‘Only way to fight bots’
Elon Musk pushed through a $1 annual fee for new users of his social media site X to unlock basic features such as posting or sharing content – a move...
AI can cause ‘social loafing’ at work: How robots impact workplaces
Anything you can do, a robot could, too — and it could make people lazier. The corporate phenomenon known as “social loafing” — when a colleague doesn’t work as hard because...
A Chatbot Encouraged Him to Kill the Queen. It’s Just the Beginning
On December 25, 2021, Jaswant Singh Chail entered the grounds of Windsor Castle dressed as a Sith Lord, carrying a crossbow. When security approached him, Chail told them he was...
DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Solve the Climate Crisis
It’s a perennial question at WIRED: Tech got us into this mess, can it get us out? That’s particularly true when it comes to climate change. As the weather becomes...
China has a new plan for judging the safety of generative AI—and it’s packed with details
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Ever since the Chinese government passed a...
AI gives Joe Biden spooky Freddy Krueger makeover for Halloween
As if artificial intelligence could get any creepier, one artist has been freaking out the internet with renderings of notable figures — from President Joe Biden to hitmaker Beyoncé — re-imagined...
A ‘Godfather of AI’ Calls for an Organization to Defend Humanity
Yoshua Bengio’s pioneering research helped bring about ChatGPT and the current AI boom. Now he’s worried AI could harm civilization, and says the future needs a humanity defense organization. Source
IT workers say they feel more like therapists in the workplace
IT help or therapist? A new survey has found three in five IT workers have to ‘frequently provide emotional support’ to users when they encounter a cybersecurity issue. The poll...
The US Just Escalated Its AI Chip War With China
At an event in Beijing this week, the Chinese search giant Baidu announced a new version of its most capable language model, called Ernie 4.0. Baidu says the performance of...
Customers outraged over Winklevoss twins’ secret $282M crypto withdrawal
Customers are outraged at the Winklevoss twins over their secret $282 million withdrawal from their crypto company’s bank before its collapse last year – and the backlash could further tarnish...
AI Chatbots Can Guess Your Personal Information From What You Type
The way you talk can reveal a lot about you—especially if you’re talking to a chatbot. New research reveals that chatbots like ChatGPT can infer a lot of sensitive information...
Why it’ll be hard to tell if AI ever becomes conscious
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Many people in AI will be...
New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space
Anyone who has ever tried to pack a family-sized amount of luggage into a sedan-sized trunk knows this is a hard problem. Robots struggle with dense packing tasks, too. For...
A method to interpret AI might not be so interpretable after all
As autonomous systems and artificial intelligence become increasingly common in daily life, new methods are emerging to help humans check that these systems are behaving as expected. One method, called...
Media outlets demand more access to secretive Google antitrust trial
Major media outlets, including The Post, demanded the judge overseeing the landmark Google antitrust trial provide timely access to exhibits and give notice before allowing closed-door session – as much...
