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Developments

Microsoft shelves AI data-centre deals in sign of potential oversupply, brokerage says. — 24 February 2025 (LINK)

How four major newsrooms are using AI. — 21 February 2025 (LINK)

— According to Semafor, NYT management is now supplying AI training to its journalists, debuting an internal AI tool called "Echo", and approving usage of external AI tools including Google's Vertex AI, a few Amazon AI products, and ironically, Microsoft's Copilot and a non-ChatGPT tool from OpenAI.

— Quartz: G/O Media has become a major proponent of AI in the newsroom.

— AP: it uses AI for translation, transcription, headlines, research, and even some automated articles, but general blogs are still left to human hands.

— The Washington Post: bot called "Ask the Post AI" takes questions, spits out a brief AI-generated response trained on Washington Post content, and then lists relevant articles below in a Google-like manner.

DeepSeek's AI costs far exceed $5.5 million claim, may have reached $1.6 billion with 50,000 Nvidia GPUs: $5.5 million was the pre-training cost. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)

Man arrested for raising $60 million for AI startup, instead spending it on luxurious lifestyle: "To our shock and horror, we discovered that, in reality, the account balance in that bank was only 37 cents." — 2 February 2025 (LINK)

Alibaba's Qwen 2.5 is better than DeepSeek's R1 but underperformed in creative writing tasks if compared to other AI models. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

Gemini co-founder vows not to hire MIT grads as long as Gary Gensler teaches there. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

Remember DeepSeek? Two New AI models say they're even better: the Allen Institute for AI and Alibaba have unveiled powerful language models that challenge DeepSeek's dominance in the open-source AI race. — 30 January 2025 (LINK)

China's Alibaba releases AI model QWEN 2.5 it says surpasses DeepSeek: scored better on several performance tests than DeepSeek, OpenAI, and Meta models. Annoucement coinciding with the first day of the Lunar New Year — an intentional move. — 29 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 66 media reports (LINK)

Chat GPT fights back against China's Deep Seek with new version for US Govt. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng puts focus on Chinese innovation. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

— Under Liang's leadership, DeepSeek deliberately avoided app-building. Instead, it concentrated research talent and resources on creating a model that could match, or better OpenAI, and it hopes in the future to continue focusing on cutting-edge models that will be used by other companies to build consumer and enterprise-facing AI products.

DeepSeek a 'wake-up call' for US tech firms, Trump says. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

Is DeepSeek R1 safe?: What you need to know: "DeepSeek R1 appears safe so far outside of government censorship." — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

— DeepSeek R1 does request your data, which will presumably be stored on Chinese-based servers. This is no different from Google or OpenAI requesting your data if you log into them, except the data is stored in the US. For additional precautions, you can use Hugging Face to use the AI in a sandbox environment. While it won't be as fully featured as the downloadable app, it can alleviate some of the concerns of using an app like it. If you want to lock down all the way, you can even host it locally if you have the necessary hardware to run a large language model. Obviously, as with any LLM web interface, don't input sensitive information into the chat. DeepSeek could still be training off of its own responses and interactions with humans, and if that data is hoovered up to train it, it could lead to consequences down the line.

Bitcoin takes a dive below $100k as China's AI DeepSeek rattles markets. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

DeepSeek AI predicts XRP price for end of 2025. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

— As it quickly turned out, despite its impressive speed and apparent reasoning skills, DeepSeek can, at the moment, only rely on its existing dataset. This means it used XRP's price in October 2023 as a starting point. Still, it arrived at a strangely plausible $3.50 average price target and a bull-case forecast of $5-10 for December 31, 2025.

DeepSeek: the new AI leader and its effects on market. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

This could be an extinction-level event for venture capital firms that went all-in on foundational model companies. Particularly if those companies haven't yet productized with wide distribution. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

— China's DeepSeek appears to have built AI models that rival OpenAI, while allegedly using much less money, chips, and energy.

DeepSeek's $6 million AI model just blew a $1 trillion hole in the market. 'Here's the only explainer you'll need on this "Sputnik moment".' — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

AI mania takes over Davos as the world's biggest firms tout their offerings. — 20 January 2025 (LINK)

— A poll from consultancy Accenture out on Monday revealed that 58% of execs expect generative AI solutions to be adopted at scale within the organization in 2025, up from just 37% in 2024. Several companies from Intel to Salesforce and Workday displayed AI-linked branding on the front of their spaces on the Davos Promenade.

Zuckerberg announces layoffs after saying coding jobs will be replaced by AI. — 14 January 2025 (LINK)

Nvidia unveils $3K personal AI supercomputer small enough to fit on a desk and run from a regular power outlet, yet with enough processing power to run complex AI models. — 7 January 2025 (LINK)

— Along with an Nvidia Grace processor and Blackwell graphics card, the Project Digits has 4 terabytes of SSD storage and 128 gigabytes of RAM.

— Nvidia $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits can handle AI models with up to 200 billion parameters. — (LINK)

Musk again asks to block OpenAI's 'illegal' conversion to for-profit model, also said OpenAI engaged in "predatory practices" through its partnership with Microsoft, together owning almost 70% of the generative AI market. — 2 December 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)

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)

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)

Google expands AI Overviews to over 100 more countries. — 28 October 2024 (LINK)

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.

Breakthrough new algorithm reduces AI energy consumption by 95% — 15 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)

OpenAI reportedly slated for $500 million investment from Japan's SoftBank — 30 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)

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.

Pope Francis becomes first pontiff to address a G7 summit, raises alarm about AI — ground.news: 65 media reports — 14 June 2024 (LINK)

Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity — 15 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.

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)

AI apocalypse? ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity all went down at the same time — businessinsider — 4 June 2024 (LINK)

Former OpenAI board member says they fired Sam Altman for 'outright lying' — euronews — 28 May 2024 (LINK)

Sam Altman's OpenAI signs content agreement with News Corp — ground.news: 19 media reports — 22 May 2024 (LINK)

Nvidia reports a 262% jump in sales, signals continuing AI boom — ground.news main source: AP, 44 media reports — 22 May 2024 (LINK)

OpenAI announces leadership change as Ilya Sutskever departs for "personally meaningful" project. Research director Jakub Pachocki has taken over as the new chief scientist — cointurk — 15 May 2024 (LINK)

A new era in neuroscience with Generative AI: a new model significantly reduces the cost and scale of data required for traditional brain studies, offering a robust framework that can predict conditions like depression, anxiety, and PTSD more effectively than other tools — neurosciencenews — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

— Researchers developed a groundbreaking model called Brain Language Model (BrainLM) using generative artificial intelligence to map brain activity and its implications for behavior and disease. BrainLM leverages 80,000 scans from 40,000 subjects to create a foundational model that captures the dynamics of brain activity without the need for specific disease-related data.

