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09 Nov

AI Bros Terrified Singularity Will Hit While Trump Is President

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With Donald Trump the definitive winner of the 2024 election, artificial intelligence bros seem equal parts stoked and terrified about the technology reaching human-level intelligence — or beyond — under his second presidency.Despite the president-elect's confused-sounding declaration that "super-duper AI" is "alarming and scary" during a podcast appearance over the summer, many believe that with his running mate JD Vance and money man Elon Musk at the helm of AI policy, loosened regulations could lead to artificial general intelligence (AGI) being ushered in during Trump's second term.Whether that's good, bad, or neutral depends on the perspective of the commentator."By many…

09 Nov

Ofcom warns tech firms after chatbots imitate Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell

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Ofcom has warned tech firms that content from chatbots impersonating real and fictional people could fall foul of the UK’s new digital laws.The communications regulator issued the guidance after it emerged that users on the Character.AI platform had created avatars mimicking the deceased British teenagers Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell.Under pressure from digital safety campaigners to clarify the situation, Ofcom underlined that content created by user-made chatbots would come under the scope of the Online Safety Act.Without naming the US-based artificial intelligence firm Character.AI, Ofcom said a site or app that allowed users to create their own chatbots for other…

09 Nov

Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with new moderation API, tackling harmful content in 11 languages

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI launched a new content moderation API on Thursday, marking its latest move to compete with OpenAI and other AI leaders while addressing growing concerns about AI safety and content filtering. The new moderation service, powered by a fine-tuned version of Mistral’s Ministral 8B model, is designed to detect potentially harmful content across nine different categories, including sexual content, hate speech, violence, dangerous activities, and personally identifiable information. The API offers both raw text and conversational…

08 Nov

OpenAI Buys Porn Domain for Huge Sum

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Hot AI singles in your area.ChatGPT RouletteWe already knew that OpenAI had a lot of money to throw around. But even for the Sam Altman-led outfit, the money it spent on a — how shall we put this? — spicy domain is staggering.And hilariously, the purchase makes OpenAI the proud new owner of a domain — Chat.com — that once belonged to an adult video cam and chat room website, as first spotted by PC Gamer.According to an archived version of the site, it previously hosted video chats in rooms with names like "Sexy," "Fantasy," "Tease," and "Foot Fetish.""Unlike other free chat sites,…

08 Nov

What a second Trump presidency means for big US tech firms

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When the US election result pushed shares in the artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia to a record high and did the same to the price of bitcoin cryptocurrency, the market gave its verdict on what Trump redux means for at least parts of the technology world: a boom.Stock in the electric vehicle (EV) company Tesla surged by nearly 15%, which must have cheered its boss, Elon Musk, whom Trump called a “super genius” on Wednesday.But what about the people who do not own stock in Silicon Valley firms but do use their products? Tens of millions of users of Musk’s…

08 Nov

Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually

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Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable. Common themes are that AI is already here, it is indispensable, and people who are bearish on it harm themselves. In the business world, AI advocates tell companies and workers that they will fall behind if they fail to integrate generative AI into their operations. In the sciences, AI advocates promise that AI will aid in curing hitherto intractable diseases. In higher education, AI promoters admonish teachers that students must learn how to use AI or risk…

08 Nov

OpenAI’s data scraping wins big as Raw Story’s copyright lawsuit dismissed by NY court

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Southern District of New York has dismissed a copyright violation lawsuit brought by Raw Story Media, Inc. and AlterNet Media, Inc., alternative left-leaning online news outlets, against OpenAI, effectively shutting down claims that the generative AI firm violated copyrights by using scraped news content in its training data. This dismissal could be seen as an important moment in the ongoing battle over copyright and AI tools—particularly under Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)—but it is worth noting…

08 Nov

Understanding AI’s impact on the workforce

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The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has examined AI’s impact on the workforce. The report outlines AI’s potential to reshape work environments, boost productivity, and create opportunities—while warning of potential challenges ahead. “Technology has a long history of profoundly reshaping the world of work,” the report begins. From the agricultural revolution to the digital age, each wave of innovation has redefined labour markets. Today, AI presents a seismic shift, advancing rapidly and prompting policymakers to prepare for change. Economic opportunities The TBI report estimates that AI, when fully adopted by UK firms, could significantly increase productivity. It suggests that AI could…

08 Nov

The AI Startup Anthropic, Which Is Always Talking About How Ethical It Is, Just Partnered With Palantir

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So much for putting safety first.Safety ThirdAnthropic, the AI company that touts itself as the safety-prioritizing alternative to other AI firms like OpenAI — from which it's poached many executives — has partnered with shadowy defense contractor Palantir.The AI company is also teaming up with Amazon Web Services to bring its AI chatbot Claude to US intelligence and defense agencies, an alliance that feels at odds with Anthropic's claim of putting "safety at the frontier."According to a press release, the partnership supports the US military-industrial complex by "processing vast amounts of complex data rapidly, elevating data-driven insights, identifying patterns and…

08 Nov

From higher tariffs to lower taxes, will Donald Trump’s economic plan pay off?

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It’s the economy, stupid. So said James Carville when he was advising Bill Clinton in his 1992 presidential campaign and the phrase is as true now as it was 32 years ago. Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris this week for the same reason he lost to Joe Biden in 2020: millions of Americans were unhappy about the economic record of the incumbent party. Two out of three voters this week thought the US economy was on the wrong track – and that spelt trouble for Harris.The question is whether they will feel any differently at the end of Trump’s second…