Companies like OpenAI and Meta say their models don’t collect personal data but their AI is really good at inferring personal information from your chats or…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, says regulation of AI is essential to prevent a financial crisis. In an interview with…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Using low-resource languages (LRL) like Zulu or Scots Gaelic can elicit unsafe responses from GPT-4 despite its alignment guardrails. Researchers from Brown University found that you…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Drones boasting AI capabilities are now autonomously identifying and engaging targets in Ukraine. According to a report by the New Scientist, it’s almost certain that the…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
Commercial LLMs like GPT-3.5 and OpenAI have guardrails to make sure the models are aligned and don’t generate dangerous responses. Simply fine-tuning the model could bypass…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Geoffrey Hinton, often referred to as the ‘Godfather of AI’ because of his pioneering work in artificial neural networks, fears that AI could soon take over…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Snapchat is under scrutiny by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over potential privacy risks to children posed by its AI chatbot. The ICO raised concerns…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Jaswant Singh Chail broke into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow on Christmas Day 2021, aiming to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. He was arrested and has…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
A controversial audio recording surfaced on Facebook within hours of post time on Slovakia’s election day. It featured voices purportedly belonging to Michal Šimečka, the leader…
By Sam Jeans · 6 min read
A video on TikTok appeared to show YouTube influencer MrBeast offering 10,000 iPhone 15 Pro phones to followers for $2 each. Don’t bother getting your credit…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