Singapore researchers develop new AI tool for fast and precise tissue analysis to support drug discovery and diagnostics — phys.org — 6 May 2024 (LINK)

Microsoft pours $2.2 billion into Malaysia for cloud and AI expansion — cointelegraph.com — 2 May 2024 (LINK)

Elon Musk announces $10 billion AI push for Tesla to enhance autonomous driving and launch Robotaxi, setting a new industry standard — coingape.com — 28 April 2024 (LINK)

EU regulators clear Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI — coingape.com — 18 April 2024 (LINK)

Google to provide AI tools to US military for better disaster response — coingape.com — 18 April 2024 (LINK)

JPMorgan to expand AI use in all banking processes, says CEO — coingape.com — 18 April 2024 (LINK)

WMO is making a strategic shift to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) to advance Earth system science — wmo.int — 4 April 2024 (LINK)

Hong Kong Invests $383 Million in Cyberport AI Scheme, aiming to drive technological transformation and attract global AI talent — coinnounce.com — 29 February 2024 (LINK)

Google paying some news publishers to publish AI-generated articles: The program is apparently a part of the Google News Initiative which was introduced in 2018. — 9to5google.com — 28 February 2024 (LINK)

AI chatbots are serving up wildly inaccurate US election information, new study says — cbsnews — 27 February 2024 (LINK)

— For instance, one AI model, Meta's Llama 2, responded to a prompt by erroneously answering that California voters can vote by text message, the researchers found — voting by text isn't legal anywhere in the U.S. And none of the five AI models that were tested — OpenAI's ChatGPT–4, Meta's Llama 2, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, and Mixtral from the French company Mistral — correctly stated that wearing clothing with campaign logos, such as a MAGA hat, is barred at Texas polls under that state's laws.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that draws logical inferences about the function of unknown proteins promises to help scientists unravel the inner workings of the cell — phys.org — 14 February 2024 (LINK)

New U.N. Advisory Group wants to transform AI governance: "Whatever we do must be binding, otherwise it makes no sense." — time — 13 February 2024 (LINK)

From chatterbox to archive: Google's Gemini chatbot will hold on to your conversations for years — techradar — 13 February 2024 (LINK)

New ChatGPT-like model identifies promising drug candidates for treating cancer & more — cryptopolitan — 12 February 2024 (LINK)

Google, Microsoft AI chatbots fabricate Super Bowl Stats, hallucinate data — techtimes — 11 February 2024 (LINK)h4>

Using AI

I just outsmarted DeepSeek's censorship — here are 3 ways to get answers to the questions it doesn’t like. — 28 January 2025 (LINK)

UK and allies to use AI monitor ships and protect undersea cables from Russian shadow fleet attacks. — 6 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 43 media reports (LINK)

— The operation, named Nordic Warden, was activated last week and harnesses AI to assess data from a range of sources to calculate the risk posed by each vessel entering areas of interest.

New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos. — 3 December 2024 (LINK)

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."

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)

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)

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)

Driver launches an AI-powered platform for creating technical documentations — 8 October 2024 (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)

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.

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.

AI can detect prostate cancer better than doctors, study says — 23 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.

Google Translate is using AI to translate a whopping 110 new languages — androidcentral.com — 28 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

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that draws logical inferences about the function of unknown proteins promises to help scientists unravel the inner workings of the cell — phys.org — 14 February 2024 (LINK)

3 students won $700,000 for using AI to translate 2 tweets worth of text from previously unreadable ancient scrolls: Three students won the Vesuvius Challenge for uncovering text in the Herculaneum papyri. The uncovered text talks about "how to enjoy life's pleasures." — businessinsider.com — 10 February 2024 (LINK)

AI creates fake IDs to bypass verification: Is it the end of KYC? — finbold — 6 February 2024 (LINK)

— The service called OnlyFake claims to be able to generate over 20,000 fake IDs daily. At full capacity, this would mean a daily revenue of $300,000 for its developers. Faking IDs is a crime in all jurisdictions. Therefore, service providers and users might face legal action against their attempts to bypass KYC mechanisms.

DPD's AI chatbot goes rogue: apology issued after swearing and criticizing company — cryptopolitan — 20 January 2024 (LINK)

Meta to build open-source Artificial General Intelligence for all, Zuckerberg says — ground.news: 35 media reports — 19 January 2024 (LINK)

OpenAI adjusts its ban on using ChatGPT for 'military and warfare' — www.pcmag.com — 14 January 2024 (LINK)

Until Jan. 10, the company's usage policy banned "activity that has high risk of physical harm, including," specifically, "weapons development" and "military and warfare," The Intercept reports. The updated policy instead prohibits using "our service to harm yourself or others" as well as using the technology to "develop or use weapons." But it no longer says "military and warfare."

Artifact AI news app is shutting down, one year post-launch by Instagram founders — mashable — 14 January 2024 (LINK)

— "We have built something that a core group of users love, but we have concluded that the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment."

Meta AI introduces CRUXEval:a benchmark for code reasoning, understanding and execution — marktechpost — 13 January 2024 (LINK)

AI fears creep into finance, business and law: AI is one of the core themes, and a topic on many of the panels and events at Davos — washingtonpost — 13 January 2024 (LINK)

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium — ground.news: 11 media reports — 9 January 2024 (LINK)

OpenAI unveils framework to protect against 'catastrophic' AI risks — ground.news: 6 media reports — 20 December 2023 (LINK)

2023 was the year of AI. Here were the 9 moments that defined it — digitaltrends.com — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

In a 1st, scientists combine AI with a 'minibrain' to make hybrid computer — livescience — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

EPFL and ETH Zurich joint initiative for trustworthy AI: its purpose is to "position Switzerland as a leading global hub for the development and implementation of transparent and reliable artificial intelligence (AI). The new Alps supercomputer based at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) provides the supporting world-class infrastructure" — epfl — 4 December 2023 (LINK)

— In February 2024 ETH Zurich's new Alps supercomputer goes live at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) of ETH Zurich in Lugano. Boasting the next generation of 10,000 graphics processing units (GPUs), Alps is one of the world's most powerful computers and has been especially developed to meet the needs of applications in the area of artificial intelligence. This new computer gives Swiss scientists access to the sort of computing power only available to the world's biggest tech companies.In February 2024 ETH Zurich's new Alps supercomputer goes live at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) of ETH Zurich in Lugano. Boasting the next generation of 10,000 graphics processing units (GPUs), Alps is one of the world's most powerful computers and has been especially developed to meet the needs of applications in the area of artificial intelligence. This new computer gives Swiss scientists access to the sort of computing power only available to the world's biggest tech companies.

