International Women’s Day: The Gender Gap in AI
With more than a century having passed since the pioneering women of the early 20th century began making strides in the workplace, gender inequality in the…
By Tyne Stewart · 13 min read
Ethics & Society
Exploring the societal and ethical dimensions of AI’s influence and integration.
Researchers use machine learning to copy and replicate fragrances
AI is changing how we think about preserving scents, potentially rescuing rare fragrances that are on the brink of disappearing. Idelfonso Nogueira and his team at…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Raw Story, AlterNet, and The Intercept sue OpenAI and Microsoft
What, another one?! OpenAI and Microsoft have been struck by yet another lawsuit, this time involving digital media outlets Raw Story, AlterNet, and The Intercept over…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
OpenAI and MidJourney are looking to buy WordPress and Tumblr data
Automattic, the company behind WordPress and Tumblr, is discussing a data and content deal with MidJourney and OpenAI. This information, initially covered by 404 Media and…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
OpenAI blasts the New York Times, claiming they ‘hacked’ their evidence
OpenAI has called on a judge to dismiss the The New York Times lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, accusing the newspaper of “hacking” their products. They…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
Major news sites are increasingly blocking AI web crawlers, says study
A study from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford found that more news sites worldwide are blocking AI web…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Copyleaks report that some 60% of GPT-3.5 outputs are plagiarized
A study by Copyleaks found that a staggering 60% of the outputs from OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 exhibited signs of plagiarism. Copyleaks, who develop plagiarism and AI content…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
GPT-4 meets or exceed human eye specialists at diagnostic questions
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) demonstrated how GPT-4 can meet or exceed human ophthalmologists in diagnosing and treating eye diseases. …
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
Google pulls Gemini’s image generator feature after controversial results
Google has temporarily disabled Gemini’s AI image generator due to concerns over the tool’s historical accuracy. The AI was found to be generating diverse representations of…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Mass deep fake campaign targets the US presidential election
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) analyzed an online influence campaign orchestrated by a Chinese network to disrupt the US presidential elections. This operation, dubbed ‘Spamouflage’…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read