Exploring the societal and ethical dimensions of AI’s influence and integration.
The London Underground employed AI surveillance technology in a year-long trial. Spanning from October 2022 to September 2023, Transport for London (TfL) tested 11 distinct algorithms…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Researchers from the National Research Council Canada performed experiments on four large vision-language models (LVLM) to see if they displayed racial and gender bias. AI models…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
The Frontiers of General Artificial Intelligence Technology Exhibition in Beijing unveiled Tong Tong, a robot toddler. Developed by the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI),…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
The UK Government has unveiled its response to consultations on AI innovation and regulation. In March 2023, the UK government published its AI regulation white paper…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
The Vesuvius Challenge, which first began last year, has reached a new milestone as a group of students interpreted writings from a charred ancient Greek scroll.…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
AI deep fakes deceived a finance worker at a multinational corporation into transferring a staggering $25.6 million to fraudsters. These scammers used AI-generated fakes to mimic…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
AI chatbots, particularly those developed by OpenAI, tend to select aggressive tactics, including the use of nuclear weaponry, according to a new study. The research conducted…
By Sam Jeans · 4 min read
The University of Chicago’s data poisoning tool, Nightshade, amassed over 250,000 downloads within just five days of its debut on January 18, 2024. Designed to empower…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
US lawmakers proposed a new bill titled the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE). DEFIANCE targets the rising issue of AI-generated explicit images, such…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Italy’s data protection authority, Garante, raised concerns that OpenAI’s ChatGPT may violate the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This stems from an investigation initiated…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
