Is artificial intelligence overhyped or a genuine utility? Join our exclusive AI panel event
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Is artificial intelligence overhyped or a genuine utility? Join our exclusive AI panel event

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. Read our privacy policy Nearly two years have passed since ChatGPT first launched, sparking a worldwide debate over the potential and opportunities of artificial intelligence. Join The Independent’s technology editor Andrew Griffin and his deputy Anthony Cuthbertson as they explore these questions in a compelling panel discussion that goes beyond the hype. Amid consistent discussions about the risks of AI, it’s also essential to recognise the technology’s vast potential to improve various aspects of our lives — from advancements in healthcare to innovations in education and entertainment. Also on the panel is Neil Maiden, Professor of Digital Creativity at Bayes Business School and Director of the Institute for Creativity and AI at City St George’s, which works closely with funding bodies, businesses and other types of organisations to understand the new challenges posed by AI technologies, and offer novel solutions to improve creative work.

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OpenAI boss Sam Altman says human-level intelligence is coming – and it won’t be fair
1 month, 2 weeks ago

OpenAI boss Sam Altman says human-level intelligence is coming – and it won’t be fair

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. Read our privacy policy Artificial intelligence that rivals or surpasses human intelligence is “coming into view”, according …

AI will be the most profound shift of our lifetimes, says Sundar Pichai at Paris AI Summit
1 month, 2 weeks ago

AI will be the most profound shift of our lifetimes, says Sundar Pichai at Paris AI Summit

India Today  

At the AI Action Summit in Paris, global leaders, policy makers, and tech executives have come together to discuss the future of AI and its far-reaching implications. Google CEO Sundar Pichai also spoke on day 1 of the event, talking about how “AI will be the most profound shift of our lifetime”. But before that, he spoke about the Transformer …

General purpose AI could lead to array of new risks, experts say in report ahead of AI summit
1 month, 4 weeks ago

General purpose AI could lead to array of new risks, experts say in report ahead of AI summit

Associated Press  

LONDON — Advanced artificial intelligence systems have the potential to create extreme new risks, such as fueling widespread job losses, enabling terrorism or running amok, experts said in a first-of-its-kind international report Wednesday cataloging the range of dangers posed by the technology. The report by a group of independent experts is a “synthesis” of existing research intended to help guide …

OpenAI employee ‘terrified’ of AI pace quits ChatGPT creator
1 month, 4 weeks ago

OpenAI employee ‘terrified’ of AI pace quits ChatGPT creator

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. Read our privacy policy An AI researcher and safety officer at ChatGPT creator OpenAI has quit the …

Want to Avoid AI Scams? Try These Tips From Our Experts
2 months, 1 week ago

Want to Avoid AI Scams? Try These Tips From Our Experts

Wired  

Thank you to all the readers of WIRED’s AI Unlocked newsletter who tuned in for our most recent conversation about money and artificial intelligence scams. Couts shared his insights into different approaches used by scammers, including how different groups are now using AI-powered tools to deepfake live videos and trick people out of money. During the live event, I spoke …

ChatGPT could replace telemarketers, teachers and traders
2 months, 2 weeks ago

ChatGPT could replace telemarketers, teachers and traders

Live Mint  

AFTER DECADES of blue-collar jobs being snatched up by machines, advanced chatbots are now breathing down white collars. Humans and AI separately rated how well software powered by large language models, which are trained on vast chunks of the internet and then fine-tuned to specific functions, could undertake 19,000 tasks involved in the jobs. For other tasks the annotators imagined …

In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work
2 months, 4 weeks ago

In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work

LA Times  

If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank. There was a “shift from putting out models to actually building products,” said Arvind Narayanan, a Princeton University computer science professor and co-author of the new book “AI Snake Oil: What Artificial …

Tips for ChatGPT’s Voice Mode? Best AI Uses for Retirees? Our Expert Answers Your Questions
55 years, 2 months ago

Tips for ChatGPT’s Voice Mode? Best AI Uses for Retirees? Our Expert Answers Your Questions

Wired  

Thank you so much to all the readers who tuned in live to participate in the second installment of our question and answer series focused on artificial intelligence. I started off the chat with a couple quick demos showing how to use the image and voice features built into chatbots, including an example of how it’s possible to interact with …

The world is not ready for the next huge development in AI, says departing OpenAI researcher
5 months ago

The world is not ready for the next huge development in AI, says departing OpenAI researcher

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. Read our privacy policy The world is not ready for AGI, or the point at which artificial …

AI isn’t coming for your job, it’s coming for your relationship
10 months, 1 week ago

