The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All Summary Steven Levy profiles Eliezer Yudkowsky and the growing school of AI “doomers” who argue that advanced artificial intelligence could pose…
When AI rejects your grant proposal: algorithms are helping to make funding decisions
When AI rejects your grant proposal: algorithms are helping to make funding decisions Summary La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona has been using a three-algorithm AI system for three years to…
OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart
OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart Summary OpenAI says AI will reshape work, and its solution is to teach affected workers new…
Bot shots: US Army enlists AI startup to provide target-tracking
Summary The US Army has awarded San Francisco startup TurbineOne a potential five-year contract worth up to $98.9m to scale its Frontline Perception System (FPS). FPS is a model‑agnostic, no‑code…
Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features
Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features Summary Developers on GitHub are increasingly frustrated by Copilot being pushed into interfaces and workflows without…
If Broadcom is helping OpenAI build AI chips, here’s what they might look like
If Broadcom is helping OpenAI build AI chips, here’s what they might look like Summary The Register reports — citing the Financial Times and unnamed sources — that Broadcom may…
OpenAI reorg at risk as Attorneys General push AI safety
OpenAI reorg at risk as Attorneys General push AI safety Summary The Attorneys General of California and Delaware — Rob Bonta and Kathy Jennings — have written to OpenAI’s board…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and neural‑network pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times he expects AI to…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is trialling Sway, an AI-driven debate tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help de-escalate heated…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has widened restrictions on who can access its AI services, announcing it will block companies that are majority-owned by…