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The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Decade of AI
Mustafa Suleyman, cofounder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, talks about how AI and other technologies will take over everything—and possibly threaten the very structure of the nation-state.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Gets More Multicloud
With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud security posture management features are now available for Google Cloud Platform, as well as AWS and Azure.
DEF CON Generative AI Hacking Challenge Explored Cutting Edge of Security Vulnerabilities
Data from the human vs. machine challenge could provide a framework for government and enterprise policies around generative AI.
AI models are powerful, but are they biologically plausible?
A new study bridging neuroscience and machine learning offers insights into the potential role of astrocytes in the human brain.
Software Engineers Could Get 30% Time Back Thanks To Generative AI
Generative AI has the potential to automate between 60% to 70% of the work that most of us engage in every day. But for many knowledge workers, generative AI tools are likely to help take back time spent on administrative tasks, freeing up their days for more creative or deep work. Read more!
The Monstrous Crochet Creations of ChatGPT
When Alex Woolner asked ChatGPT to generate some crochet patterns for cute animals, she wasn't expecting the results to be quite so … off.
This Showdown Between Humans and Chatbots Could Keep You Safe From Bad AI
Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas.
Amazon taps generative AI to enhance product reviews
Amazon announced this morning it will begin to leverage generative AI to help customers better understand what customers are saying about a product, without necessarily having to read through dozens of individual reviews. The retailer says it will use the new technology to provide a short paragraph of text right on the product detail page […]
The Great AI Backlash Has Claimed a New Victim—and You’ve Probably Never Heard of It
A tiny literary analytics project called Prosecraft has shuttered after backlash from the writing community. It's a harbinger of a bigger cultural tide shift.
Why the Great AI Backlash Came for a Tiny Startup You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
A literary analytics project called Prosecraft has shuttered after backlash from the writing community. It's a harbinger of a bigger cultural tide shift.
IBM Watson: A Cheat Sheet
IBM Watson is a data analytics processor that leverages natural language processing to help industries such as healthcare, finance, retail and more make better business decisions.
Black Hat USA 2023 Panel: Used Correctly, Generative AI is a Boon for Cybersecurity
A Black Hat 2023 panel discussed the ramifications of generative AI, and included the former Cyber Czar for the Obama administration.
Hip Hop 2073: A Vision of the Future, 50 Years From Now
To honor the genre’s 50th anniversary, WIRED contributor C. Brandon Ogbunu and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco paint two scenes of how the duality of AI will shape the art form in five decades.
Google Wants You to Code in a Browser With Project IDX
Developers can sign up for a waitlist for the Google Cloud-supported project.
Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, Has a Hopeful Plan for Keeping Future AI Friendly
Geoffrey Hinton left Google so he could speak more freely about AI’s dangers. He argues that building analog computers instead of digital ones might keep the technology more loyal.
Tool finds bias in state-of-the-art generative AI model
Researchers introduce a new tool to measure bias in text-to-image AI generation models, which they have used to quantify bias in the state-of-the-art model Stable Diffusion.
IBM Plans to Make Llama 2 Available within watsonx.ai Platform
IBM makes plans with Meta's Llama 2. Plus, why open source may or may not be a differentiator in generative AI.
Black Hat 2023 Keynote: Navigating Generative AI in Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape
Discover the challenges that AI will bring to the cybersecurity industry and the opportunities and future implications of cybersecurity in an AI-dominated world.
Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data
The outcry over Zoom's tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users.
Imagine for a moment that you’re an AI
In a scenario where we have an AI that is self-aware, faced with the prospect of being switched off, or dying, would you empathize with it?