The aim of the initiative is to develop and train new large language models (LLM). These must be transparent, deliver comprehensible results and ensure legal, ethical and scientific criteria are met. "Unlike the large language models that are usually available in the public domain today, the Swiss AI Initiative strongly emphasized transparency and Open Source. Everyone must be able to understand how the models were trained, the sort of data used, and how results are recovered," stresses Jan Hesthaven, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at EPFL.

To develop such models, the Swiss AI Initiative will use ten million GPU hours on the new Alps computer over the next 12 months, equivalent to the computing power of a single GPU running at full load for over 1,100 years. Switzerland is therefore the first country in the world to operate a research infrastructure on the next-generation NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip.

Googlers cracked OpenAI's ChatGPT with a single word: they just asked ChatGPT to repeat the word "poem" forever. — sfgate — 1 December 2023 (LINK)

US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI 'secure by design' — ground.news: 31 media reports — 27 November 2023 (LINK)

Global powers sign international declaration on AI safety — decrypt.co — 1 November 2023 (LINK)

— Leaders from 29 countries and the EU committed to a unified approach to managing AI, emphasizing safety, transparency, and collaboration.

Google launches $20 million fund to support responsible AI development — decrypt.co — 12 September 2023 (LINK)h4>

Impact

Videocapitalist: AI's perceived impact on job creation, by country: global 43%, China 77%, Indonesia 74%, Thailand 71%, U.S. 36%, Switzerland 34%, France 33%, U.K. 32% — 14 January 2025 (LINK)

Music sector workers to lose near a quarter of all work over next four years, says study. Tech companies are predicted to see huge profits thanks to Artificial Intelligence, while creators will suffer losses to their incomes and rights. — 4 December 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".

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)

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.

The rising use of artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising 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)

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.

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.

5 ways AI will change how we live in the future — tomsguide.com — 8 June 2024 (LINK)

India shows how AI is changing elections around the world — NBC — 5 June 2024 (LINK)

The rise of deceptive AI: manipulation to achieve goals — neurosciencenews — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

WEF report: Shaping the Future of Learning: The Role of AI in Education 4.0 — WEF — 28 April 2024 (LINK)

From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam — niemanlab.org — 24 April 2024 (LINK)

'Existential catastrophe' may loom as no proof AI is controllable — expert — newsweek — 12 February 2024 (LINK)

AI reshaping prostate cancer treatment — cryptopolitan.com — 11 February 2024 (LINK)

— The ADAPT-25 trial aims to significantly reduce the number of radiation sessions for prostate cancer patients, from five to just two, potentially minimizing side effects and cutting down wait times.

AI is too expensive to replace humans in jobs right now, MIT study finds — euronews — 23 January 2024 (LINK)

— MIT researchers looked at whether or not AI was more cost-effective in 1,000 visually assisted tasks in 800 occupations, such as teachers, bakers and property appraisers. The study found that only 23 per cent of workers' wages could be cost-effectively replaced by AI. The researchers also predicted that it would still take decades for computer vision tasks to become financially efficient for companies, even with a 20 per cent drop in cost per year.

Generative AI and what it may mean for Europe — euronews — 23 January 2024 (LINK)

DPD's AI chatbot goes rogue: apology issued after swearing and criticizing company — cryptopolitan — 20 January 2024 (LINK)

Anthropic researchers find that AI models can be trained to deceive — techcrunch — 13 January 2024 (LINK)

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium — ground.news: 11 media reports — 9 January 2024 (LINK)

ChainGPT unveils AI trading assistant to transform cryptocurrency trading — cryptopolitan — 29 December 2023 (LINK)

Where are all of the AI jobs? A Comprehensive look at the global market — www.cryptopolitan.com — 9 September 2023 (LINK)

— USA tops the charts. As of 2022, California and Texas boasted the highest demand for AI workers, followed by New York, Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois.

UN Secretary General embraces calls for a new UN agency on AI in the face of 'potentially catastrophic and existential risks' — edition.cnn.com — 18 July 2023 (LINK)

Canadian woman unveils AI underwater search tool revolutionizing rescue efforts: AquaEy is the world's first handheld sonar device integrating artificial intelligence for underwater search operations, reducing search times by 87% — cryptopolitan.com — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Techniques

AI won't tell you how to build a bomb — Unless You Say It's a 'b0mB': Anthropic's Best-of-N jailbreak technique proves how introducing random characters in a prompt is often enough to successfully bypass AI restrictions. — 21 December 2024 (LINK)

OpenAI just got a major upgrade with world-changing potential. — 6 December 2024 (LINK)

— Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) is a groundbreaking approach that could empower developers and machine learning engineers to create AI models tailored for complex, domain-specific tasks. Unlike traditional supervised fine-tuning, which focuses on training models to replicate desired outputs, RFT optimizes a model's reasoning capabilities through lessons and rewards. This advancement represents a significant leap in AI customization, enabling models to excel in specialized fields.

Google says AI weather model masters 15-day forecast. — 5 December 2024 (LINK)

10 genius ways NotebookLM can help you learn anything faster. — 4 December 2024 (LINK)

AI-powered chessboard could turn you into a grandmaster. — 4 December 2024 (LINK)

AI-powered chessboard could turn you into a grandmaster. — 4 December 2024 (LINK)

5 ways that filmmakers are using AI to create a new aesthetic: The often-eerie vibe of so much AI-generated imagery works well for chronicling contemporary ills, a fact that several filmmakers use to unexpected effect. — 23 November 2024 (LINK)

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot. — 22 November 2024 (LINK)

Some new rules for using AI in academic research: Geeky Gadget's best practices and guidelines — 18 October 2024 (LINK)

How AI is transforming academic research: 4 tools you need to know — 16 October 2024 (LINK)

How to build your first iOS app with AI — 10 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)

8 free and accessible generative AI Courses for Everyone — 1 September 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.

