DEFCON is the world’s longest-running and largest annual hacking conference. This year saw a special focus on red-teaming, or simulated attacks, on AI language models to identify risks and accuracy issues. The White House…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
The creator of a new AI application called FraudGPT claims the tool can help you scam people out of their money. How effective it is at…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
In what is bound to be called “Pint Gate”, an opposition Labour MP shared a manipulated image of British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, pouring a sub-standard…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp says that the US government should be working on producing AI weapons despite valid concerns. In a New York Times op-ed,…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has quietly rolled out AI surveillance at 7 of New York City’s subway stations to monitor fare dodgers. The solution relies…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Worldcoin has started the global rollout of its crypto and World ID human verification project. The project was started by Alex Blania, founder and CEO of…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
An Australian research team headed by Monash University and Cortical Labs is working on integrating artificial intelligence with human brain cells. This was the same team…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
ChatGPT’s abilities are devolving over time. At least, that’s what thousands of users are arguing on Twitter, Reddit, and the Y Combinator forum. Casual, professional, and…
By Sam Jeans · 9 min read
No one wants to think about the prospect of their job becoming automated, but the prominence of next-generation AI technology, brought to the fore by ChatGPT…
By Eugene van der Watt · 7 min read
AI has the potential to help in the fight against climate change and is already having an impact according to Google DeepMind executive Colin Murdoch. In…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
