Pentagon wants 1,000 AI-piloted mini ghost fighter jets
A new Pentagon project will see the US Air Force (USAF) supplied with 1,000 mini fighter jets piloted autonomously using AI, rather than human pilots. Last…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
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Researchers create voluntary safety rules for AI protein design
A group of leading scientists has launched a voluntary initiative outlining a set of values, principles, and commitments for AI protein design. The letter discusses the…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
The dissonance of generative AI’s growing distrust and rising usership
The rapid rise of generative AI has captivated the world, but as the technology advances at an unprecedented pace, a crisis has emerged: the erosion of…
By Sam Jeans · 5 min read
Researchers jailbreak LLMs by using ASCII art in prompts
Researchers developed a jailbreak attack called ArtPrompt, which uses ASCII art to bypass an LLM’s guardrails. If you remember a time before computers could handle graphics,…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
DAI#29 – AI smells, GPT-4 beaten, and Copilot thinks it’s God
Welcome to our roundup of this week’s crop of exciting AI news. This week AI learned how to make smells and dogs. Someone finally made an…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
AI-related insider controversies hit both Microsoft and Google
This week, two insider situations involving tech giants Microsoft and Google raised questions about the responsible development of AI systems and intellectual property management. First, at…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
Researchers join open letter advocating for independent AI evaluations
Over 100 leading AI experts issued an open letter demanding that companies behind generative AI technologies, like OpenAI, Meta, and others, open their doors to independent…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
The US Army experiments with GPT-4-controlled battlefield tactics
The US Army is dabbling with integrating AI chatbots into their strategic planning, albeit within the confines of a war game simulation based on the popular…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Microsoft’s Copilot goes into God mode and it’s a little scary
Copilot users shared disturbing interactions that they had with Microsoft’s AI assistant in response to prompts that referred to the chatbot as “SupremacyAGI”. Copilot may simply…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
African American English (AAE) influences LLMs towards discrimination
Bias has always been a problem in AI, but a new study shows that it’s covertly integrated into language models with potentially catastrophic consequences. In what…
By Sam Jeans · 5 min read