The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People
Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.
Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks without retaliation
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, a group of former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees published an open letter calling for AI companies to commit to principles allowing employees to raise concerns about AI risks without fear of retaliation. The letter, titled “A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence,” has so far been signed...
London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack
Enlarge A ransomware attack that crippled a London-based medical testing and diagnostics provider has led several major hospitals in the city to declare a critical incident emergency and cancel non-emergency surgeries and pathology appointments, it was widely reported Tuesday. The attack was detected Monday against Synnovis, a supplier of blood tests, swabs, bowel tests, and...
Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has a vision for the future of work: sending your AI-powered digital twin to attend meetings on your behalf. In an interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel published Monday, Yuan shared his plans for Zoom to become an “AI-first company,” using AI to automate tasks and reduce...
Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling
Since Google overhauled its search engine, publishers have tried to assess the danger to their brittle business models while calling for government intervention.
Google Rolls Back A.I. Search Feature After Flubs and Flaws
Google appears to have turned off its new A.I. Overviews for a number of searches as it works to minimize errors.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People
Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.
The New ChatGPT Offers a Lesson in AI Hype
OpenAI released GPT-4o, its latest chatbot technology, in a partly finished state. It has much to prove.
Can Artificial Intelligence Rethink Art? Should it?
There is an increasing overlap between art and artificial intelligence. Some celebrate it, while others worry.