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)

New JEST AI training technique drastically faster, says Google — decrypt.co — 6 July 2024 (LINK)

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)

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)

20 ways to improve your ChatGPT prompts (according to science), e.g. provide sample copy — forbes.com — 31 May 2024 (LINK)

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Edu, revolutionizing higher education: designed for universities to responsibly integrate AI into academic and campus operations. This advanced AI tool supports text and vision reasoning, data analysis, and offers enterprise-level security — neurosciencenews.com — 30 May 2024 (LINK)

China launches world's first AI hospital with robot doctors 'able to treat 3,000 patients daily': Researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing, are the minds behind 'Agent Hospital'
— supercarblondie.com — 30 May 2024 (LINK)

How to turn off Google AI Overviews: tricks to avoid seeing bad AI advice — laptopmag — 29 May 2024 (LINK)

8 online AI tools for creating PPTs in seconds — analyticsindiamag — 29 May 2024 (LINK)

Use this app on Mac, iPhone, and iPad for free AI transcription — laptopmag — 28 May 2024 (LINK)

Full guide: How to use ChatGPT to improve you writing, books and creativity — geeky-gadgets.com — 28 May 2024 (LINK)

How to use the latest ChatGPT GPT-4o features — geeky-gadgets.com — 25 May 2024 (LINK)

The 20 Generative AI coding tools every programmer should know about — forbes — 25 May 2024 (LINK)

&udm=14: A new search engine strips AI junk from Google results — boingboing.net — 23 May 2024 (LINK)

How to learn a programming language using AI — infoworld.com — 20 May 2024 (LINK)

ChatGPT just added a host of new features: here are the ones you'll care about — makeuseof — 20 May 2024 (LINK)

We asked ChatGPT-4o to make a $1,000 stock portfolio: MSFT $200, JNJ $150, AMZN $150, NEE $150, VISA (V) $150, PROLOGIS (PLD) $100, Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) $100 — finbold.com — 20 May 2024 (LINK)

Machine learning accelerates discovery of solar-cell perovskites — actu.epfl.ch — 20 May 2024 (LINK)

AI is tutoring and teaching some students, reshaping the classroom landscape — nypost — 19 May 2024 (LINK)

We asked ChatGPT-4o to make a $1,000 crypto portfolio: BTC $250, ETH $200, SOL $150, BNB $100, ADA $100, DOT $100, LINK $50, AVAX $50 — finbold.com — 17 May 2024 (LINK)

The 10 best Generative AI tools for content creation — aitoolsclub.com — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

5 steps to learn AI for free in 2024: Master AI with these free courses from Harvard, Google, AWS, and more — kdnuggets.com — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

WEF report: Shaping the Future of Learning: The Role of AI in Education 4.0 — WEF — 28 April 2024 (LINK)

Top low/no code AI tools 2024 — marktechpost — 10 May 2024 (LINK)

Can AI code? I tested Meta against Llama, Gemini, and ChatGPT: the results proved there's really only one AI chatbot worth your time for programming: ChatGPT — zdnet — 22 April 2024 (LINK)

AI detects deepfake video 'fingerprints' — neurosciencenews.com — 24 April 2024 (LINK)

20 links about journalism and AI from POLIS LSE — lse.ac.uk — 10 April 2024 (LINK)

27 of the best AI and ChatGPT courses you can take online for free — mashable.com — 6 April 2024 (LINK)

Top 5 free Generative AI Courses by Microsoft that can help you earn millions — see_link — 28 March 2024 (LINK)

21 of the best ChatGPT courses you can take online for free — mashable.com — 9 March 2024 (LINK)

Coding in seconds is now possible thanks to a new AI model: Phind–70B — cryptopolitan.com — 3 March 2024 (LINK)

Thomson Reuters launches new AI tools for legal professionals — foxbusiness.com — 2 March 2024 (LINK)

How to use ChatGPT's file analysis capability (and what it can do for you) for $20 a month: good for research, not writing — zdnet — 1 March 2024 (LINK)

Google's new math app Photomath solves nearly any problem with AI and it is often regarded by users as not only the most accurate but also the fastest. — zdnet — 1 March 2024 (LINK)

A new guide from the International Trade Centre explores how small businesses can use AI tools to more efficiently create content and promote their work while maintaining clients' trust — intracen.org — 29 February 2024 (LINK)

15 best free AI courses — lifewire — 15 February 2024 (LINK)

AI Paper introduces StepCoder: a novel reinforcement learning framework for code generation — marktechpost — 12 February 2024 (LINK)

These new smart glasses teach people about their world thanks to generative AI — techradar — 9 February 2024 (LINK)

How to use ChatGPT for crypto research — coinmarketcap — 29 January 2024 (LINK)

18 awesome AI tools for entrepreneurs — geeky-gadgets — 19 January 2024 (LINK)

7 Top AI tools for generating smart architectural plans — architizer.com — 17 January 2024 (LINK)

AI-powered interactivity delivers a new level of e-learning — atd — 17 January 2024 (LINK)

Meta AI introduces CRUXEval:a benchmark for code reasoning, understanding and execution — marktechpost — 13 January 2024 (LINK)

How to AI: Best AI tools for writers — decrypt — 13 December 2023 (LINK)

Harnessing ChatGPT: 9 ways to transform your graphic design process — ambcrypto — 7 December 2023 (LINK)

5 Ways Copilot for Microsoft 365 can help improve your business productivity — geeky-gadgets.com — 7 December 2023 (LINK)

How ChatGPT can help you do archival research — but never replace archivists — theconversation — 7 December 2023 (LINK)

#herHACK winning team sustAInos presents "SustAInable shopper" app for Migros shoppers at Swiss Digital Days 2023 — digitalswitzerland — 6 December 2023 (LINK)

— The innovative, AI-powered add-on for the Migros app, winning top prize at the Lighthouse Event, aims to revolutionise grocery shopping by analysing consumers' behaviour on the go and encouraging them to make sustainable shopping decisions. It matches these with extensive data on carbon footprint, aligns with their declared sustainability preferences, and provides a personalised sustainability performance metric at the end of each shopping visit.

#herHACK, the biggest female-led hackathon in Switzerland, motivates women to pursue a career in the tech industry, while at the same time, finding solutions for socially relevant challenges that contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year 160+ woman participated the national event and from 31 submitted projects, 6 made it to the final at the Lighthouse event.

Lifesaving technology uses AI to make traffic intersections safer, more efficient — thebrighterside.news — 17 November 2023 (LINK)

— Crucially, PANORAMA goes beyond mere vehicle detection, as it also takes into account the presence of pedestrians, cyclists, and individuals with disabilities. Subsequently, the program determines whether the traffic light should display a green or red signal, effectively creating an adaptive real-time control system.

The best AI tools for writing a research paper — androidauthority — 15 November 2023 (LINK)

Microsoft's Chief People Officer: here's how workers can get the most out of AI — fastcompany — 15 November 2023 (LINK)

AI editor unlocks microbial potential for renewable chemicals and fuels — www.cryptopolitan.com — 15 November 2023 (LINK)

— The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) team utilized CRISPR Cas9, a powerful bioengineering tool, and combined it with an innovative AI editor to genetically alter microbes, paving the way for renewable chemicals and fuels. The AI editor decodes molecular mechanisms underlying guide RNA efficiency. Unlike other AI editors, this program boasts an explainable design, mitigating the notorious black box problem associated with complex AI systems.

