Better Government Tech Is Possible
Now with the explosion of interest in artificial intelligence, Congress is turning its attention to ensuring that those who work in government learn more about the technology. US senators Gary...
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...
Google at CVPR 2023
Posted by Shaina Mehta, Program Manager, Google This week marks the beginning of the premier annual Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference (CVPR 2023), held in-person in Vancouver, BC (with...
Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’
Artificial intelligence is arguably the most rapidly advancing technology humans have ever developed. A year ago you wouldn’t often hear AI come up in a regular conversation, but today it...
Elon Musk and his mother lunch with Bernard Arnault in Paris
The world’s two richest people lunched in Paris on Friday. Elon Musk brought his mother, Maye Musk, to share a meal with Bernard Arnault and two of his three sons...
Elon Musk says Tesla close to self-driving cars
Tesla is close to achieving fully autonomous vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said during a visit to Paris on Friday, adding autonomy was the “main driver” of the brand’s market value. The company’s shares...
Virgin Galactic to launch first $450K commercial spaceflight this month
It will be a space virgin no more. Virgin Galactic is set to launch its first-ever commercial spaceflight — which has a hefty $450,000 ticket price — later this month,...
