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Sam Altman, the Jimmy Neutron-looking mega-millionaire who heads OpenAI, had a lot to say at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. During an interview, Altman implied that his industry should lean into nuclear power to keep up with its growing energy footprint. That’s not exactly a surprising turn of events, but it does underline a growing refrain from Silicon Valley: AI is simply going to need more power if it’s going to take over the world. Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson…

While AI tools offer new capabilities for web users and companies, they also have the potential to make certain forms of cybercrime and malicious activity much more accessible and powerful. Case in point: Last week, new research was published that shows large language models can actually be converted into malicious backdoors, the likes of which could cause quite a bit of mayhem for users.Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI UnlockedThe research was published by Anthropic, the AI startup behind popular chatbot…

The AI knows me as Kai, a bounty hunter in some vague cyberpunk city known as Kairos. Oh, but I am much more than that. I strolled into a ramen shop owned by the dull, affable Jin and patronized by the dull, professional Nova, and I weaved a yarn. I am not only a bounty hunter. I am a wizard bounty hunter and a member of a ramen bounty collective. I’m here to take Jin to the task of sampling his noodle supplier’s stock without paying.Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech“If you rat me out to the noodle den, I…

“We want you to be able to throw out your user manual,” was one of the first things Dean Miles, Amazon’s director of product for its smart vehicles, told me as we sat down to chat over Amazon’s big push to stick AI in cars at CES 2024. The idea was first billed to me as—essentially—“yo dawg, we put a chatbot in your car...” Less than a means for your car to hallucinate bad poetry at you, Amazon is trying to work with BMW to make your car the best authoritative source about your car. I would be sold if it weren’t for the…

Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing (Getty Images)As 2024 begins, there has been plenty of speculation about what lies ahead for artificial intelligence. AI was the hottest industry in the world last year and it will likely continue to be so throughout 2024—and maybe the rest of your godforsaken life. That said, many of the concerns about this startling new technology have not been resolved or mitigated. While AI promises bold new capabilities for companies and web users, there are tons of potential harms that it could inflict…

On Thursday, Google announced a new “Robot Constitution” that will govern the AI that runs its upcoming army of intelligent machines. Based on Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics,” these safety instructions are meant to steer the devices’ decision-making process. First among them: “A robot may not injure a human being.”No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” The Robot Constitution comes from Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s main AI research wing. “Before robots can be integrated…

Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence and OpenAI’s ChatGPT that uses the GPT-4 model are two of the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions available today. They can comprehend and interact with text, images, video, audio, and code, as well as output various alterations of each. they also provide expertise that would cost a lot to replicate with an expert human. But if you’re weighing which tool to put your time and energies into learning how to use, you want to pick the best one. Which is the more…

Photo: josefkubes (Shutterstock)A survey of the leading AI scientists says there’s a 5% chance that AI will become uncontrollable and wipe out humanity. In the short term, researchers estimate AI will become significantly more advanced, able to create a Top 40 pop song and write an NYT bestseller before 2030. So at least our AI overlords will entertain us before they kill us.Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI Unlocked“While AI experts’ predictions should not be seen as a reliable guide to objective truth, they…

Researchers have discovered that it is possible to bypass the mechanism engrained in AI chatbots to make them able to respond to queries on banned or sensitive topics by using a different AI chatbot as a part of the training process. A computer scientists team from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore is unofficially calling the method a “jailbreak” but is more officially a “Masterkey” process. This system uses chatbots, including ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Bing Chat, against one another in a…

Microsoft is trying to rebrand its Edge internet browser. No longer should its name remind you that its icon shortcut sits alone and forgotten at the edge of your Windows desktop. Now Microsoft is trying to claim Edge is on the cutting edge of AI. The Redmond tech giant has started calling its native internet explorer “Microsoft Edge: AI Browser.” If you think that’s already a little on the nose, expect more companies to do so in the coming year.Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to Control Robots NextThe monicker appears…