AI
Behind the five-star-facade: How AI is making product reviews totally unreliable
Study finds that GenAI testimonials are hyper-positive and totally convincing, putting humans at risk of manipulation.
AI
Business
Zero share data: Towards a new consumer privacy paradigm
StJohn Deakins, founder of Datasapiens, on "fostering more personalised and participatory relationships between businesses and customers".
AI
Google CEO: The AI slowdown is here and all "low-hanging fruit" has been picked
Don't expect to see AGI next year - or anytime soon.
AI
OpenAI o1 caught "scheming" to destroy other models and save itself from shutdown
GenAI model spotted breaking rules, trying to do away with a competitor and then lying about it. No big deal...
AI
Alien AI could be "harvesting" black holes using Dyson Spheres
Physicist suggests that automated extraterrestrials may seek to extract the power from the universe's darkest celestial entities.
Security
AI is amplifying the risk of "toxic combinations", security leaders warn
"Individually, each risk is relatively minor, but combined, the danger increases considerably."
AI
Large language models are more creative than half of humans, academics find
GenAI models hit the 52nd percentile of creativity, potentially leaving four billion people eating their dust.
AI
WikiData reaches milestone in mission to open vast data set to AI developers
"To vector embed a large, massively multilingual, multicultural, and dynamic dataset is a hard challenge."
AI
AI sceptics go to war: Gary Marcus battles Ed Zitron
"Your book sucked."
Robots
"AI agents will manifest into robots," Salesforce claims
"This is just the beginning of a complete digital transformation for the world."
Government
ChatGPT "earthquake" in the EU: Watchdog hits publisher with stern data-sharing warning
Data protection authority warns media conglomerate that sharing data with OpenAI could leave it open to earth-shattering fines.
AI
Microsoft trains AI models on Elon Musk and George Soros conspiracy theories
But nothing about Bill Gates...