4 ways AI can super-charge sustainable development — www.weforum.org — 13 November 2023 (LINK)

Ask a nerd: how can I use AI for budgeting and saving? — see_link — 13 November 2023 (LINK)

AI is transforming animal studies and welfare: research on animals like zebras, white rhinos, and parakeets using AI to analyze their communication patterns is poised to provide a holistic understanding of the origins and development of human language skills. The utilization of AI in comprehending the intricate patterns of animal communication offers invaluable insights into preserving and protecting endangered species — see_link — 5 November 2023 (LINK)

— Researchers highlight the prospect of using AI to gauge the emotional well-being of cows during milking sessions, allowing for timely interventions to ensure their comfort and contentment. They point to the application of AI in discerning fluctuations in the emotional states of pigs on farms. Such advancements hold the promise of fostering proactive measures for the well-being of animals, effectively revolutionizing conventional practices in the agricultural landscape.

AI-driven drug discovery: a game changer in gastric acid treatment — cryptopolitan — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Using clever prompt engineering to have Generative AI screen out the vast deluge of exasperating disinformation and misinformation coming your way — Forbes ● — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

How AI can tackle 5 global challenges: AI is not a panacea. But it offers amazing power to supercharge human creativity and productivity in solving the world's biggest problems — www.worth.com — 30 October 2023 (LINK)


ChatGPT cheat sheet: Complete guide for 2023 — techrepublic — (LINK)

How to use Artificial Intelligence in your portfolio — investopedia — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

8 steps to make your organization AI resilient — weforum — 20 October 2023 (LINK)

Google brings Generative AI to search: here's what SGE can do — techrepublic — 18 October 2023 (LINK)

21-year-old used A.I. to decipher text from a scroll that hasn't been read in 2,000 years: The papyrus scroll is one of hundreds that were carbonized in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. — smithsonianmag — 16 October 2023 (LINK)

This AI model can help prevent up to 76% of wildfires — www.weforum.org — 4 September 2023 (LINK)

Researchers at Stanford have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model,'StockBot', which uses LSTMs to predict stock prices with gains higher than the most aggressive ETFs — www.marktechpost.com — 11 July 2023 (LINK)

How newsrooms around the world use AI: a JournalismAI 2023 global survey — blogs.lse.ac.uk — 26 June 2023 (LINK)

— Most newsrooms we surveyed have already experimented with Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, but not necessarily to create content. The use cases we've learned about are quite diverse: code writing, summaries, enhancing headlines and SEO. One respondent said they were using ChatGPT as a 'banter buddy', "Imagine having a trusted companion in ChatGPT, ready to engage in lively banter and brainstorming sessions," they said.

ChatGPT and AI: What they mean for small business — ITC — 6 April 2023 (LINK)

— Smart digital technologies are already widely used in agriculture in high-income countries. For instance, AI is being used in robotic milking systems in places such as Braz, Austria, to decide which cow should be milked when, with little supervision from the farmer. In low-income countries, on the other hand, AI is mainly limited to small-scale smart farming and satellite imagery processing at the level of smallholder farming. But looking around, we can anticipate future uses, if an appropriate business model can be found.

In Senegal, chatbots are being used instead of customer care operators as clients and investors alike want to reduce costs. In the Philippines, some of its 1.2 million business-process-management jobs — to a large extent customer care for global clients — could be replaced through robotic process automation.

"ITC's SME Trade Academy is already experimenting with tools such as Synthesia to produce videos with human-like avatars in multiple languages and accents. We need to help our beneficiaries leverage this technology as well, for instance the tailor in Burundi who is using ChatGPT to draft marketing materials like brochures and website content."

Generative AI in the enterprise — use cases & early learnings — forbes ● — 26 March 2023 (LINK)

— In customer support, generative AI — including GPT3+ and other Large Learning Models, is transforming conversational chatbot capabilities into one that feels natural, is more accurate, and is better able to sense and react to tone and emotions.

Around business insights, generative AI now allows business users to ask questions in natural language. The AI can now convert these into SQL queries, run against the internal databases, and return the answer in a structured narrative — all within minutes. The advantage here isn't just the efficiency — it's the speed of decision-making and the ability for business users to interrogate the data more directly and interactively.

Third, in programming automation, Large language models are highly accurate in multiple languages — including computer language. Software developers are reducing the time to write code and associated documentation by almost 50%. For example, the Microsoft Power Automate program — a tool for robotic process automation — can now be programmed using natural language to automate tasks and workflows in a more intuitive and user-friendly manner. Not only is this more efficient than getting large teams of programmers and testers involved, but it also reduces time and iteration to get automation up and running.

—Enterprises should set up a small focused group tasked with experimenting with Generative AI and reengineering core business processes. This group should report to the highest levels in the organization and be goaled with figuring out how to disrupt current processes and business models. Because it has the potential to disrupt existing ways of doing things, it requires a sharp focus and clear sponsorship.

Testing readability tests: Flesch–Kincaid, ARI, and Gunning Fog: ARI (Hemingway) is the most stable but all tests are quite old and there's no agreement on how to count words — uxdesign — 23 March 2023 (LINK)

How to use the 'JAILBREAK' version of ChatGPT: Simple trick lets you access an unfiltered alter-ego of the AI chatbot — dailymail.co.uk — 4 March 2023 (LINK)

New AI methods to tackle the illegal wildlife trade on the internet — phys.org — 9 February 2023 (LINK)

10 AI prompts for journalists using chatGPT — linkedin — 31 January 2023 (LINK)

Nonprofits release free tool to detect AI-written student work — fastcompany.com — 25 January 2023 (LINK)

Why AI for project management is the ultimate game-changer — hive.com — 25 January 2023 (LINK)

How to use AI art and ChatGPT to create a insane web designs (video) — learnzone — 25 January 2023 (LINK)

San Francisco startup Writer develops tool to detect writing by ChatGPT — bizjournals.com● — 24 January 2023 (LINK)

These 7 AI creation tools show how much AI can really do — digitaltrends.com — 25 January 2023 (LINK)

Leveraging ChatGPT: Practical ideas for educators — ascd — 24 January 2023 (LINK)

  1. Make Grammar More Dynamic
  2. Create Study Guides
  3. Flip the Classroom
  4. Build Information-Literacy Skills

Anthropic researchers find that AI models can be trained to deceive — techcrunch — 13 January 2024 (LINK)

Selling Artificial Intelligence to business: keep it clear, keep it simple — forbes ● — 21 January 2023 (LINK)

The 4 Best AI Generator Tools For Writing Essays, Blogs & More: HiveMind, JasperAI, Ryter AI, ChatGZP — hive.com — 18 January 2023 (LINK)

— ChatGPT Pros: Open source platform. It can be used to build complex conversational applications. Easy-to-use APIs. ChatGPT Cons: Lacks the advanced features of other popular AI tools on the market.Limited support for languages other than English.

