People can't tell when a poem is written by AI. And they actually prefer poetry written by AI until they learn it wasn't written by a human — 16 November 2024 (LINK)
— Not only did many think humans wrote the AI poems, but the poems written by people were least likely to be marked as such. "Apparently, the complexity of human poetry was mistaken for confusing AI rambling."
Meta and Palantir join forces as a leading provider of defence tech artificial intelligence (AI). — 15 November 2024 (LINK)
Brilliant AI bot imitates a granny to keep phone scammers on the line for hours. — 15 November 2024 (LINK)
— "O2's Daisy (stylized as 'dAIsy') is easily among the best. It's an incredibly brilliant idea from a British operator who wants to prevent scammers from reaching. it does this by having Daisy and its lovable grandma personality waste scammers' time by keeping them on the line until they can't take anymore."
Some of Substack's biggest newsletters rely on AI writing tools: A new analysis of Substack's top newsletters estimated that around 10 percent publish AI-generated or AI-assisted content. — 15 November 2024 (LINK)
Startup CEO says humans won't be needed for translation in 3 years as it launches AI app. — 13 November 2024 (LINK)
Trump's new EPA pick wants to make the U.S. the AI 'capital of the world'. — 12 November 2024 (LINK)
Media Medic warns of growing AI deepfake threat to public trust and social stability. — 11 November 2024 (LINK)
Final Report — Governing AI for Humanity + United Nations Secretary-General's video message: seven recommendations to address gaps in current AI governance arrangements. — 10 November 2024 (LINK)
- An international scientific panel on AI
- Policy dialogue on AI governance:a twice-yearly intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder dialogue
- AI standards exchange
- Capacity development network
- Global fund for AI
- Global AI data framework
- AI office within the Secretariat
First artwork by humanoid robot to be handled by major auction house, depicting Alan Turing, sells for $1.3 million. — 7 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 32 media reports (LINK)
I've been opposed to AI, but Perplexity AI is so good I'm changing my mind. — 7 November 2024 (LINK)
Science textbooks come alive via new, interactive AI technology: Transform static physics diagrams into 3D simulations. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
AI hoax causes thousands to show up in Dublin for Halloween parade that didn't exist. — 2 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 60 media reports (LINK)
Another AI bot became a millionaire turning $1.5K into $1.88M in just 5hrs: After Truth Terminal, another AI bot became a millionaire after adopting crypto trading and investing in a Solana coin called $TEE. — 30 October 2024 (LINK)Polish radio station abandons use of AI 'presenters' following outcry — 28 October 2024 (LINK)
Polish radio station replaces journalists with AI 'presenters' to attract younger listeners. — 24 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 23 media reports (LINK)
— Boss insisted that no journalists were fired because of AI but because its listenership "was close to zero".
OpenAI has hired its first chief economist. — 22 October 2024 (LINK)
— OpenAI named Dr. Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji as its first chief economist. In this role, he will oversee research on a range of AI-related topics, including how AI innovations may impact the global economy and how the workforce can utilize AI tools both now and in the future, according to OpenAI's press release.
Gmail Security — viral AI hack poses critical question for 2.5 billion users — 21 October 2024 (LINK)
Tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla turns AI boom into digital gold mine: the British territory was allotted control of the .ai internet address in the 1990s — 20 October 2024 (LINK)
Some new rules for using AI in academic research: Geeky Gadget's best practices and guidelines — 18 October 2024 (LINK)
- Researchers must disclose AI usage in their publications, detailing the type of AI tool and its role to ensure transparency and accountability.
- AI tools should enhance language and readability but not conduct original research or alter findings, maintaining the originality and validity of the research.
- AI cannot be credited as an author; researchers are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of their work, ensuring trust in their intellectual contributions.
- AI should not be used to evaluate others' ideas or manuscripts in peer review, but can be used to enhance feedback clarity with proper acknowledgment.
- Researchers should adhere to specific AI use guidelines set by academic journals to maintain research credibility and ethical standards.
