As conflicts rage across Ukraine and the Middle East, the modern battlefield has become a testing ground for AI-powered warfare. From autonomous drones to predictive targeting…
By Sam Jeans · 6 min read
Evolutionary biology was defined by Charles Darwin, but he had his critics, such as Alfred Russel Wallace, who added the theory of evolution as we know…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
ElevenLabs has signed deals that will soon have your next audiobook read to you by long-dead celebrities. ElevenLabs is pioneering research in text-to-speech, AI voice generation,…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Google’s 2024 Environmental Report has laid bare the company’s uphill battle to achieve its ambitious goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. By the admission of…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
On Monday the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution calling for richer countries to help developing nations benefit from AI. The non-binding resolution, entitled…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
As tech giants like Apple, Samsung, Google, and Microsoft invest heavily in AI research and development, the era of the ‘AI device’ is thoroughly upon us. …
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
A new study shows that while humans struggle to distinguish human and AI voices, our brains respond differently when we hear them. As AI voice cloning…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
The Detroit Police Department has settled a lawsuit filed by Robert Julian-Borchak Williams, a black man who was wrongfully arrested in January 2020 based on a…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Perplexity AI has found itself at the center of a firestorm over its data collection practices. Perplexity essentially fuses a search engine with generative AI, returning…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Microsoft security researchers have discovered a new way to manipulate AI systems into ignoring their ethical constraints and generating harmful, unrestricted content. This “Skeleton Key” jailbreak…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
