DAI#23 – Rogue chatbots, AI therapy, and deadly Nightshade
Welcome to our roundup of this week’s AI news. If you’re reading this then the robots haven’t taken over yet.…
OpenAI drifts further from its namesake and founding principles
OpenAI, the once-transparent AI research lab, has retreated further from its founding principles. This won’t be news to many, but…
Report uncovers the dynamics of North Korea’s resurging AI industry
In an analysis released by Hyuk Kim from the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, North Korea is stepping up…
Google gives Chrome a revamp with three new generative AI features
AI has come for phones, planes, and automobiles – and now the Chrome browser. The first of these features is…
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of AI cyber threats
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has recently released a pivotal report, providing a thorough assessment of how AI…
Chatbots help lonely, suicidal students with mental health
Loneliness is a global epidemic with people increasingly relying on AI companions to fill the absence of human friends. Researchers…
Google unveils Lumiere, a text-to-video diffusion model
Google Research unveiled Lumiere, a text-to-video diffusion model that creates remarkably realistic videos from text or image prompts. The still…
The rise of “liar’s dividend” as AI deep fakes continue to trouble
As we hurtle towards crucial elections this year – no less the US election – we’re witnessing the evil twin…
Innovative AI tool CognoSpeak promises faster dementia diagnosis
Researchers from the University of Sheffield, UK, developed CognoSpeak, an AI tool designed to accelerate the diagnosis of early signs…
Few companies apply New York’s new automated AI hiring law
New York City has become the first in the world to enact a law regulating the use of automated employment…