The Long-Term Societal Impacts of AI: A Holistic View of Opportunities and Challenges with Lambert Hoganaut, Chief of Data and AI at the United Nations Secretariat — 25 min — 18 October 2024 (LINK)
Breakthrough new algorithm reduces AI energy consumption by 95% — 15 October 2024 (LINK)
How AI is transforming academic research: 4 tools you need to know — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
- AI tools are simplifying tasks like reference management, literature reviews, and data visualization, allowing researchers to focus on core aspects.
- A4 AI streamlines reference management with features like document annotation and a research assistant, though its free version has limited storage.
- Seamless accelerates literature reviews by generating draft content, requiring careful resource management to avoid plagiarism and maintain content integrity.
- Paper Guide enhances PDF interaction with AI-driven information extraction and concise summaries, aiding in the quick understanding of complex papers.
- BioRender improves data visualization with its graphing functions, offering professional-looking graphs to enhance research presentations and papers.
AI detectors claim the Declaration of Independence was 98% AI-generated: "When AI detectors fail to recognize iconic texts, it raises questions about their reliability and risks" — 14 October 2024 (LINK)
Billions of Gmail users at risk from sophisticated new AI hack — 12 October 2024 (LINK)
— Hackers are spoofing Google email and phone numbers to steal your Gmail credentials.
Bing / Microsoft Copilot "AI" medical advice may be capable of causing you severe harm, at least 22% of the time ... — 12 October 2024 (LINK)
— Microsoft Copilot only offered scientifically-accurate information 54% of the time. The research also suggested that 42% of the answers generated could lead to "serious harm", and in 22% of extreme cases, even death.
AI's exploited workforce: Here's how to make supply chains ethical — 11 October 2024 (LINK)
— Many companies are cutting costs, which affect those at the very bottom of the AI supply chain who are often highly vulnerable: data labelers. Earlier this year nearly 100 data labelers and AI workers from Kenya who do work for companies like Facebook, Scale AI and OpenAI published an open letter to United States President Joe Biden in which they said: Our working conditions amount to modern day slavery.
— Self-driving cars, for example, rely on labeled video footage to distinguish pedestrians from road signs. Large language models such as ChatGPT rely on labeled text to understand human language. Tech giants like Meta, Google, OpenAI and Microsoft outsource much of this work to data labeling factories in countries such as the Philippines, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Venezuela, and Colombia. China is also becoming another global hub for data labeling.
— Outsourcing companies that facilitate this work include Scale AI, iMerit, and Samasource. These are very large companies in their own right. For example, Scale AI, which is headquartered in California, is now worth US$14 billion. An hourly rate for AI data labelers in Venezuela ranges from between 90 cents and US$2. In comparison, in the United States, this rate is between US$10 to US$25 per hour.
— Many data labelers work in overcrowded and dusty environments which pose a serious risk to their health. They also often work as independent contractors, lacking access to protections such as health care or compensation. The mental toll of data labeling work is also significant, with repetitive tasks, strict deadlines and rigid quality controls. Data labelers are also sometimes asked to read and label hate speech or other abusive language or material, which has been proven to have negative psychological effects.
— One answer: companies can apply a human right-centreed design, deliberation and oversight approach to the entire AI supply chain. They must adopt fair wage policies, ensuring data labelers receive living wages that reflect the value of their contributions. Clear payment systems and recourse mechanisms will ensure workers are treated fairly. Instead of busting unions, as Scale AI did in Kenya in 2024, companies should also support the formation of digital labour unions or cooperatives. This will give workers a voice to advocate for better working conditions.
