGPT two years ago, AI believers have maintained that improvements in…
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping made a landmark agreement on Saturday, emphasising the importance of human decision-making over artificial intelligence when it comes to nuclear weapons. “The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons,” said a statement from the White House. “The…
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From assisting doctors with diagnoses to suggesting advanced treatments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming health and medicine. But AI has predominantly been developed by men, based on data sets that prioritise men’s bodies and health needs. That means many AI models are riddled with gender and sex biases – posing a health risk to women,…
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Stockholm/San Francisco: In the early years, getting AI models like ChatGPT or its rival Cohere to spit out human-like responses required vast teams of low-cost workers helping models distinguish basic facts such as if an image was of a car or a carrot. But more sophisticated updates to AI models in the fiercely competitive arena…
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It would be the first ‘zetta-class’ supercomputer in the world. Japan is building a super-fast computer, the first of its kind, that will be 1,000 times faster than any computer we have now. It will be ready to use in 2030 and could cost over $780 million to make. This new computer will help Japan…
Generative AI uses 30 times more energy than a traditional search engine, warns researcher. Montreal, Canada: If you care about the environment, think twice about using AI. Generative artificial intelligence uses 30 times more energy than a traditional search engine, warns researcher Sasha Luccioni, on a mission to raise awareness about the environmental impact of…
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Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centers around the world, has introduced an artificial intelligence translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers who speak 200 different languages and 75 dialects. So an Alorica representative who speaks, say, only Spanish can field a complaint about a balky printer or an incorrect…
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Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centers around the world, has introduced an artificial intelligence translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers who speak 200 different languages and 75 dialects. So an Alorica representative who speaks, say, only Spanish can field a complaint about a balky printer or an incorrect…
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