AI Industry Rivals Are Teaming Up on a Startup Accelerator
The largest western AI labs are taking a break from sniping at one another to partner on a new accelerator program for European startups building applications on top of their...
Using synthetic biology and AI to address global antimicrobial resistance threat
James J. Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science at MIT and faculty co-lead of the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, is embarking on...
A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions
In September, Alfred Stephen, a freelance software developer in Singapore, purchased a ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 a month and offers more access to advanced models, to speed up...
‘Vending machine test’ proves AI does ‘whatever it takes’ to get its way
This doesn’t bode well for humanity. Just in case bots weren’t already threatening to render their creators obsolete: An AI model redefined machine learning after devising shockingly deceitful ways to...
OpenAI Abandons ‘io’ Branding for Its AI Hardware
OpenAI will not use the name “io” for its forthcoming line of AI hardware devices, according to a Monday court filing. The motion is part of a trademark infringement lawsuit...
3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quint
Olympic figure skating looks effortless. Athletes sail across the ice, then soar into the air, spinning like a top, before landing on a single blade just 4-5 millimeters wide. To...
What we’ve been getting wrong about AI’s truth crisis
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. What would it take to convince you...
Silicon Valley elites could see 50% GDP growth while unemployment spikes, says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Does 50% GDP growth sound out of this world? Not necessarily, if you’re one of the AI masters of the universe. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Silicon Valley’s elite could...
The US and China Are Collaborating More Closely on AI Than You Think
The US and China are, by many measures, archrivals in the field of artificial intelligence, with companies racing to outdo each other on algorithms, models, and specialized silicon. And yet,...
