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The UK wants to export its model of AI regulation, but it's doubtful the world will want it

TechXplore - Wed 7 Jun 23

Recent claims that artificial intelligence (AI) poses an existential threat to humanity seem to have jolted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak into action. Despite being seen as having a "pro-techology" ...

Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and video

Nature News - Wed 7 Jun 23

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01546-4Saying ‘no’ to this kind of visual content is a question of research integrity, consent, privacy and ...

OpenAI CEO suggests international agency like UN's nuclear watchdog could oversee AI

TechXplore - Tue 6 Jun 23

Artificial intelligence poses an "existential risk" to humanity, a key innovator warned during a visit to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, suggesting an international agency like the International ...

Deezer to detect AI-generated music clones

TechXplore - Tue 6 Jun 23

Music streaming app Deezer said Tuesday it was launching a tool to detect and tag songs with AI-generated vocal clones in a bid to protect the revenues of the real artists.

To avoid AI doom, learn from nuclear safety

MIT Technology Review - Tue 6 Jun 23

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Ok, doomer. For the past few weeks, the AI discourse ...

OpenAI boss 'heartened' by talks with world leaders over will to contain AI risks

TechXplore - Mon 5 Jun 23

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday he was encouraged by a desire shown by world leaders to contain any risks posed by the artificial intelligence technology his company and others are developing.

Human extinction threat 'overblown' says AI sage Marcus

TechXplore - Sun 4 Jun 23

Ever since the poem churning ChatGPT burst on the scene six months ago, expert Gary Marcus has voiced caution against artificial intelligence's ultra-fast development and adoption.

Human extinction threat 'overblown' says AI sage Marcus, SpaceDaily - Sun 4 Jun 23

Charting a course for the future of Science News

ScienceNews - Sat 3 Jun 23

When Science News got its start in 1921, our founders knew that the surest path to deliver the latest news of science was through the dominant media of the day: newspapers. Our first iteration, ...

AI can replicate human creativity in two key ways—but falls apart when asked to produce something truly new

TechXplore - Thu 1 Jun 23

Is computational creativity possible? The recent hype around generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, Dall-E and many others, raises new questions about whether ...

No, AI probably won't kill us all—and there's more to this fear campaign than meets the eye

TechXplore - Thu 1 Jun 23

Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It's easy to fear what you don't understand. These three truths go some way towards explaining the oversimplification ...

Judge Bans AI-Generated Filings In Court Because It Just Makes Stuff Up

Vice - Thu 1 Jun 23

A district judge in Texas released an order on Tuesday that banned the usage of generative artificial intelligence to write court filings without a human fact-check as the technology becomes ...

AI intensifies fight against ‘paper mills’ that churn out fake research

Nature News - Wed 31 May 23

Nature, Published online: 31 May 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01780-wText- and image-generating tools present a new hurdle for efforts to tackle the growing number of fake papers ...

Artificial intelligence warning over human extinction – all you need to know

The Independent - Wed 31 May 23

AI could be used to develop new chemical weapons and enhance aerial combat, the San Francisco-based Centre for AI Safety said.

If we're going to label AI an 'extinction risk', we need to clarify how it could happen

TechXplore - Wed 31 May 23

This week a group of well-known and reputable AI researchers signed a statement consisting of 22 words:

Tech world warns risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority

ABC Science - Tue 30 May 23

Top artificial intelligence executives join experts and professors in raising the "risk of extinction from AI", urging politicians to equate it with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear ...

What's new in robots? An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes poems

TechXplore - Tue 30 May 23

Ameca can speak French, Chinese or dozens of other languages, instantly compose a poem or sketch a cat on request. Ask for a smile, and you'll get a clenched grin on her rubbery blue face.

AI CEOs Say AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Are Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This

Vice - Tue 30 May 23

Hundreds of AI researchers, CEOs, and engineers signed a statement warning that AI has as much of a possibility to cause extinction as pandemics and nuclear war. “Mitigating the risk ...

"Risk of Extinction" From AI Is as Big a Threat as Nuclear War, Tech Experts Warn

Inverse - Tue 30 May 23

Artificial intelligence may pose a societal threat as dire as pandemics and nuclear war, according to a one-sentence statement released today by a nonprofit organization called the Center for ...

Tech world warns risk of extincition from AI should be a global priority

ABC Science - Tue 30 May 23

San Francisco-based nonprofit Center for AI Safety released a warning in a statement overnight with the support of major industry stakeholders. 

Paul McCartney is using AI to create a final song for The Beatles

Engadget - Tue 13 Jun 23

AI-assisted vocals aren't just for bootleg songs. Paul McCartney has revealed to BBC Radio 4 that he's using AI to turn a John Lennon demo into one last song for The Beatles. The technology ...

The Beatles will release their 'final' record this YEAR - thanks to AI

Daily Mail - Tue 13 Jun 23

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he is using artificial intelligence (AI) to 'extricate' John Lennon's voice from an old demo to create the 'final Beatles record.'

