Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
Quote of the day by Anduril founder Palmer Lucky: ‘There’s no moral high ground to making a land mine that can’t tell the difference between a school bus full of children and Russian armor’
The thought of infusing AI into weapons immediately evokes deep fears, not only based on the idea that autonomous weapons may make life-and-death decisions on our behalf, but also on the prospect of errors creeping in. But for Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, there’s no alternative but to add…
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Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here’s what you need to do next
We’re saying goodbye to Google Assistant on more devices September 4 is the cut-off point for Android and Wear OS The process of switching over to Gemini is pretty seamless Google Assistant had a good run — it made its debut in May 2016 as part of the Allo app…
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I tried Gemini Spark in Chrome and it’s the perfect AI for handling all the boring bits online
As soon as I heard that Gemini Spark was now part of the Chrome browser I had to try it for myself. Gemini Spark is an AI agent designed to take on longer-running tasks that continue in the background. It’s much smoother now thanks to an update that incorporates the…
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‘Tools don’t have independent values — their values are human values’: Quote of the day by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li on building ethical AI
With AI advancing in capability and availability, many scientists and experts have begun highlighting the risks of deploying this emerging technology. There’s an overriding desire to deploy AI ethically, or to instill models with human-based values, but it remains to be seen how to standardize such an approach or even…
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OpenAI vs Apple text messages reveal something about Apple, but probably not what you’re thinking
We have officially reached the finger-pointing phase of the blockbuster Apple vs. OpenAI lawsuit in which Apple alleges that, with the assistance of former Apple employees, OpenAI is stealing Apple trade secrets. What the suit alleges, which I outlined here, is pretty damning: A pair of former Apple employees —…
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I tried to use ChatGPT to create fake evidence — and I came away more worried than I expected
One of my favorite places online is Reddit’s r/isthisAI. Every day, people upload photos of people they’re chatting to on dating apps, holiday snaps, cute viral videos of kittens, photos of receipts, pictures of pregnancy tests, and so much more, all along with the same question: is this AI? Some…
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