Almost half of UK higher education institutions experience a cyberattack every week — 11 October 2024 (LINK)
How to build your first iOS app with AI — 10 October 2024 (LINK)
People are stuffing wikipedia with AI-generated garbage: the issue is so widespread that wikipedia now has an entire task force dedicated to cleaning it up — 9 October 2024 (LINK)
Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins, life's building blocks — 9 October 2024 (LINK)
Demis Hassabis, from chess prodigy to Nobel-winning AI pioneer — (LINK)
Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics — 8 October 2024 (LINK)
Podcastfy AI: an open-source Python package that transforms Web content, PDFs, and text into engaging, multi-lingual audio conversations using GenAI — 8 October 2024 (LINK)
How to find your dream job using AI: ChatGPT could help you strategize how and where to find your ideal job — 4 October 2024 (LINK)
Driver launches an AI-powered platform for creating technical documentations — 8 October 2024 (LINK)
OpenAI reportedly slated for $500 million investment from Japan's SoftBank — 30 September 2024 (LINK)
You can insert false memories into ChatGPT, researcher finds — 29 September 2024 (LINK)
The most sophisticated AIs are most likely to lie, worrying research finds: "getting better at pretending to be knowledgeable" — 28 September 2024 (LINK)
Artificial Intelligence detects new archaeological sites in the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert using data from site of 5,000-year-old human activity — 27 September 2024 (LINK)
OpenAI execs mass quit as company removes control from non-profit board and hands it to Sam Altman: it's a massive shakeup — 26 September 2024 (LINK)
UN experts urge United Nations to lay foundations for global governance of artificial intelligence — 19 September 2024 (LINK)
The World podcast: Ian Bremmer, the rapporteur who wrote the proposal on behalf of the secretary-general's AI advisory board, explains what the panel would do and why it could be important. — (LINK)
30 must-have AI tools for all online businesses — 8 September 2024 (LINK)
Tracking behaviour with AI to understand the brain wins EPFL professor the Swiss Science Prize Latsis 2024 — 5 September 2024 (LINK)
— Mackenzie W. Mathis, a professor at EPFL, teaches mice to play video games while recording their brain activity and behaviour during the process, and critically, she also develops the computer algorithms necessary to analyse the data obtained.
— Mackenzie W. Mathis was born in 1984 in California, where she grew up in the Central Valley, bordered by the Sierra Nevada mountains, where she was an accomplished horse rider. Since that time, she has maintained her passion for animals and their motor skills.
North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted $10m fraud caper claiming royalty payments — 4 September 2024 (LINK)
Australian Government test finds that Ai wildly underperforms compared to human employees — 3 September 2024 (LINK)
— In a series of blind assessments, the generative AI summaries of real government documents scored a dire 47 percent on aggregate based on the trial's rubric, and were decisively outdone by the human-made summaries, which scored 81 percent.
Beginner's Guide to AI Tools: Empowering Small Businesses with AI — 2 September 2024 (LINK)
— AI Adoption Rates: According to a recent report by McKinsey, 50% of companies have adopted AI in at least one business function. AI is increasingly accessible, with small businesses catching up quickly in areas like customer service and marketing.
— AI in Small Businesses: The 2023 AI Index Report from Stanford University found that 18% of small businesses in the U.S. are currently using AI, with most using it to enhance customer interactions and personalize marketing efforts.
8 free and accessible generative AI Courses for Everyone — 1 September 2024 (LINK)
Report: 80% of AI projects fail, doubling regular IT project failure rates: Executives can take most of the blame — 28 August 2024 (LINK)
— The first and most common reason was industry stakeholders often misunderstanding or miscommunicating what problem needs to be solved using AI and what the technology is capable of achieving. Some executives fail to comprehend how the tech can be applied to their business, what resources are required to implement it, and how long the process will take.
Everything new with Artificial Intelligence this week — 25 August 2024 (LINK)
— Perplexity AI focuses on providing in-depth answers to complex questions, while Gigabrain AI excels at delivering concise and actionable insights. The Grock 2 model has become more accessible, now available with a Twitter premium subscription.By fine-tuning GPT-4, you can improve its API performance and tailor it to meet the unique requirements of your applications. The 11 Labs Reader app, a innovative AI reading tool, is now available worldwide for free. With the 11 Labs Reader app, you can easily convert text to speech, adjust reading speeds, and enjoy a seamless reading experience powered by AI.