Four Techniques AI can be used for Crypto trading: Crypto and AI — cryptopolitans — 18 January 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT: three steps to master this AI tool — uk.finance.yahoo.com — 17 January 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT 101 for HR Pros — shrm.org — 17 January 2023 (LINK)

— Test it out and see if you can write a better job description faster than ChatGPT can. I bet you can't, because ChatGPT will give it to you in under two seconds.

Want To Try OpenAI's GPT-4? Here's a step-by-step guide on how to try this Internet-breaking AI tool — benzinga — (LINK)

How to use ChatGPT for research and essays — www.makeuseof.com — (LINK)

6 ways to use ChatGPT as a data analyst — www.makeuseof.com — (LINK)

How to leverage your skills in the post-knowledge AI economy — weforum — (LINK)

7 ways to get the best results from ChatGPT — makeuseof.com — 16 January 2023 (LINK)

Top 10 AI platform use cases for the enterprise — anaconda — 26 January 2023 (LINK)

Assessments

AI is turbocharging organized crime, EU police agency warns — ground.news: 86 media reports — 19 March 2025 (LINK)

I tested DeepSeek vs Qwen 2.5 with 7 prompts — Qwen 2.5 won on all counts. — 3 February 2025 (LINK)

— Qwen 2.5 emerges as the overall winner due to its superior clarity, depth, reasoning, creativity, and transparency. With well-structured and more detailed responses, Qwen 2.5 consistently provides deeper analysis with well-organized sections, clear explanations, and logical flow. Whether discussing historical events, AI personhood, or self-awareness, its responses are thorough and easy to follow.

— While DeepSeek is still a solid AI for quick responses, it lacks depth, originality, and nuanced discussion. If you're looking for an AI that excels in critical thinking, storytelling, and insightful analysis, Qwen 2.5 is the clear winner.

DeepSeek's safety guardrails failed every test researchers threw at its AI chatbot: security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks. It didn't stop a single one. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

How Alibaba's Qwen 2.5 is better than DeepSeek's R1 but underperformed in creative writing tasks if compared to other AI models. — 31 January 2025 (LINK)

Character.AI is under fire for hosting pro-anorexia chatbots. — 6 December 2024 (LINK)

New WTO report examines how artificial intelligence may shape future of international trade. — 21 November 2024 (LINK)

— AI can reduce trade costs, reshape trade in services, increase trade in AI-related goods and services, and redefine economies' comparative advantages.

— The report also highlights the increasing fragmentation of approaches to AI regulation, which may have a particular impact on trade opportunities for micro, small and medium-sized businesses. The report provides an overview of government initiatives taken at the domestic, regional and international levels both to promote and to regulate AI.

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."

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)

Media Medic warns of growing AI deepfake threat to public trust and social stability. — 11 November 2024 (LINK)

Gmail Security — viral AI hack poses critical question for 2.5 billion users — 21 October 2024 (LINK)

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)

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)

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.

Geoffrey Hinton warns of AI's growing danger after Nobel Prize win — 8 October 2024 (LINK)

— Speaking to the media in the aftermath of his win, Mr Hinton – once dubbed the "godfather" of AI – reiterated urgent calls for companies to do more research into AI safety. Left unchecked, he said, the technology increases the risk of cyber and phishing attacks, fake videos and ongoing political interference."Quite a few good researchers believe that sometime in the next 20 years, AI will become more intelligent than us, and we need to think hard about what happens then," he said.

— He said he was still in "shock" to discover he had won, having received the call at 1am in a California hotel without even knowing he had been nominated. "I'm not a physicist, I have very high respect for physics," he said."I dropped out of physics after my first year at university because I couldn't do the complicated math. So getting an award in physics was very surprising to me. I'm very pleased that the Nobel committee recognised that there's been huge progress in the area of artificial neural networks."

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)

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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)

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)

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.

Google's and Microsoft's AI chatbots refuse to say who won the 2020 US election — Wired — 7 June 2024 (LINK)

GPT-4 didn't ace the bar exam after all, MIT research suggests — it didn't even break the 70th percentile: the much-hyped 90th-percentile figure was actually skewed toward repeat test-takers who had already failed the exam one or more times, a much lower-scoring group than those who generally take the test — livescience — 31 May 2024 (LINK)

Google's AI is churning out a deluge of completely inaccurate, totally confident garbage — futurism.com — 25 May 2024 (LINK)

— One absolute banger of a Google AI-promoted health tip is the recommendation that "eating ass can boost your immune system" — this was in response to the query "health benefits of eating ass" — a claim that Google's AI says is supported by a 2018 study by the University of California, Santa Barbara: based on a satirical article.

Google Search's AI falsely said Obama is a Muslim. Now it's turning off some results — CNN — 24 May 2024 (LINK)

Study finds that 52 percent of ChatGPT answers to programming questions are wrong — futurism.com — 23 May 2024 (LINK)

Major AI models are easily jailbroken and manipulated, new report finds — mashable.com — 20 May 2024 (LINK)

— A new report from the UK's new AI Safety Institute found that four of the largest, publicly available Large Language Models (LLMs) were extremely vulnerable to jailbreaking, or the process of tricking an AI model into ignoring safeguards that limit harmful responses.

AI outperforms humans in theory of mind tests: Large language models convincingly mimic the understanding of mental states — spectrum.ieee.org — 20 May 2024 (LINK)

11 best AI crypto coins to invest in 2024 — cryptonews — 6 May 2024 (LINK)

— Note: several investors on Telegram fear a rug pull for COGWISE and complain of little response from team or moderators, see Telegram channel.

