Enlarge / An armed unmanned aerial vehicle on runway, but orange. Getty Images reader comments 85 with Over the past 24 hours, several news outlets reported a now-retracted story claiming that the US Air Force had run a simulation in which an AI-controlled drone “went rogue” and “killed the operator because that person was keeping… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-expanded version of a famous album cover involving four lads and a certain road created using Adobe Generative Fill. reader comments 32 with Over the weekend, AI-powered makeovers of famous music album covers went viral on Twitter thanks to Adobe Photoshop’s Generative Fill, an image synthesis tool that debuted in a beta… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “AI taking over the world.” Stable Diffusion reader comments 121 with On Tuesday, the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) released a single-sentence statement signed by executives from OpenAI and DeepMind, Turing Award winners, and other AI researchers warning that their life’s work could potentially extinguish all of humanity. The… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a “wall of fake images.” Stable Diffusion reader comments 27 with On Thursday, Microsoft President Brad Smith announced that his biggest apprehension about AI revolves around the growing concern for deepfakes and synthetic media designed to deceive, Reuters reports. Smith made his remarks while revealing his “blueprint for public… Read More »
Enlarge / A fake AI-generated image of an “explosion” near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter. reader comments 49 with On Monday, a tweeted AI-generated image suggesting a large explosion at the Pentagon led to brief confusion, which included a reported small drop in the stock market. It originated from a verified Twitter account… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “real space invaders” threatening the earth. Midjourney reader comments 129 with A majority of Americans believe that the rise of artificial intelligence technology could put humanity’s future in jeopardy, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wednesday. The poll found that over two-thirds of respondents are anxious about the… Read More »
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet the ‘Investing in America Cabinet’ to discuss the Investing in America agenda in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 5. reader comments 46 with On Thursday, President Joe Biden held a meeting at the White House with… Read More »
Enlarge / In a still from a DeepMind demo video, a researcher pushes a small humanoid robot to the ground. reader comments 42 with On Wednesday, researchers from DeepMind released a paper ostensibly about using deep reinforcement learning to train miniature humanoid robots in complex movement skills and strategic understanding, resulting in efficient performance in… Read More »
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 92 with Share this story Over the past few months, AI chatbots like ChatGPT have captured the world’s attention due to their ability to converse in a human-like way on just about any subject. But they come with a serious drawback: They can present convincing false information easily,… Read More »
reader comments 57 with Share this story On Tuesday, President Joe Biden delivered brief remarks on artificial intelligence risks at the opening of a meeting with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology at the White House. The remarks come in the context of increasing worry about generative AI and its potential threats… Read More »