The NSA announces new security center for AI threats
Director of the NSA and US Cyber Command, General Paul Nakasone, announced a new AI security center in an address to The National Press Club. As…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
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DARPA wants to use AI to make better battlefield decisions
The dual-use nature of AI is coming into stark focus as countries push for AI-powered defense and intelligence tech. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Hollywood’s strikes near a resolution, but what lies ahead for creatives?
The US film and TV industry was hit with a dual strike this year, the first since 1960. The WGA strike commenced in May, preceding the…
By Sam Jeans · 9 min read
The Hollywood writers’ strike ends with final agreements pending
Hollywood’s screenwriters have ended their five-month strike following the Writers Guild of America (WGA) leadership’s approval of an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
CIA says AI is a threat as it builds its own AI tool
CIA Director of Artificial Intelligence, Lakshmi Raman says that AI is making US adversaries more dangerous but also presents the agency with an important resource. In…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Human reflections in digital mirrors: what does AI tell us of ourselves?
The AI systems many of us interact with daily are mirrors reflecting the expanse of human culture, knowledge, and experience. But what happens when these mirrors…
By Sam Jeans · 12 min read
The trial of man who conversed with AI before assassination plot continues
Jaswant Singh Chail, a man apprehended on the grounds of Windsor Castle in 2021 with a loaded crossbow, reportedly had a deep connection with an AI…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
MIT professor highlights the risks of intense AI development
Max Tegmark, MIT professor, physicist, and co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, has raised concerns about the relentless pace of AI development. He suggests that…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Legal ambiguity surrounds deep fake nudes sent to Spanish teens
In Almendralejo, a small town in southern Spain, more than 20 teenage girls recently discovered they had received artificially generated naked images of themselves on their…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
ChatGPT beats Bing Chat in triage of ophthalmic conditions
Researchers from the Department of Ophthalmology at Atlanta’s University School of Medicine evaluated how well AI chatbots fared when performing triage of ophthalmic conditions. The research…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read