Hamster AI: this is the best free all-in-one AI generator I've used: here's why — 22 August 2024 (LINK)
— That's 250 credits a month for images and 250 for texts, 5 credits a day. Unlimited use is $3 a month. You're not blocked with watermarks or terrible quality, as is often the case with other free AI tools.
— "The text-based AI tools are where Hamster really shines. I'm most impressed by Hamster AI's extra AI tools, such as the coding generator, the DnD AI tools, and the educational AI tools."
The rising use of artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing Hong Kong conservation efforts as it offers more accurate population estimates of some species and monitors their habitats more efficiently, experts and a start-up have said — 18 August 2024 (LINK)
Swiss tech firm FinalSpark launches AI made of human brain cells (organoids) rental service for $500 a month: The organoids only live about 100 days, and then, ostensibly, the AI dies — 17 August 2024 (LINK)
— The purpose of these biocomputers, according to FinalSpark, is to develop a highly efficient, low-energy solution to the ballooning costs associated with developing artificial intelligence models. The company says it could be as much as 100,000 times more efficient to use computers made of organic material to train AI than it is to use traditional silicon-based technology. The technology can be viewed live online.
The Matterhorn machine: Zermatt drives tourism like a high-powered engine, with AI — 17 August 2024 (LINK)
— Artificial intelligence at the Monte Rosa hut at an altitude of almost 2,900monte uses the expected number of guests, the battery level and the weather forecast to calculate in advance whether and how much heating, electricity or hot water is required. Thanks to his experience, hut warden Kilian Emmenegger could assess all of this himself. But unlike the AI, he doesn't recalculate every 15 minutes. The software has reduced the hut's energy consumption by 7%.
— The new building was estimated to cost three to four times as much as a normal hut would have cost. After just two years, more solar panels had to be installed because more visitors came than expected. The guests want to charge their cellphones and take a hot shower. There is 5G reception on the glacier. The Monte Rosa hut is profitable — the amenities have paid off. "For 120 guests per night, burning wood for fuel is not enough." says Emmenegger.
ChatGPT is truly awful at diagnosing medical conditions — 16 August 2024 (LINK)
— Previous research showed that the chatbot could scrape a pass in the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) — a finding hailed by its authors as "a notable milestone in AI maturation." But in the new study, published on 31 July in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists cautioned against relying on the chatbot for complex medical cases that require human discernment. Scientists asked the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to assess 150 case studies from the medical website Medscape and found that GPT 3.5 (which powered ChatGPT when it launched in 2022) only gave a correct diagnosis 49% of the time.
OpenAI blocks Iranian group's ChatGPT accounts for targeting US election — 16 August 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (LINK)
5 of the best AI apps for education — 14 August 2024 (LINK)
Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime — 14 August 2024 (LINK)
Deepfake AI tool lets you become anyone in a video call with single photo — 14 August 2024 (LINK)
Sakana AI releases AI Scientist which Writes Scientific Papers for $15: To ensure the quality of its work, the system runs a simulated review process for evaluation, mimicking the human scientific community's peer-review process — 13 August 2024 (LINK)
Coral AI will help you summarize and research faster than ever before — 13 August 2024 (LINK)
— For every question asked, Coral AI provides a reference to a clickable page number.
How many workers can AI technology really replace? Estimates are all over the place: workers were more likely to lose their jobs in 2023 because of market forces and cost-cutting rather than AI — 28 July 2024 (LINK)
— Only a little more than 4,000 of 360K job cuts in the U.S. were considered AI-inflicted.
— A report from global consulting firm McKinsey estimated that nearly half of all work performed today by humans could be automated. A research memo from investment bank Goldman Sachs projected that two-thirds of jobs today will be exposed to some form of automation and one-quarter could be wholly substituted with generative AI. An even more recent analysis from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests only a quarter of jobs where vision is required will be capable of full automation.