AI isn’t coming for your job, it’s coming for your relationship

The Independent  

The announcement is about me? The new artificial intelligence bot, which will soon be integrated into ChatGPT and free for anyone to use with a phone or computer, signals a “more human” approach to AI that doesn’t just sound like a person but also experiences the world around it in a similar way. However, just days ahead of GPT-4o’s unveiling, …

Google AI updates a ‘direct response’ to ChatGPT dominance, experts say
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Google AI updates a ‘direct response’ to ChatGPT dominance, experts say

The Independent  

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Google unveils ‘future of AI’ at I/O event
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Google unveils ‘future of AI’ at I/O event

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. At its annual Google I/O developer conference in California on Tuesday, the tech giant showed how AI …

OpenAI unveils ‘magic new AI that can see, hear and speak
10 months, 2 weeks ago

OpenAI unveils ‘magic new AI that can see, hear and speak

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. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the new technology “feels like magic”, writing in a blog post that …

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay
1 year, 2 months ago

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay

The Hindu  

Bright banners tout the promise of artificial intelligence along the main promenade of Davos, but executives at the World Economic Forum say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers. Cloud and internet security company Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told Reuters that the months ahead may even feel like an "AI letdown". It also proved a good …

ChatGPT boss says he’s achieved human-level AI, then says he’s ‘just memeing’
1 year, 6 months ago

ChatGPT boss says he’s achieved human-level AI, then says he’s ‘just memeing’

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. Read our privacy policy OpenAI founder Sam Altman, whose company created the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, announced …

ChatGPT AI is about to be eclipsed by ‘interactive AI’
1 year, 6 months ago

ChatGPT AI is about to be eclipsed by ‘interactive AI’

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. Read our privacy policy The current wave of generative AI tools like ChatGPT will soon be surpassed …

Apps Are Rushing to Add AI. Is Any of It Useful?
1 year, 7 months ago

Apps Are Rushing to Add AI. Is Any of It Useful?

Wired  

Ever since the ChatGPT API opened up, all sorts of apps have been strapping on AI functionality. I've personally noticed this a lot in email clients: Apps like Spark and Canary are prominently bragging about their built-in AI functionality. It's a great idea in the abstract, but I think integrations like these conspire to make communication less efficient instead of …

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says it is doubling down on preventing AI from 'going rogue'
1 year, 8 months ago

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says it is doubling down on preventing AI from 'going rogue'

The Hindu  

ChatGPT's creator OpenAI plans to invest significant resources and create a new research team that will seek to ensure its artificial intelligence remains safe for humans - eventually using AI to supervise itself, it said on Wednesday. The team's goal is to create a "human-level" AI alignment researcher, and then scale it through vast amounts of compute power. OpenAI says …

AI could ‘kill many humans’ within two years, warns Sunak adviser
1 year, 9 months ago

AI could ‘kill many humans’ within two years, warns Sunak adviser

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. Read our privacy policy Artificial intelligence could create a “dystopia” a government minister has warned …

ChatGPT creator says AI ‘superintelligence’ is impossible to stop
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT creator says AI ‘superintelligence’ is impossible to stop

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. In a blog post published on Wednesday, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever said that …

ChatGPT creator warns of ‘existential risk’ from AI within a decade
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT creator warns of ‘existential risk’ from AI within a decade

The Telegraph  

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has warned that superhuman artificial intelligence posing an “existential risk” to humanity could become reality within just ten years. The startup’s top bosses have called for the regulation of AI and warned that “superintelligence” is comparable to nuclear energy in terms of the risks it poses to mankind. OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman, president Greg Brockman, and …

ChatGPT creator Sam Altman ‘nervous’ about AI election manipulation
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT creator Sam Altman ‘nervous’ about AI election manipulation

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. Artificial intelligence chatbots like his company’s ChatGPT were a “significant area of concern”, Mr Altman told the …

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden, Harris meet with CEOs about AI risks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris met on Thursday with the heads of Google, Microsoft and two other companies developing artificial intelligence as the Biden administration rolls out initiatives meant to ensure the rapidly evolving technology improves lives without putting people’s rights and safety at risk. But the White House also needs to take stronger action as AI systems built …

DeepMind boss says human-level AI is just a few years away
1 year, 10 months ago

DeepMind boss says human-level AI is just a few years away

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. Read our privacy policy The head of Google’s artificial intelligence division DeepMind has predicted that human-level AI …

‘Godfather of AI’ leaves Google and gives terrifying warning about the future of technology
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Godfather of AI’ leaves Google and gives terrifying warning about the future of technology

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. Read our privacy policy Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI”, has quit Google with a …

ChatGPT creator heads to White House to discuss AI dangers
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT creator heads to White House to discuss AI dangers

