How Christopher Nolan Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
When wired heard that Christopher Nolan and his producer—and wife—Emma Thomas were coming out with a biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, we were perplexed. At least for a moment. It...
Meta’s AI leaders want you to know fears over AI existential risk are “ridiculous”
It’s a really weird time in AI. In just six months, the public discourse around the technology has gone from “Chatbots generate funny sea shanties” to “AI systems could cause...
You can ask AI Jesus about ‘the birds and the bees’ and other ‘wild questions’
A chatbot “version” of Jesus Christ called “Ask_Jesus” is streaming on the gaming platform Twitch — and it stands ready to answer questions from humans on anything from morality issues to the...
Judge to decide if US gov wrongly censored social media users
A federal judge will decide whether President Joe Biden’s administration violated the First Amendment by censoring users on social media over topics like COVID and election security — and if...
I’ve been overcharged because of my last name
Elon Musk’s filmmaking baby sister said she has been overcharged by predators who “assumes my eldest brother pays for everything,” she told the Daily Mail. “But he does not,” added...
How existential risk became the biggest meme in AI
Who’s afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems. The number of high-profile names that have now made public pronouncements or signed open letters warning of...
Disney, Microsoft ads on Twitter show up next to neo-Nazi propaganda: report
Neo-Nazi propaganda continues to find a home on Twitter and is adjacent to ads from major companies as advertisers slowly slowly return to Elon Musk’s social media platform, according to...
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How existential risk became the biggest meme in AI
Who’s afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems. The number of high-profile names that have now made public pronouncements or signed open letters warning of...
New iPhone safety feature triggers mass mistake 911 calls at Bonnaroo
Not quite a “panic at the disco” — but there was panic at Bonnaroo last weekend. A new iPhone feature caused chaos on the first day of the Tennessee festival...
