Enlarge / The IBM logo in front of an AI-generated background. (credit: IBM / Midjourney) IBM Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna has revealed plans to pause hiring for about 7,800 positions that could be replaced by artificial intelligence systems over time, according to a Bloomberg news report published Monday. Krishna said that hiring in back-office...
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A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading
In a recent experiment, researchers used large language models to translate brain activity into words.
What Exactly Are the Dangers Posed by AI?
A recent letter calling for a moratorium on A.I development blends real threats with speculation. But concern is growing among experts.
When AI Chatbots Hallucinate
Ensuring that chatbots aren’t serving false information to users has become one of the most important and tricky tasks in the tech industry.
‘The Godfather of AI’ Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead
For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.
Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ in Israel, Report Says
The Israeli government is using computer vision to monitor Palestinian travel across checkpoints, according to the report.
T-Mobile discloses 2nd data breach of 2023, this one leaking account PINs and more
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) T-Mobile on Monday said it experienced a hack that exposed account PINs and other customer data in the company’s second network intrusion this year and the ninth since 2018. The intrusion, which started on February 24 and lasted until March 30, affected 836 customers, according to a notification on...
Stone-hearted researchers gleefully push over adorable soccer-playing robots
Enlarge / In a still from a DeepMind demo video, a researcher pushes a small humanoid robot to the ground. (credit: DeepMind) On Wednesday, researchers from DeepMind released a paper ostensibly about using deep reinforcement learning to train miniature humanoid robots in complex movement skills and strategic understanding, resulting in efficient performance in a simulated...
Apple uses iOS and macOS Rapid Security Response feature for the first time
Enlarge / Macs running macOS Ventura. (credit: Apple) When it announced iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura at its Worldwide Developers Conference last summer, one of the features Apple introduced was something called “Rapid Security Response.” The feature is meant to enable quicker and more frequent security patches for Apple’s newest operating systems, especially...
Warning of AI’s danger, pioneer Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to speak freely
Enlarge / Geoffrey Hinton, chief scientific adviser at the Vector Institute, speaks during The International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) Toronto Global Forum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) According to The New York Times, AI pioneer Dr. Geoffrey Hinton has resigned from Google so...