Internet
Research laboratory Midjourney has paused free trials of its image-generation software after users cranked out realistic deepfakes including of former US president Donald Trump getting arrested and Pope Francis in a puffer ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year-old retired ...
May 2, 2023
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Robotics
Last year, according to a United Nations report published in March, Libyan government forces hunted down rebel forces using "lethal autonomous weapons systems" that were "programmed to attack targets without requiring data ...
Aug 12, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity—and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.
Apr 18, 2023
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Business
With a big wheel, music and an appearance by CEO Elon Musk, Tesla pulled out all the stops Saturday to win over opponents of the electric carmaker's controversial new "gigafactory" near Berlin.
Oct 9, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
A recent open letter by computer scientists and tech industry leaders calling for a six-month ban on artificial intelligence development has received widespread attention online. Even Canada's Innovation Minister François-Philippe ...
Apr 4, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Global leaders should be working to reduce "the risk of extinction" from artificial intelligence technology, a group of industry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday.
May 30, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
The software that runs John Deere tractors was successfully "jailbroken" at this year's DEF CON hacker convention, enabling farmers to repair or retune their equipment without engaging with the company that sold them their ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Business
Microsoft has reportedly been awarded a ten year contract worth close to US$22 billion, to provide 120,000 military-grade augmented reality (AR) headsets to the US Army.
Apr 7, 2021
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Business
SpaceX, the rocket ship company run by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has fired several employees involved in an open letter that blasted the colorful billionaire for his behavior, according to media reports.
Jun 17, 2022
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