‘What should the limits be?’ The father of ChatGPT on whether AI will save humanity – or destroy it

The Guardian - Wed 7 Jun 23

Sam Altman is among the most vocal supporters of artificial intelligence, but is also leading calls to regulate it. He outlines his vision of a very uncertain futureWhen I meet Sam Altman, the ...

Technology minister urges caution on AI 'Terminator' warnings

BBC Technology - Tue 6 Jun 23

Paul Scully says there should be more of a focus on the good artificial intelligence can do.

AI should be licensed like medicines or nuclear power, Labour suggests

The Guardian - Tue 6 Jun 23

Exclusive: party calls for developers without a licence to be barred from working on advanced AI toolsThe UK should bar technology developers from working on advanced artificial intelligence ...

AI poses national security threat, warns terror watchdog

The Guardian - Sun 4 Jun 23

Security services fear the new technology could be used to groom vulnerable peopleThe creators of artificial intelligence need to abandon their “tech utopian” mindset, according to the terror ...

Robot takeover? Not quite. Here’s what AI doomsday would look like

The Guardian - Sat 3 Jun 23

Experts say the fallout from powerful AI will be less a nuclear bomb and more a creeping deterioration of societyAlarm over artificial intelligence has reached a fever pitch in recent months. ...

AI Poses Major Societal Risks, Says Statement Signed by Industry Leaders - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Fri 2 Jun 23

AI industry leaders, scientists and notables signed the statement that says mitigating the risks of AI should be a global priority.

AI-generated hate is rising: 3 things leaders should consider before adopting this new tech

TechCrunch - Fri 2 Jun 23

Jonathan A. Greenblatt Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan A. Greenblatt is CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation ...

Expert says there's a 50% chance AI will wipe out humanity

Daily Mail - Fri 2 Jun 23

Max Tegmark, a physicist and AI expert at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has given a deeply worrying prediction about our future on this planet.

New Musical Spotlights Rosalind Franklin's DNA Discoveries

Smithsonian Magazine - Thu 1 Jun 23

"Double Helix," a fictionalized account of Franklin's groundbreaking work, premieres this week

iHeartMedia tells employees to steer clear of ChatGPT

The Verge - Thu 1 Jun 23

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This story first appeared in Hot Pod Insider, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up ...

Is AI really a threat on par with nuclear war? Some experts aren't convinced

Salon - Wed 31 May 23

Scientists, experts call "BS" as AI industry faces backlash over "fear mongering."

UK should play leading role in developing AI global guidelines, Sunak to tell Biden

The Guardian - Wed 31 May 23

British PM wants to see UK take key part in creating international agreement on how to develop AI capabilitiesRishi Sunak will tell Joe Biden next week the UK should become a global hub for ...

Big Tech’s latest AI doomsday warning might be more of the same hype

Popular Science - Wed 31 May 23

Critics say current harms of AI include amplifying algorithmic harm, profiting from exploited labor and stolen data, and fueling climate collapse with resource consumption. ...

Experts and CEOs warn of extinction risk posed by AI, compare dangers to nuclear war

Techspot - Wed 31 May 23

The worryingly titled AI Extinction Statement from the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is signed by CEOs from top AI labs: Altman, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei. ...

AI 'godfather' Yoshua Bengio feels 'lost' over life's work

BBC Technology - Tue 30 May 23

Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio tells the BBC he did not realise AI would develop so fast.

AI Industry Leaders Sign Statement Warning of 'Extinction' Level Risks - CNET

CNET - Tue 30 May 23

The statement, signed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, says mitigating the risks of AI should be a global priority.

OpenAI execs warn of “risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence in new open letter

Ars Technica - Tue 30 May 23

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of "AI taking over the world." (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Tuesday, the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) released a single-sentence statement ...

Artificial intelligence could one day cause human extinction, center for AI safety warns

USA today - Tue 30 May 23

Worries about artificial intelligence systems outsmarting humans and running wild have intensified with the rise of a new generation of highly capable AI chatbots such as ChatGPT.      

Risk of extinction by AI should be ‘global priority’, say tech experts

The Guardian - Tue 30 May 23

Hundreds of tech leaders call for world to treat AI as danger on par with pandemics and nuclear warA group of leading technology experts from across the globe have warned that artificial intelligence ...

‘The Risk of Extinction:’ AI Leaders Agree on One-Sentence Warning About Technology’s Future

Gizmodo - Tue 30 May 23

Over 350 AI executives, researchers, and industry leaders signed a one-sentence warning released Tuesday, saying that we should try to stop their technology from destroying the world. Read more...

AI should be 'a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war',' new letter states

Daily Mail - Tue 30 May 23

A new letter signed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and DeepMind's Demis Hassabis call on policymakers to equate AI at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war.

AI Experts From Google, OpenAI And Elsewhere Issue Dire Extinction Warning

HotHardware - Tue 30 May 23

Some of the world's top AI scientists and contributors have jointly signed a brief but ominous warning about the "urgent risks" that loom as artificial intelligence technologies gain a stronger ...

OpenAI’s Altman and other AI giants back warning of advanced AI as ‘extinction’ risk

TechCrunch - Tue 30 May 23

Make way for yet another headline-grabbing AI policy intervention: Hundreds of AI scientists, academics, tech CEOs and public figures — from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and DeepMind CEO Demis ...

