Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
‘Nowhere in the world, including the UK, has a current legislative and regulatory approach to AI that is fit for purpose’ — Britain’s lawmakers have started calling for AI regulation, and they should refuse to settle for half-measures
British lawmakers and OpenAI have found something they can agree on: artificial intelligence has become too important and potentially harmful to govern without a real legal framework. The country has long promoted what it deemed a flexible, middle-ground approach to regulating AI through a mix of existing regulators and voluntary…
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A costly mistake? Report claims a third of employees fired due to AI will need to be rehired in the next few years
Gartner predicts that around 33% of people laid off due to AI could be rehired by 2029 Those rehired employees, presumably filling similar roles, will command higher salaries Further predictions point to 75% of organizations making cost savings from AI productivity being overtaken by competing companies with a stronger modernizing…
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The Pentagon reportedly asked OpenAI to provide an AI that doesn’t like saying no to requests
FOIA documents revealed disputed Pentagon plans for a less restrictive AI system OpenAI denied agreeing to language requiring minimal refusal rates from models A Pentagon lawyer later withdrew an earlier confirmation about the contract Documents released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit reportedly revealed that the Pentagon sought…
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Google Health’s mistakes are a grave warning for Apple’s new AI-powered Health app
Any users of the best Fitbit devices that were watching Apple’s iPhone Duo event yesterday might have felt a chill of all-too-familiar dread during the company’s glitzy keynote presentation. That’s not because Apple announced some sort of killer smartwatch feature that will bury the Fitbit range alive. No, it’s because…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Muse personal AI agent is a work accessory designed by people who don’t do real work
Just when it seemed the creeping presence of technology into our daily routine couldn’t get any worse, Meta has launched Muse, a new way for AI to take control of your life. Described as “The World’s First Personal AI Agent Built for Everyone”, Muse looks to be an hybrid work…
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‘ChatGPT will glaze anyone regardless’: I tried 5 ways to make ChatGPT flatter and agree with me — here’s what happened
Sycophancy has become one of AI’s biggest problems. For years now users have reported that their favorite chatbots are overly agreeable. They often validate opinions, flatter people and sometimes tell them what they want to hear rather than what they probably need to hear. This is sometimes referred to as…
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