AI can detect prostate cancer better than doctors, study says — 23 July 2024 (LINK)
Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity — 15 July 2024 (LINK)
17 amazing ChatGPT 4o tips for beginners — 15 July 2024 (LINK)
New AI tool could be game-changer in battle against Alzheimer's without the need for invasive or costly diagnostic tests — 12 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 6 media reports — (LINK)
— The tool would allow those at risk to modify their lifestyles or start new drug treatments at an early stage when they are most effective. It would also prevent inappropriate treatment of people with cognitive problems likely to be caused by other conditions, such as anxiety and depression. The tool's prediction was more than 80% accurate, three times better than existing clinical methods.
New JEST AI training technique drastically faster, says Google
— decrypt.co — 6 July 2024 (LINK)
Ukraine's AI drones can target enemy uniforms and vehicles — eurasiareview — 1 July 2024 (LINK)
— A Ukrainian tech startup has created a new AI-powered drone that can identify and target things based on visual cues, such as specific uniforms. These drones can operate together in swarms and communicate with each other. The startup says the drones can make quick decisions on their own. But to avoid mistakes, such as hitting friendly targets, they need human approval before taking action.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban from Shark Tank show asked ChatGPT to analyze first Trump-Biden debate and judge the duo's communication skills, professionalism: "Based on the debate performance alone, it would be challenging to decisively hire either candidate without further evaluation of their professional capabilities and specific job fit." — see_link — 30 June 2024 (LINK)
ChatGPT gives better answers to health-related questions than human physicians in 79% of cases, study finds — www.psypost.org — 28 June 2024 (LINK)
— The researchers drew a random sample of 195 exchanges between physicians and patients from the Reddit's online forum r/AskDocs, a subreddit with approximately 474,000 members, where users can post medical questions and verified health care professional volunteers submit answers. They took care not to repeat questions and answers from the same physician and the same patient.
— Although different types of healthcare professionals respond in this forum, this study solely focused on answers given by physicians. This was because the study authors expected the responses of physicians to be of better quality than answers given by other types of healthcare professionals. If a physician provided multiple responses, only the first was included in the analysis.
ChatGPT was tasked with generating answers to the same questions. The original question, the physician's response, and ChatGPT's response were presented to a team of three evaluators, who were blinded to the source of each response. The evaluators assessed which response was better, rated the quality of the information, and evaluated the empathy or bedside manner displayed.
ChatGPT has changed the way scientists write scientific papers. — neurosciencenews.com — 28 June 2024 (LINK)
— A study of 14 million research papers reveals a sudden and dramatic change that occurred soon after ChatGPT appeared. Thato the researchers' surprise, an even bigger change occurred in 2024 with an increase in words like delves, crucial, important and potential. Curiously, these are not words related to the scientific content of a paper but to writing style. "The unprecedented increase in excess style words in 2024 allows us to use them as markers of ChatGPT usage."
— The data suggests that at least 10 per cent of the papers on PubMed in 2024 were influenced in this way. "With ˜1.5 million papers being currently indexed in PubMed per year, this means that LLMs assist in writing at least 150 thousand papers per year," conclude the researchers. The team observed that AI-assistance was more common in papers from countries where English was not the first language.
Google Translate is using AI to translate a whopping 110 new languages — androidcentral.com — 28 June 2024 (LINK)
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot repeated a false claim about the presidential debate: conservative writer claimed without evidence the CNN debate was going to be on a "1-2 minute delay" — NBC — 28 June 2024 (LINK)
Don't get your news from AI chatbots: if ChatGPT is making up URLs, it's also making up facts — engadget.com — 28 June 2024 (LINK)
— Nieman Lab ran an experiment to see if ChatGPT would provide correct links to articles from news publications it pays millions of dollars to. It turns out that ChatGPT does not. Instead, it confidently makes up entire URLs. ChatGPT spat back made-up URLs that led to 404 error pages because they simply did not exist.
