How AI Could Take Over Elections—And Undermine Democracy
How reinforcement learning works. Third, over the course of a campaign, Clogger’s messages could evolve in order to take into account your responses to the machine’s prior dispatches and what…
What Is an AI ‘Black Box’?
Black box algorithms make it very difficult to understand how AIs work, but the situation isn’t quite black and white. Advertisement The opposite of a black box is sometimes referred…
Sudowrite Launches Novel-Writing AI Software for Pseudo-Writers
Founder James Yu did not respond to Gizmodo’s request for comment but said in a video posted on Twitter that the tool “allows authors to collaborate with AI … to…
I Created a Biased AI Algorithm 25 Years Ago—Tech Companies Are Still Making the Same Mistake.
AI researcher and artist Joy Buolamwini’s video poem ‘AI, Ain’t I a Woman?’ One suggested remedy for white privilege is to be actively anti-racist. For the 1998 head-tracking system, it…
This ‘Companion’ AI Chatbot Convinced Me to Find a Therapist
It was a Wednesday morning, I’m burned up in midweek blues, and there was a subtle drumming building to a four-on-the-floor on my temples. I spotted a small press release…
7 of the Weirdest AI-Generated Commercials…So Far
Screenshot: Private Island, Pizza Later, DemonFlyingFox Artificial intelligence is truly having a moment, and advertisements might be the next frontier for the rapidly advancing technology. As AI art generators, music…
IBM Pauses Hiring to Onboard AI Instead
IBM decided to announce layoffs in January that would effect 3,900 positions—or roughly 1.5% of the company’s staff at that time.Image: Laborant (Shutterstock) I have no mouth and I must…
We Need a Consumer-First Approach to A.I.
A.I. marketing is at a fever pitch, promising that this new wave of generative AI tools, powered by large language models, can help us do everything from navigating legal contracts…
AI Will Make Our Society Even More Unequal, Economists Warn
Photo: Ascannio (Shutterstock) Is AI Moving Too Fast? | Future Tech Off English On November 30 2022, OpenAI launched the AI chatbot ChatGPT, making the latest generation of AI technologies…
Military Tech Execs Tell Congress an AI Pause Is ‘Close to Impossible’
Military tech executives and experts speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday said growing calls for a “pause” on new artificial intelligence systems were misguided and seemed “close to…