Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad

Wired  

In 2025, AI is poised to change every aspect of democratic politics—but it won’t necessarily be for the worse. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has used AI to translate his speeches for his multilingual electorate in real time, demonstrating how AI can help diverse democracies to be more inclusive. AI avatars were used by presidential candidates in South Korea in electioneering, enabling them to provide answers to thousands of voters’ questions simultaneously. AI doesn’t need to be superior to human experts to augment the labor of an overworked canvasser, or to write ad copy similar to that of a junior campaign staffer or volunteer. In 2024, a US presidential candidate with virtually zero name recognition, Jason Palmer, beat Joe Biden in a very small electorate, the American Samoan primary, by using AI-generated messaging and an online AI avatar.

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Ethical use of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and opportunities
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ethical use of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and opportunities

Hindustan Times  

The journey of Artificial Intelligence traces its roots back to 1950, when British mathematician Alan Turing asked, "Can machines think?" Leveraging techniques like deep learning, limited memory AI drives the functionality of generative AI models, which can produce human-like text, music, and even code. Data privacy and security - With vast data troves powering AI, ensuring robust encryption, anonymisation, and …

Tech Tonic | AI has wedged itself into elections, and there’s nothing we can do
4 months ago

Tech Tonic | AI has wedged itself into elections, and there’s nothing we can do

Hindustan Times  

In March, and many took that in part as a warning and partly as an acknowledgement of the potential of interference in elections, Google confirmed that the Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot will not answer questions about the elections in many countries this year. Even before the turn of this year, a looming threat of AI’s effect on global elections was …

Election 2024: Nervous about falling behind, Democrats wrestle with AI use
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Election 2024: Nervous about falling behind, Democrats wrestle with AI use

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform American elections — and perhaps threaten democracy itself. The Trump campaign said in a statement that it “uses a set of proprietary algorithmic tools, like many other campaigns across …

The robot uprising could be imminent: Elon Musk warns AI will outsmart mankind by the end of next YEAR
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The robot uprising could be imminent: Elon Musk warns AI will outsmart mankind by the end of next YEAR

Daily Mail  

From Terminator to Ex Machina, machines overthrowing their human creators is a staple of science fiction. But the robot uprising could be closer than you think, as Elon Musk warns AI will surpass the abilities of humanity by the end of next year. However, humanity might have a chance as Musk also claims that a shortage in advanced chips and …

VP Harris says US agencies must show their AI tools aren’t harming people’s safety or rights
8 months, 3 weeks ago

VP Harris says US agencies must show their AI tools aren’t harming people’s safety or rights

Associated Press  

U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren’t harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday. While Biden’s broader order also attempts to safeguard the more advanced commercial AI systems made by leading technology companies, such as those powering generative AI chatbots, Thursday’s directive will also affect AI …

Could AI deepen inequalities in the world?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Could AI deepen inequalities in the world?

Al Jazeera  

AI technologies are hailed as cutting-edge, but they risk replicating biases and disparities already in place in our world today, experts warn. But these technologies, Tometi said, are a “real serious cause for alarm, because we have yet to address racism and anti-Back racism within the criminal justice system already”. “There’s just so much bias and discrimination of stereotypes that …

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions

LA Times  

One thing both skeptics and enthusiasts alike can agree on: Artificial intelligence will have a banner year in 2024. “In the next year, we may require AI systems to get a professional license,” said Amy Webb, chief executive of the Future Today Institute, a consulting firm. Bill Burton, former deputy press secretary for the Obama administration, predicted: “The most viewed …

Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation
1 year ago

Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation

Hindustan Times  

TWO THINGS European lawmakers should get credit for our stamina and an extraordinary tolerance for bad food. Representatives of the EU Parliament, member governments and the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, spent nearly 40 hours in a dark meeting room in Brussels until the wee hours of December 9th hashing out a deal on the AI Act, Europe’s ground-breaking …

2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence — and weren’t sure what to do about it
1 year ago

2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence — and weren’t sure what to do about it

Associated Press  

Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people’s science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. “There’s massive claims by vendors and producers of generative AI around its capabilities, its ability to deliver those capabilities.” Google drew criticism this month for editing a video …

Europe agreed on world-leading AI rules. How do they work and will they affect people everywhere?
1 year ago

Europe agreed on world-leading AI rules. How do they work and will they affect people everywhere?

Associated Press  

LONDON — European Union officials worked into the late hours last week hammering out an agreement on world-leading rules meant to govern the use of artificial intelligence in the 27-nation bloc. Some AI uses are banned because they’re deemed to pose an unacceptable risk, like social scoring systems that govern how people behave, some types of predictive policing and emotion …

Most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024, shows new poll
1 year, 1 month ago

Most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024, shows new poll

Firstpost  

The poll found that nearly 6 in 10 adults think AI tools will increase the spread of false and misleading information during next year’s elections The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year’s presidential election at a scale never seen before. The poll …

Poll shows most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024
1 year, 1 month ago

Poll shows most US adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year’s presidential election at a scale never seen before. The poll found that nearly 6 in 10 adults think AI tools — which can micro-target political audiences, mass produce persuasive messages, and generate …

The case for bottom-up AI
1 year, 6 months ago

The case for bottom-up AI

Al Jazeera  

ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools are rising in popularity. Bottom-up AI can emerge through an open source approach, with a focus on high-quality data. Open source approach: The technical basis for bottom-up AI Bottom-up AI challenges the dominant view that powerful AI platforms can be developed only by using big data, as is the case with ChatGPT, Bard, …

AI has potential to create ‘dystopia or utopia’, minister says
1 year, 6 months ago

AI has potential to create ‘dystopia or utopia’, minister says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We have to take breathing space to make sure we’re getting this right for the …

What is the political agenda of artificial intelligence?
1 year, 7 months ago

What is the political agenda of artificial intelligence?

Al Jazeera  

Could AI single-handedly decide the course of our history? Recently, examples of hyperrealistic, AI-generated content, such as an “interview” with former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, who has not been able to talk to the press since a devastating ski accident in 2013; “photographs” showing former President Donald Trump being arrested in New York; and seemingly authentic student essays …

10 ways AI will change the world – from curing cancer to wiping out humanity
1 year, 7 months ago

10 ways AI will change the world – from curing cancer to wiping out humanity

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Self-driving cars could make taxi drivers redundant While new jobs will be created, …

White House unveils artificial intelligence ‘Bill of Rights’
2 years, 2 months ago

White House unveils artificial intelligence ‘Bill of Rights’

Associated Press  

The Biden administration unveiled a set of far-reaching goals Tuesday aimed at averting harms caused by the rise of artificial intelligence systems, including guidelines for how to protect people’s personal data and limit surveillance. “This is the Biden-Harris administration really saying that we need to work together, not only just across government, but across all sectors, to really put equity …

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