Tag Archives: Dr. Margaret Mitchell

Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics

Enlarge / An ABC handout promotional image for “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special.” reader comments 100 On Thursday, ABC announced an upcoming TV special titled, “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special.” The one-hour show, set to air on September 12, aims to explore AI’s impact on… Read More »

First “Miss AI” contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “Miss AI” award winner “Kenza Layli” (left) and an unidentified AI-generated woman beside her. reader comments 51 An influencer platform called Fanvue recently announced the results of its first “Miss AI” pageant, which sought to judge AI-generated social media influencers and also doubled as a convenient publicity stunt. The… Read More »

Critics question tech-heavy lineup of new Homeland Security AI safety board

reader comments 28 On Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board that consists of 22 members pulled from the tech industry, government, academia, and civil rights organizations. But given the nebulous nature of the term “AI,” which can apply to a broad spectrum of… Read More »

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

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 »

GPT-4 will hunt for trends in medical records thanks to Microsoft and Epic

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a pixel art hospital with empty windows. Benj Edwards / Midjourney reader comments 83 with Share this story On Monday, Microsoft and Epic Systems announced that they are bringing OpenAI’s GPT-4 AI language model into health care for use in drafting message responses from health care workers to patients… Read More »