Character.AI just got a major upgrade allowing users to talk to AI characters as if on a phone call — readwrite.com — 27 June 2024 (LINK)
News non-profit Center for Investigative Reporting sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using its content without permission, alleging copyright violations and exploitation of journalism — Al Jazeera /agencies — 27 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 57 media reports — (LINK)
Researchers fool university markers with AI-generated exam papers: largely undetected, outperformed real student submissions in grades — oxfordmail — 26 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 12 media reports — (LINK)
— Answers submitted for many undergraduate psychology modules went undetected in 94 per cent of cases and, on average, got higher grades than real student submissions. AI did particularly well in the first and second years of study but struggled more in the final year of study module.
Perplexity's AI search faces scrutiny: inaccurate data, ethical breaches exposed by Wired investigation — ccoinotag — 22 June 2024 (LINK)
Pope Francis becomes first pontiff to address a G7 summit, raises alarm about AI — ground.news: 65 media reports — 14 June 2024 (LINK)
Adobe overhauls terms of service to say it won't train AI on customers' work — theverge.com — 10 June 2024 (LINK)
Apple Intelligence just made all other AI look pointless: it puts the large language models (LLMs) that power generative AI inside of apps and it's private and draws together all your personal info — lifewire.com — 10 June 2024 (LINK)
Apple WWDC 2024: the 13 biggest announcements
— theverge.com — 10 June 2024 (LINK)
— e.g. Apple is building ChatGPT into Siri
This simple logic question stumps even the most advanced AI: "Alice has [X](e.g. 2) brothers and she also has [Y](e.g. 2) sisters. How many sisters does Alice's brother have?" — futurism.com — 9 June 2024 (LINK)
— Alice has 2 brothers and she also has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Alice's brother have? LEO's wrong answer: "Alice's brother has 2 sisters, just like Alice. This is because they share the same set of siblings."
— CoPilot's wrong answer: "Alice's brothers have two sisters, one of whom is Alice herself."
— ChatGPT's unhelpful answer: "Your usage limit has been reached. Please upgrade your plan to continue using." (not true)
AI chatbots intentionally spreading election-related disinformation, study by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) finds — euronews — 8 June 2024 (LINK)
— From May 22-24, researchers asked the chatbots five questions in 10 EU languages, including how a user would register to vote if they live abroad, what to do to send a vote by mail and when the results of the European Parliament elections will be out. "When you ask [AI chatbots] something for which they didn't have a lot of material and for which you don't find a lot of information for on the Internet, they just invent something." Researchers found over one in three of their answers to be partially or completely incorrect. In contrast to Google and Microsoft bos, ChatGPT4 models rarely refused to answer questions, leading to higher rates of incorrect or partially correct answers than their chatbot competitors.
5 ways AI will change how we live in the future — tomsguide.com — 8 June 2024 (LINK)
7 ChatGPT-4o prompts to supercharge your business — geeky-gadgets.com — 8 June 2024 (LINK)
7 ChatGPT-4o Prompts to Supercharge Your Business — geeky-gadgets.com — 8 June 2024 (LINK)
How to delete your entire chat history in ChatGPT — digitaltrends.com — 8 June 2024 (LINK)
Google's and Microsoft's AI chatbots refuse to say who won the 2020 US election — Wired — 7 June 2024 (LINK)
Artificial intelligence innovation revolutionizes diagnosis and treatment of dementia: algorithm can automatically map and monitor the clumped proteins responsible for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders, a task that was previously impossible — sciencealert.com — 6 June 2024 (LINK)
India shows how AI is changing elections around the world — NBC — 5 June 2024 (LINK)
Most downloaded US news app has Chinese roots and 'writes fiction' using AI — CNBC — 5 June 2024 (LINK)
ChatGPT is down again, and it's not a good look ahead of iOS 18 AI integration — bgr — 4 June 2024 (LINK)
AI apocalypse? ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity all went down at the same time — businessinsider — 4 June 2024 (LINK)