AI presents 'risk of extinction' on par with nuclear war, industry leaders say

Engadget - Tue 30 May 23

With the rise of ChatGPT, Bard and other large language models (LLMs), we've been hearing warnings from the people involved like Elon Musk about the risks posed by artificial intelligence ...

Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn

BBC Technology - Tue 30 May 23

Heads of OpenAI, Google Deepmind and Anthropic say the threat as great as pandemics and nuclear war.

Are UFO Sightings Real?

Extremetech - Tue 30 May 23

From Roswell to the USS Nimitz, sightings and evidence abound. How do we investigate UFO reports—and are they real in the first place? We'll explore the evidence, and you can draw your own ...

Top AI researchers and CEOs warn against ‘risk of extinction’ in 22-word statement

The Verge - Tue 30 May 23

The 22-word statement was kept short to avoid disagreement among signatories. | Image: Alexa Steinbrück / Better Images of AI / Explainable AI / CC-BY 4.0 A ...

Rishi Sunak races to tighten rules for AI amid fears of existential risk

The Guardian - Fri 26 May 23

PM pushes allies to draw up agreement that could lead to global regulator, as industry warns new white paper is already out of date• Is No 10 waking up to dangers of AI?Rishi Sunak is scrambling ...

DeepMind’s CEO will discuss research, Google and more on Disrupt’s AI Stage

TechCrunch - Thu 25 May 23

Artificial intelligence captures headlines on an almost a daily basis — and for good reason. The technology will have a profound effect on just about every aspect of life for billions of people ...

POV: Generative AI can unlock musical innovation—if the industry embraces it

Fastcompany Tech - Fri 9 Jun 23

With the right approach, AI has the potential to transform music, enriching our cultural landscape and introducing new and extraordinary sonic experiences. As an investor and former entrepreneur ...

AI Won’t Wipe Out Humanity (Yet)

Wired Tech - Thu 1 Jun 23

This week, we discuss the real and imagined dangers of generative artificial intelligence, which experts are eager to see regulated and contained.

What is the real point of all these letters warning about AI?

Fastcompany Tech - Wed 31 May 23

A new statement warning about the risks of AI was signed by the likes of OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Turing Award-winner Geoffrey Hinton. But critics question whether such public figures ...

Industry leaders warn of AI risks

CBSNews - Tue 30 May 23

Dozens of industry leaders, including the CEO of ChatGPT creator Open AI, are warning about the potential risks of artificial intelligence. They said it should be a "global priority" to mitigate ...

POV: Let’s not forget Isaac Asimov’s advice on developi

Fastcompany Tech - Tue 30 May 23

For decades, intellectual leaders have anticipated a revolution in artificial intelligence. Going back to the 1950s, writers like Isaac Asimov imagined man-made computer systems that could do ...

AI warning: Human extinction threat should be a ‘global priority,’ say experts

Fastcompany Tech - Tue 30 May 23

Scientists and tech industry leaders issued a new warning Tuesday about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind. Scientists and tech industry leaders, including high-level ...

American companies building lunar landers, ready to commercialize moon

CBSNews - Thu 25 May 23

As part of "CBS Mornings'" "American Innovation" series, Mark Strassmann reports on space quickly becoming the next economic frontier, if you can stick the landing.

OpenAI against regulation of smaller AI startups, says CEO Sam Altman

The Hindu - Thu 8 Jun 23

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is against regulating smaller AI startups

If we’re going to label AI an ‘extinction risk’, we need to clarify how it could happen

The Hindu - Mon 5 Jun 23

The website of the Centre for AI Safety, where the latest statement appeared, outlines in a separate section eight broad risk categories

Explained | Are safeguards needed to make AI systems safe?

The Hindu - Sat 3 Jun 23

What are the promises and pitfalls of advances in artificial intelligence? Why are experts seeking regulation to govern specific AI use cases? Can tools like chatbots influence people’s opinion ...

Early AI adoption at work can foster innovation and boost productivity: Microsoft Report

The Hindu - Fri 2 Jun 23

Microsoft’s Work Trend Index 2023 Report titled ‘Will AI Fix Work?’ stated that organisations which adopt AI early can boost employees’ creativity and productivity

Microsoft inks computing infrastructure deal with CoreWeave: Report

The Hindu - Fri 2 Jun 23

Microsoft may spend billions of dollars over multiple years on computing infrastructure from start-up CoreWeave, CNBC reported

Japan privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT maker OpenAI on data collection

The Hindu - Fri 2 Jun 23

Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission said it had issued a warning to OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed provider of the ChatGPT app, regarding user data

China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures

The Hindu - Wed 31 May 23

China's ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, highlighting risks from artificial intelligence

EU industry chief to discuss AI rules with OpenAI CEO in June

The Hindu - Wed 31 May 23

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss how the company will implement AI rules

Top AI CEOs, experts raise 'risk of extinction' from AI

The Hindu - Wed 31 May 23

“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the statement read

ChatGPT and other generative AI could foster science denial, misunderstanding

The Hindu - Mon 29 May 23

Here’s how you can be on alert.