Elon Musk Announces Grok, a ‘Rebellious’ AI Without Guardrails
Last week, Elon Musk flew to the UK to hype up the existential risk posed by artificial intelligence. A couple of days later, he announced that his latest company, xAI,...
Johnny Cash’s ‘Blank Space’ Is Why AI Can’t Have Nice Things
When Texas-based copywriter Dustin Ballard released a cover of Aqua’s 1997 Europop hit “Barbie Girl” this summer using an AI-generated version of Johnny Cash’s voice, he was surprised by its...
This AI Bot Fills Out Job Applications for You While You Sleep
In July, software engineer Julian Joseph became the latest victim of the tech industry’s sweeping job cuts. Facing his second layoff in two years, he dreaded spending another couple months...
Here’s Everything You Can Do With Copilot, the Generative AI Assistant on Windows 11
Despite plenty of misgivings, artificial intelligence—and in particular, generative AI that produces text and images from prompts—continues to be pushed into the hardware and software we use every day. Microsoft...
“Now and Then,” The Beatles’ Last Song, Is Here Thanks to Peter Jackson’s AI
Following a lot of hype—and a quarter-century of work—”Now and Then,” presumably the last song to feature all four original Beatles, is here. The track dropped Thursday and the music...
Joe Biden Has a Secret Weapon Against Killer AI. It’s Bureaucrats
As ChatGPT’s first birthday approaches, presents are rolling in for the large language model that rocked the world. From President Joe Biden comes an oversized “Executive Order on the Safe,...
Imagine If Joe Biden’s AI Executive Order Were Inspired by ‘The Terminator’
Science fiction, for decades, has been about predicting the future—and warning against it. Even as Star Trek envisioned the wonders of flip phones and iPads, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash warned...
World Powers Say They Want to Contain AI. They’re Also Racing to Advance It
Yesterday, 28 countries including the US, members of the EU, and China signed a declaration warning that artificial intelligence is advancing with such speed and uncertainty that it could cause...
The UN Hired an AI Company to Untangle the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
CulturePulse’s AI model promises to create a realistic virtual simulation of every Israeli and Palestinian citizen. But don’t roll your eyes: It’s already been put to the test in other...
