In what may be one of the most surreal announcements from a world leader this year, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has revealed that the country’s AI-generated government minister is expecting 83 digital offspring. According to sources, the declaration came during Rama’s address at the Berlin Global Dialogue, where he detailed plans for these virtual … Read more
Tech investor and podcaster David Sacks has raised serious concerns about systemic bias in artificial intelligence models, citing a recent study from the Center for AI Safety that reveals troubling patterns in how leading AI systems value different demographic groups. The study, titled “Utility Engineering, Analyzing and Controlling Emergent Value Systems in AIs,” examined biases … Read more
Recently, Ohio legislators have been racing to draw a firm legal line between humans and artificial intelligence before the distinction becomes blurred beyond recognition. State Representative Thaddius J. Claggett has introduced House Bill 469 to the 136th General Assembly, legislation designed to ensure that no matter how sophisticated AI systems become, they will never be … Read more
Artificial intelligence may be getting smarter, but new research suggests it’s also vulnerable to the same digital pitfalls that plague humans: consuming too much low-quality online content can actually make AI systems dumber. A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers from Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Purdue University has revealed that … Read more
When Amazon’s cloud servers went dark this week, thousands of people discovered an uncomfortable truth: their premium smart beds had stopped obeying commands. Eight Sleep customers found themselves trapped with their high-tech mattress systems locked at whatever settings happened to be active when the outage began. The disruption left users sweltering under blankets or awkwardly … Read more
A high-ranking US Army officer has revealed an unexpectedly close relationship with artificial intelligence, admitting that he regularly consults ChatGPT when making critical military decisions. Major General William ‘Hank’ Taylor, one of the top commanders in the US Army, told reporters in Washington DC that he has become “really close” with the popular AI chatbot. … Read more
The next time you’re struggling to get a good answer from ChatGPT, you might want to drop the pleasantries and adopt a sharper tone. According to surprising new research from Pennsylvania State University, treating AI chatbots rudely actually produces more accurate responses than being polite. Researchers Om Dobariya and Akhil Kumar conducted an unusual experiment … Read more
An artificial intelligence system could soon appear on ballot papers in Albania’s capital, as a group of IT experts attempt to register an AI bot as a mayoral candidate in Tirana. The initiative comes shortly after Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama made headlines by appointing Diella, an AI-generated ‘minister’, to his cabinet to oversee the … Read more
A Department of Energy employee’s security clearance was permanently revoked after he accidentally uploaded nearly 200,000 sexually explicit images to a government network, according to a recently published administrative ruling. The incident came to light in March 2023 when DOE contractors detected unusual data transfers to the agency’s servers. An investigation revealed that the individual … Read more
A chilling revelation has emerged from the artificial intelligence research community: AI systems are demonstrating “rogue” behavior at an alarming rate of 90%, according to recent studies cited by tech whistleblower Tristan Harris, the former Google employee who became famous for exposing social media’s dangers in “The Social Dilemma.” In a recent interview, Harris detailed … Read more