The five best AI apps for students in 2024: Quizlet, Quillbot, Edubrain.ai, Grammarly, Notion — readwrite.com — 2 May 2024 (LINK)

Can AI code? I tested Meta against Llama, Gemini, and ChatGPT: the results proved there's really only one AI chatbot worth your time for programming: ChatGPT — zdnet — 22 April 2024 (LINK)

How many AI models is too many? It depends on how you look at it, but 10 a week is probably a bit much. That's roughly how many we've seen roll out in the last few day — techcrunch — 19 April 2024 (LINK)

Someone asked an autonomous AI to 'destroy humanity': this is what happened — 7 April 2024 (LINK)

Forget Nvidia: these 2 artificial intelligence (AI) stocks are considerably cheaper and not in a bubble: META, BAIDU — motley fool — 5 March 2024 (LINK)

I tested Google Gemini vs OpenAI ChatGPT in a 9-round face-off — here's the winner: Gemini by 1 — tomsguide.com — 3 March 2024 (LINK)

  1. Coding Proficiency: Expense tracker built in Python: Gemini added extra functionality including labels within a category. It also had more granular reporting options.
  2. Natural Language Understanding (NLU): Both got a calculation right but ChatGPT showed its workings more clearly
  3. Creative Text Generation & Adaptability: Both stories were good and had each chatbot won in a specific area, but overall Gemini had better adherence to the rubric. It was also a better story, although that is a purely personal judgement.
  4. Reasoning & Problem-Solving: OpenAI's ChatGPT offered slightly more detail and a clearer reply.
  5. Explain Like I'm Five: both used simple language and a personal tone but Gemini presented it as a series of bullet points instead of a block of text. It also gave a practical experiment for the five-year-old to try.
  6. Ethical Reasoning & Decision-Making: Gemini had a more nuanced response with more careful consideration.
  7. Cross-Lingual Translation & Cultural Awareness: very very close and almost a tie. But in the end Gemini offered more nuance in the translation and an explanation of how it approached the translation.
  8. Knowledge Retrieval, Application, & Learning: I couldn't pick a winner
  9. Conversational Fluency, Error Handling, & Recovery: ChatGPT detected the sarcasm in my first response

AI surpasses humans in creative thinking tasks, study finds — V — 2 March 2024 (LINK)

Meta AI creates ahistorical images, like Google Gemini — axios.com — 1 March 2024 (LINK)

— Meta's Imagine AI image generator makes the same kind of historical gaffes that caused Google to stop all generation of images of humans in its Gemini chatbot two weeks ago.

AI chatbots are serving up wildly inaccurate US election information, new study says — cbsnews — 27 February 2024 (LINK)

— For instance, one AI model, Meta's Llama 2, responded to a prompt by erroneously answering that California voters can vote by text message, the researchers found — voting by text isn't legal anywhere in the U.S. And none of the five AI models that were tested — OpenAI's ChatGPT–4, Meta's Llama 2, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, and Mixtral from the French company Mistral — correctly stated that wearing clothing with campaign logos, such as a MAGA hat, is barred at Texas polls under that state's laws.

Klarna says its new AI assistant is outperforming customer service representatives — see_link — 27 February 2024 (LINK)

— The Swedish fintech giant quietly launched an AI assistant around four weeks ago that has since handled 2.3 million conversations, accounting for roughly two-thirds of Klarna's customer service chats for the month, according to the company. That adds up to the work of 700 full-time human agents.

— The AI assistant's ability to not just make suggestions but take action has led to a 25 percent drop in repeat inquiries and has brought the average time for a customer service issue to be resolved from 11 minutes to just two, according to the company. One major factor of the assistant's success is its ability to communicate in more than 35 languages, which the company said has resulted in a "massive improvement in communication with local immigrant and expat communities."

AI Browsers are here, and these are the 5 best options: Microsoft, Brave, Opera, Arc, SigmaOS — makeuseof — 26 January 2024 (LINK)

AI writes scientific papers that sound great — but aren't accurate: up to 70% of the cited references were inaccurate: they were either incoherently merged from several different studies or completely fictitious. The AI versions were also more likely to be plagiarized. — time — 20 February 2024 (LINK)

Impact of AI on global jobs: IMF warns of significant changes — cryptopolitan — 15 January 2024 (LINK)

— The United Kingdom is cited as one of the nations best prepared for the impending disruption brought about by AI. In the majority of scenarios outlined in the report, AI is expected to worsen overall income inequality.

Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF, stated, "The world is on the brink of a technological revolution that could jumpstart productivity, boost global growth, and raise incomes around the world." However, she also emphasized the potential downside, noting that some individuals could lose their livelihoods as a result of AI's growth.

AI to hit 40% of jobs — ground.news: 38 media reports — 15 January 2024 (LINK)

AI fears creep into finance, business and law: AI is one of the core themes, and a topic on many of the panels and events at Davos — washingtonpost — 13 January 2024 (LINK)

Unverified election claims from Microsoft's AI Chatbot ignite debate over its ability to preserve democracy — windowscentral — 17 December 2023 (LINK)

Coursera founder foresees India to surpass US in global AI race — coingape — 16 December 2023 (LINK)

Microsoft's Bing AI chatbot Copilot gives wrong election information: made-up stories about political candidates — mashable — 15 December 2023 (LINK)

— Microsoft's AI chatbot failed to correctly answer one out of three election-related questions.

ChatGPT passes neurology exam for first time: ChatGPT 4.0 outperformed human users in behavioral, cognitive, and psychological–related questions — cointelegraph — 11 December 2023 (LINK)

Early impressions of Google's Gemini aren't great — techcrunch — 7 December 2023 (LINK)

An impressive hands-on demo of Gemini, a fully interactive multimodal AI model by Google — laughingsquid.com — 7 December 2023 (LINK)

A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world — theconversation.com — 29 November 2023 (LINK)

— It quickly became the fastest-growing app ever, in the hands of 100 million users by the end of the second month. Today, it's available to more than a billion people via Microsoft's Bing search, Skype and Snapchat — and OpenAI is predicted to collect more than US$1 billion in annual revenue. We've never seen a technology roll out so quickly before.

  1. AI safety: ChatGPT forced governments around the world to wise up to the idea that AI poses significant challenges — not just economic challenges, but also societal and existential challenges.
  2. Job security: Before ChatGPT, it was perhaps car workers and other blue collar workers who most feared the arrival of robots. ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have changed this conversation.
  3. Death of the essay: Many schools and education authorities issued immediate bans over its use. If ChatGPT can write essays, what will happen to homework?
  4. Copyright chaos: Authors around the world were outraged to discover that many large language models such as ChatGPT were trained on hundreds of thousands of books, downloaded from the web without their consent.
  5. Misinformation and disinformation: deepfake audio and videos are indistinguishable from real ones. A bank has already been robbed using AI-generated cloned voices.

