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WEF 2024: AI won’t replace human care for each other: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

19Jan

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WEF 2024: AI won’t replace human care for each other: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

[ad_1] Amid concerns raised in various quarters about risks posed by AI, ChatGPT creator OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman on Thursday said artificial intelligence (AI) won't replace human care for each other, just like computers didn't kill the game of chess. Speaking at a session on 'Technology in a Turbulent World' at the World Economic Forum (WEF 2024) here, he said even with its very limited current capability and very deep flaws, people are finding ways to use this tool for great productivity gains or other gains and understand the limitations."People understand tools and the limitations of tools more than we often give them credit for. People have found ways to make ChatGPT super useful to them and understand what not to use it for, for the most part," he said. Altman said AI has been some...

AI-powered misinformation is the world’s biggest short-term threat, Davos report says

11Jan

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AI-powered misinformation is the world’s biggest short-term threat, Davos report says

[ad_1] False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report Wednesday.In its latest Global Risks Report, the organization also said an array of environmental risks pose the biggest threats in the longer term. The report was released ahead of the annual elite gathering of CEOs and world leaders in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos and is based on a survey of nearly 1,500 experts, industry leaders and policymakers. The report listed misinformation and disinformation as the most severe risk over the next two years, highlighting how rapid advances in technology also are creating new problems or making existing o...

How Do Gen AI systems Learn? Researchers Have a Magic Tool to Understand AI – Harry Potter

27Dec

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How Do Gen AI systems Learn? Researchers Have a Magic Tool to Understand AI – Harry Potter

[ad_1] More than two decades after J.K. Rowling introduced the world to a universe of magical creatures, forbidden forests and a teenage wizard, Harry Potter is finding renewed relevance in a very different body of literature: AI research. A growing number of researchers are using the best-selling Harry Potter books to experiment with generative artificial intelligence technology, citing the series' enduring influence in popular culture and the wide range of language data and complex wordplay within its pages. Reviewing a list of studies and academic papers referencing Harry Potter offers a snapshot into cutting-edge AI research — and some of the thorniest questions facing the technology. In perhaps the most notable recent example, Harry, Hermione and Ron star in a paper titled “Who'...

What you need to know about Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s new interim CEO

22Nov

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What you need to know about Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s new interim CEO

[ad_1] OpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the world of artificial intelligence.Emmett Shear announced his new role Monday morning in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, while also acknowledging “the process and communications” around Altman's firing Friday were “handled very badly” and damaged trust in the company. When it abruptly fired Altman, OpenAI said an internal review found the 38-year-old was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the company's board of directors. OpenAI did not provide more details, leaving industry analysts and tech watchers reading tea leaves in an effort to figure out what happened. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join...

AI ethics gets short shrift among employers: OECD

6Nov

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AI ethics gets short shrift among employers: OECD

[ad_1] Despite increasing concerns about the ethical risks posed by rapidly developing AI applications, employers are paying little attention to the issue in recruiting, an OECD study said Monday.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development searched online job offers for AI posts in 14 countries. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. It found that while the percentage including keywords relating to ethics had increased sharply in the past four years, it still remained very low at an average of 0.4 percent in 2022."Results indicate that in the majority of countries, less than 1 percent of all vacancies mentioned keywords associated with AI ethics," the OECD said in its annual job skills report.In the United States in 2019 only 0.1 percent of all online job postings for AI ...

Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough?

1Nov

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Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough?

[ad_1] Chatbots like ChatGPT wowed the world with their ability to write speeches, plan vacations or hold a conversation as good as or arguably even better than humans do, thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems. Now, frontier AI has become the latest buzzword as concerns grow that the emerging technology has capabilities that could endanger humanity.Everyone from the British government to top researchers and even major AI companies themselves are raising the alarm about frontier AI's as-yet-unknown dangers and calling for safeguards to protect people from its existential threats. The debate comes to a head Wednesday, when British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a two-day summit focused on frontier AI. It's reportedly expected to draw a group of about 100 officials from ...

Humans long way from building conscious machines, understanding consciousness, say neuroscientists

30Oct

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Humans long way from building conscious machines, understanding consciousness, say neuroscientists

[ad_1] We are a long way from building conscious machines, neuroscientists write in an opinion published in the journal Trends in Neurosciences.When we, humans, are interacting with AI systems such as ChatGPT, we consciously perceive the text the language model generates. The question is whether the language model also perceives our text when we prompt it, neuroscientists from Estonia, Germany, and Australia write. The authors argue that although the responses of these AI systems seem conscious, they are most likely not. First, they say, the inputs to language models lack the embodied, embedded information content characteristic of our sensory contact with the world around us.Second, the architectures of present-day AI algorithms are missing key features of the thalamocortical system (r...

OpenAI Is Starting a New Team to Reduce Risk From Future AI

28Oct

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OpenAI Is Starting a New Team to Reduce Risk From Future AI

[ad_1] OpenAI is starting a new team aimed at minimizing risks from artificial intelligence as the fast-developing technology gets more capable over time.In a blog post Thursday the company best known for the popular chatbot ChatGPT announced it has formed a “preparedness” team headed up by Aleksander Madry, who has been working at OpenAI while on leave from a faculty position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The group will analyze and try to ward off potential “catastrophic risks” of AI systems, ranging from cybersecurity issues to chemical, nuclear and biological threats. The team will also come up with a policy aimed at helping the company determine how it can can reduce risks that may come with the development of so-called “frontier models” — the next generation of AI t...

AI Firms Dominate Peak XV’s Latest Program to Boost Startups

23Oct

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AI Firms Dominate Peak XV’s Latest Program to Boost Startups

[ad_1] Venture capital firm Peak XV Partners said the latest batch of its accelerator program are made up mainly of AI and deep tech startups, as global investors jostle to be early in such companies.Peak XV, formerly known as Sequoia Capital India & Southeast Asia, said there are 13 startups in the newest Surge cohort, of which 10 are in the AI and deep tech field. Seven of the startups are from India, four from Southeast Asia, and two from Australia, the fund said Monday. The startups are in diverse areas from advanced manufacturing, quantum computers, climate tech and health tech, and receive as much as $3 million in capital. “If 1999 was the start of the consumer internet era, then 2023 will be the beginning of the AI era,” Shailendra Singh, managing director of Peak XV, said in...

5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI-related jobs surge, skin colour in AI bias, and more

4Oct

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI-related jobs surge, skin colour in AI bias, and more

[ad_1] LinkedIn data has revealed a dramatic two-year surge in AI-related job postings; Sony research has revealed an overlooked aspect of skin colour in AI bias testing; Vyzer has secured $6.3 million seed funding for AI-driven wealth management platform; Google Pixel 8 series touts abundance of innovative generative AI features- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. LinkedIn data reveals dramatic two-year surge in AI-related job postingsLinkedIn data reveals that job postings mentioning AI or generative AI have more than doubled globally between July 2021 and July 2023. Some countries, such as the U.K., Germany, and France, saw even larger increases. This trend spans various industries, with demand for AI skills emerging across diverse roles, from AI engineers to d...