Romanian Prime Minister gets AI adviser
Nicolae gets his Elena
Romania’s prime minister has been given an artificial intelligence assistant named “Ion” which scans social networks to inform the government “in real time of Romanians’ proposals and wishes.”
Musk returning to AI after dismissing it as dangerous as nukes
Oh look, another shiny thing
After dismissing AI as being “as dangerous as nukes” and flogging off his stake in OpenAI, thinking man’s prosciutto Elon [look at me] Musk has realised that he might have missed something and wants back in.
Microsoft admits reading Bing chatbot conversations
We want to make sure it is properly behaved
Software King of the World Microsoft has admitted that it is reading users’ conversations with its Bing chatbot to make sure that the AI is not using any “inappropriate behaviour.”
AI artwork not protected by copyright
Plots and stories are, but artwork is not
The US Copyright Office has ruled that illustrations in a new comic book that were created with the AI program Midjourney are not protected by copyright law.
Musk backs AI smears of reporter
Robots should be allowed free speech if they agree with me
Supreme Twit Elon [look at me] Musk has praised an AI based software which slagged off a reporter he does not like.
Samsung and Ambarella put AI in your car
This will end well
Samsung has announced that it is teaming up with Ambarella to bring new levels of artificial intelligence (AI) processing to its next-gen autonomous driving vehicle safety systems.
IBM runs an AI based supercomputer
Fortunately it is using it for "good"
IBM has unveiled its "AI supercomputer" composed of a bunch of virtual machines running within IBM Cloud."
Bing’s AI appears to be getting more unhinged
At least according to the Tame Apple Press
Reports that Microsoft’s Chat version of Bing becoming more unhinged are becoming more common as reporters with little to do trying their best to break it. One article detailed how the Chatbot encouraged a reporter to end his marriage, spied on its creators and had dark fantasies of stealing nuclear codes.
Google boss slags off AI mirage
Probably because he can’t create one fast enough
After famously being caught on the back foot after rival Microsoft sunk £10 billion into ChatGPT, Google boss Prabhakar Raghavan warned about the dangers of an AI hallucination.
AI will hit white collar jobs
US will be badly hit
While previous industrial revolutions have hit blue collar employees, it looks like the AI revolution will be coming for white collar workers -- particularly in the US.