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5 Uses for ChatGPT that Aren’t Fan Fiction or Cheating at School
AI is so powerful that it will inevitably destroy the world—at least, that’s what the people who sell AI software keep…
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AI Could Change How Blind People See the World
For her 38th birthday, Chela Robles and her family made a trek to One House, her favorite bakery in Benicia,…
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The Huge Power and Potential Danger of AI-Generated Code
In June 2021, GitHub announced Copilot, a kind of auto-complete for computer code powered by OpenAI’s text-generation technology. It provided…
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Elon Musk Seeks Support Against Rules on Free Speech Online
When Elon Musk arrived at VivaTech, a leading technology conference in France, his presence had an immediate effect, as event…
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How to Tackle AI—and Cheating—in the Classroom
This past spring, as I closed out my 18th year of teaching, I felt anxiety that I’d never before felt…
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Meet the Humans Trying to Keep Us Safe From AI
A year ago, the idea of holding a meaningful conversation with a computer was the stuff of science fiction. But…
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The US Senate Wants to Rein In AI. Good Luck With That
While negotiations started with Young and Schumer, they didn’t end there. Rather, the pair heard input from other congressional committees…
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT
In 2014, DeepMind was acquired by Google after demonstrating striking results from software that used reinforcement learning to master simple…
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Amazon’s New Robots Are Rolling Out an Automation Revolution
In a giant warehouse in Reading, Massachusetts, I meet a pair of robots that look like goofy green footstools from…
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Meet Pause AI, the Protest Group Campaigning Against Human Extinction
The first time we speak, Joep Meindertsma is not in a good place. He tears up as he describes a…
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