Women’s jobs to be hurt more by AI than men’s, McKinsey says
When artificial intelligence begins automating jobs once done by humans, women will have to worry more than men, according to a new study by McKinsey & Co. The report, which...
The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity)
Gideon Lichfield: OK, but let me play the synthetic biology devil’s advocate for a second. Lauren Goode: OK, OK. Gideon Lichfield: When you have kids, you are throwing the genetic...
Meta’s Open Source Llama Upsets the AI Horse Race
Meta’s license for Llama 2 also requires companies with more than 700 million monthly active users to establish a separate license agreement with Meta. It is not clear why, but...
A simpler method for learning to control a robot
Researchers from MIT and Stanford University have devised a new machine-learning approach that could be used to control a robot, such as a drone or autonomous vehicle, more effectively and...
Elon Musk hints COVID vaccine caused Bronny James’ cardiac arrest
Elon Musk floated the possibility that the COVID vaccine played a role in USC star freshman Bronny James suffering a cardiac arrest during a basketball workout in Los Angeles on...
Twitter rival Threads adds chronological feed as Elon Musk pushes controversial ‘X’ rebrand
Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads rolled out a chronological newsfeed for its users on Tuesday – debuting the much-requested feature amid rival Elon Musk’s controversial Twitter rebrand. Beginning this week, Threads will...
Google ad revenue rebounds lifting Q2 profit above expectations
Google parent Alphabet’s second-quarter profit exceeded Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, helped by steady demand for its cloud services and a rebound in advertising, sending shares higher by 4% in extended trading Advertisers who...
Why it’s a problem that AI thinks the Constitution was made by AI
It’s “We the people,” not we the AI. Computer language models are under the impression that the US Constitution — written way before the Internet in 1787 — is an...
Police halted Twitter HQ sign removal in San Francisco during Elon Musk’s ‘X’ rebrand
Elon Musk’s brand shift from Twitter to “X” hit a brief snag at the company’s San Francisco headquarters on Monday after local police briefly stopped a crew from taking down...
The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
A fleet of robot ships bobs gently in the warm waters of the Persian Gulf, somewhere between Bahrain and Qatar, maybe 100 miles off the coast of Iran. I am...
Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning Worldcoin crypto project has people lining up
People around the world are getting their eyeballs scanned in exchange for a digital ID and the promise of free cryptocurrency, shrugging off concerns among privacy campaigners and data regulators....
The Generative AI Battle Has a Fundamental Flaw
Last week, the Authors Guild sent an open letter to the leaders of some of the world’s biggest generative AI companies. Signed by more than 9,000 writers, including prominent authors...
Generative AI is empowering the digital workforce
Many people think of generative AI as a tool that allows them to use their own words to ask questions or generate copy and images—both of which it does remarkably...
I’m an AI influencer — thousands can’t get enough of my sexy pics
Her fans think they found true love — but she’s not real. Milla Sofia is an artificial intelligence-generated influencer whose sultry photos on Twitter and TikTok are racking up thousands...
The White House Already Knows How to Make AI Safer
Second, it could instruct any federal agency procuring an AI system that has the potential to “meaningfully impact [our] rights, opportunities, or access to critical resources or services” to require...
