6314 Results From "artificial"

A new audio chatbot that takes the persona of a confused grandmother, fine-tuned to do nothing except make phone scammers angry. 
Artificial Intelligence

Phone Provider Deploys “State-of-the-Art AI Granny” to Waste Scammers’ Time

Venture capitalist Matthew Ball retitled his 2022 book on the metaverse after the concept fizzled in the tech world.
Metaverse

The Author of “The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything” Is Changing the Title After It Was Published

Google's shoddy AI Overviews allegedly spread damaging lies about a solar company, which is now suing the tech giant for defamation.
Google

Solar Company Sues Google for Giving Damaging Information in AI Overviews

Mattel has announced an eye-brow raising partnership with OpenAI, with plans to use AI tools to design and power its toys.
OpenAI

As ChatGPT Linked to Mental Health Breakdowns, Mattel Announces Plans to Incorporate It Into Children’s Toys

ChatGPT "power users," or those who use it the most, are becoming dependent upon — or even addicted to — the chatbot. 
Artificial Intelligence

Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot

High-skilled freelancers are finding their wages suppressed as job opportunities drop, all thanks to the introduction of AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Freelancers Are Getting Ruined by AI

NaNoWriMo, a nonprofit writing organization that hosts an annual novel write-a-thon, has released a strange new platform on AI.
Nanotech

NaNoWriMo Slammed for Saying That Opposition to AI-Generated Books Is Ableist

The chatbot startup Character.AI is accused of causing the death of a 14-year-old user. Now, it's hosting AI impersonations of the dead teen.
Google

Google-Backed Chatbot Platform Caught Hosting AI Impersonations of 14-Year-Old User Who Died by Suicide

One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.
Future Society

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

In a gruesome video, a biologist proposes that doctors can perform head transplants by using advanced robotics and artificial intelligence.
Neuroscience and Brain

This Deranged Plan to Transplant a Human Head From One Body to Another Might Be the Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has unveiled the company's latest large language model, dubbed GPT-4.5. But the company has run "out of GPUs."
OpenAI

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Has Run Out of GPUs

With backing from AI chipmaker Nvidia, a startup called Starcloud launched a high-powered Nvidia GPU into outer space and trained an AI.
Ethics

Nvidia Chip on Satellite in Orbit Trains First AI Model in Space

OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.
Ethics

OpenAI Sued for Causing Murder-Suicide

An anti-AI activist is on the run and hiding from police after he allegedly threatened to shoot and kill employees of OpenAI.
Anthropic

Anti-AI Activist on the Run as Police Warn That He’s Armed and Dangerous

A YouTube channel called "Dr. Avi Loeb" is impersonating the Harvard astronomer by using AI tools to clone both his likeness and voice.
Ethics

Someone Used AI to Make a Fake Avi Loeb on YouTube

Individuals keep claiming to be freelance writers and pitching dubious, AI-generated pieces to unsuspecting editors.
Ethics

Journalist Caught Publishing Fake Articles Generated by AI

The Washington Post's new-ish CEO has announced that the newspaper will be pivoting to artificial intelligence to turn sales around.
Artificial Intelligence

The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI

A new analysis predicts that AI hype might drastically disrupt the economy well before the tech is ready to transform our lives.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Hype Will Plunge America Into Financial Ruin, Economist Warns

A new study reveals that the impacts of AI data centers may include a global increase in cancer and asthma resulting from air pollution.
Cancer

AI Linked to Growing Cancer Risk

Australian startup Cortical Labs has launched what it's calling the "world’s first code deployable biological computer."
Science & Energy

Weird New Computer Runs AI on Captive Human Brain Cells