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. Read our privacy policy The head of OpenAI will join chief executives from major tech firms in …

ChatGPT creator says there’s 50% chance AI ends in ‘doom’
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT creator says there’s 50% chance AI ends in ‘doom’

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. Former OpenAI worker Paul Christiano, who now runs AI research non-profit Alignment Research Center, said he believed …

AI news latest: ChatGPT is showing signs of thinking like humans; Bill Gates hails “age of AI”
2 years ago

AI news latest: ChatGPT is showing signs of thinking like humans; Bill Gates hails “age of AI”

The Independent  

✕ Close What is new with the fourth version of ChatGPT? 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. They are the latest developments in …

Michelle Donelan: ChatGPT robot could play role in government
2 years ago

Michelle Donelan: ChatGPT robot could play role in government

The Telegraph  

ChatGPT could play a role in the workings of government, the new science minister has said. But she added: “We need to think about what is the use for ChatGPT… just like any other organisation would as well.” Asked whether it could play a role in some capacity, Ms Donelan said: “I think these are things we need to look …

China to regulate AI use amid ChatGPT frenzy: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

China to regulate AI use amid ChatGPT frenzy: Report

Hindustan Times  

China will introduce rules to govern the use of artificial intelligence across a swath of industries, moving to regulate emergent spheres as ChatGPT fever sweeps the world’s No. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s conversational bot has captivated users since its rollout months ago, prompting a plethora of American and Chinese corporations to unveil similar projects and inflaming AI-linked stocks. Beijing Deep Glint …

AI has started to display ‘compounding exponential’ progress, boss of ChatGPT rival claims
2 years, 1 month ago

AI has started to display ‘compounding exponential’ progress, boss of ChatGPT rival claims

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. “A mental model I have of AI is it was roughly ~linear progress from 1960s-2010, then exponential …

Google Invests $400 Million In ChatGPT-Rival Anthropic In A Bid To Launch Own Chatbot: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Google Invests $400 Million In ChatGPT-Rival Anthropic In A Bid To Launch Own Chatbot: Report

ABP News  

After investing around $400 million in OpenAI's ChatGPT rival Anthropic, Google has announced the release of its own chatbot for the public in "the coming weeks and months" after the remarkable performance and success of ChatGPT. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the use of AI had arrived at an "inflection point" and that the tech giant was "extremely well positioned" …

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned
2 years, 1 month ago

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

NPR  

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned Enlarge this image toggle caption NPR staff generated imagery using Midjourney NPR staff generated imagery using Midjourney Tiera Fletcher carefully read through an artificial intelligence chatbot's attempt at rocket science. Enlarge this image toggle caption Left: NASA; Right: NPR staff generated imagery using Midjourney Left: …

ChatGPT rival passes university exam
2 years, 2 months ago

ChatGPT rival passes university exam

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. Read our privacy policy An artificial intelligence bot similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT has achieved a passing grade …

Davos 2023 | CEOs buzz about ChatGPT-style AI at WEF
2 years, 2 months ago

Davos 2023 | CEOs buzz about ChatGPT-style AI at WEF

The Hindu  

Business titans trudging through Alpine snow can't stop talking about a chatbot from San Francisco. Generative artificial intelligence, tech that can invent virtually any content someone can think up and type into a text box, is garnering not just venture investment in Silicon Valley but interest in Davos at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week. Conference goers with …

DeepMind’s AI chatbot can do things that ChatGPT cannot, CEO claims
2 years, 2 months ago

DeepMind’s AI chatbot can do things that ChatGPT cannot, CEO claims

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. Read our privacy policy Google’s artificial intelligence division DeepMind is considering releasing its rival to the ChatGPT …

World’s most powerful AI chatbot ChatGPT will soon ‘look like a boring toy’ says OpenAI boss
2 years, 3 months ago

World’s most powerful AI chatbot ChatGPT will soon ‘look like a boring toy’ says OpenAI boss

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. Read our privacy policy The creator of the ultra powerful AI chat bot ChatGPT has warned of …

Meet ChatGPT, the scarily intelligent robot who can do your job better than you
2 years, 3 months ago

Meet ChatGPT, the scarily intelligent robot who can do your job better than you

The Telegraph  

Altman, who now serves as the AI company’s chief executive, is a starry-eyed visionary straight out of central casting. When The Telegraph asks the software itself what makes it unique, it cites the quality of its training – like any well-behaved student – and says: “This sets me apart from many other chatbots, which are often limited in their abilities …

Artificial Intelligence start-up InstaDeep raises £74m for expansion
3 years, 2 months ago

Artificial Intelligence start-up InstaDeep raises £74m for expansion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A London-based artificial intelligence start-up …

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