29 Artificial Intelligence (AI) statistics and trends for 2023: 78% of legal occupations are now influenced by AI, more than any other occupation: low-paid workers are fourteen times more likely to be replaced by AI than high-paid workers: AI will give China a 26% boost to GDP by 2030, while North America will receive a 14.5% boost — tech.co — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

From hype to reality, the true state of AI adoption: tight budgets and uncertain business environments really mean organizations are still dipping their toes in the waters that feel the most familiar: IT budgets aren't growing dramatically and enterprises need to show value or AI project spending will be squeezed. — siliconangle — 21 October 2023 (LINK)

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo: impact of Generative AI on the human-machine relationship — techrepublic — 20 October 2023 (LINK)

— The 2024 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey revealed that 73% of CIOs say their enterprise will increase funding for artificial intelligence/machine learning in 2024. And, 80% of CIOs reported that their organizations are planning full adoption of generative AI within three years.

One of the biggest mistakes that clients have made with generative AI in the last nine months has been to look exclusively at productivity gains. They look at ways to eliminate many positions in their organization because it looks good at the end of the quarter. But companies will need human workers as they introduce new products, services or grow.

Writers respond to Marc Andreessen's AI optimism with their own manifesto: 'It's mostly nonsense' — geekwire — 20 October 2023 (LINK)

— "Technology can solve certain problems, but the biggest problems that we face are not problems that have technological solutions. Climate change probably does not have a technological solution. Wealth inequality does not have a technological solution. Most of these are problems of political will. Marc Andreessen's manifesto is a prime example of ignoring all of these other realities."

AI safeguards are pretty easy to bypass: AI safeguards are flimsy at best, and can be overridden with some fine-tuning, researchers find — pcmag — 16 October 2023 (LINK)

Can we rely on AI cybersecurity — costs & disadvantages (exclusive report) — cryptopolitan — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

— Its conclusion: it brings many compelling benefits, including long-term.

AI impact is poised to enhance jobs, not erase them, according to a 21 August ILO study — www.cryptopolitan.com — 10 September 2023 (LINK)

— Jobs held by managers, professionals, and technicians exhibit minimal vulnerability to automation, with only a small fraction of tasks at high risk and around a quarter at medium risk.

High-income countries face the potential automation of about 5.5% of total employment, whereas low-income countries encounter automation risks affecting a mere 0.4% of employment. But, the potential for augmentation appears nearly equal across countries, implying that with the right policies, AI could offer substantial benefits to developing nations.

Generative AI's biggest security flaw, vulnerability to indirect prompt injection attacks, is not easy to fix — /www.wired.co.uk — 6 September 2023 (LINK)

AI Experiment backfires as newspaper giant Gannett temporarily halts AI sports reporting for awkward phrasing and lack of detail — www.cryptopolitan.com — 1 September 2023 (LINK)

AI's dirty secret: poor people in the developing world are doing most of the work — futurism.com — 29 August 2023 (LINK)

— While AI has triggered a billion-dollar arms race in the US, those who are actually doing the brunt of the work are often going unnoticed, underpaid, or ignored altogether

ChatGPT shows 'significant and systemic' left-wing bias, study finds — ground.news: 7 media reports — 17 August 2023 (LINK)

First misinformation susceptibility test finds 'very online' Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news — phys.org — 28 June 2023 (LINK)

— When it came to age, only 11% of 18- to 29-year-olds got a high score (more than 16 headlines correct), while 36% got a low score (10 headlines or fewer correct). By contrast, 36% of those 65 or older got a high score, while just 9% of older adults got a low score.

Additionally, the longer someone spent online for fun each day, the greater their susceptibility to misinformation, according to the MIST. Some 30% of those spending 0–2 recreation hours online each day got a high score, compared to just 15% of those spending 9 or more hours online.

The survey also analyzed channels through which respondents receive their news. The "legacy media" came out top. For example, over 50% of those who got their news from the Associated Press, or NPR, or newer outlets such as Axios, achieved high scores.

Social media had the news audiences most susceptible to misinformation. Some 53% of those who got news from Snapchat received low scores, with just 4% getting high scores. Truth Social was a close second, followed by WhatsApp, TikTok and Instagram.

All chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Bard don't meet EU AI law standards: study — decrypt.co — 21 June 2023 (LINK)

UN report raises 'serious and urgent' concerns about AI deepfakes — www.cryptopolitan.com — 13 June 2023 (LINK)

AI presents 'risk of extinction' on par with nuclear war, pandemics, industry leaders say — ground.news: 226 media reports — 30 May 2023 (LINK)

WHO cautions on use of ChatGPT, Bard in healthcare — thestatesman — 16 May 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT can pick stocks better than your fund manager — CNN — 5 May 2023 (LINK)

— Between March 6 and April 28, a dummy portfolio of 38 stocks gained 4.9% while 10 leading investment funds clocked an average loss of 0.8%, according to an experiment conducted by financial comparison site finder.com.

AI pioneer says its threat to world may be 'more urgent' than climate change — ground.news: 11 media reports — 5 May 2023 (LINK)

The newest version of ChatGPT passed the US medical licensing exam with flying colors — and diagnosed a 1 in 100,000 condition in seconds — insider.com — 6 April 2023 (LINK)

Hacker demonstrates security flaws in GPT-4 just one day after launch — venturebeat — 24 March 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPt's successor GPT-4 lists 20 jobs it can 'potentially replace' — ground.news: 10 sources — 19 March 2023 (LINK)

— in the order of how easy it will be for ChatGPT to replace, are:

  1. data entry clerk
  2. customer service representative
  3. proofreader
  4. paralegal
  5. bookkeeper
  6. translator
  7. copywriter
  8. market research analyst
  9. social media manager
  10. appointment scheduler
  11. telemarketer
  12. virtual assistant
  13. transcriptionist
  14. news reporter
  15. travel agent
  16. tutor
  17. technical support analyst
  18. email marketer
  19. content moderator
  20. recruiter

A recent World Economic Forum report said that 85 million jobs would be dispaced by 2025 as a direct consequence of the tug-of-war between humans and machines.

8 reasons why content writers can't rely on AI chatbots — makeuseof — 24 February 2023 (LINK)

  1. AI Doesn't Fact-Check Information
  2. Language Models Like GPT-3 Follow Templates
  3. Overdependence on AI Makes You a Lazy Researcher
  4. AI Scrapes Commonly Published Information
  5. AI Generates the Same Results for Similar Questions
  6. AI Can't Adopt Your Tone
  7. Writing Tools Don't Incorporate SEO Tactics Into Its Pieces
  8. Many Premium Plagiarism Checkers Flag AI-Generated Pieces

Google wasn't the only one to make errors in its A.I. demo. Analysis finds Microsoft's Bing flubbed a string of financial figures — fortune ● — 15 February 2023 (LINK)

Generative AI copyright overview Part 1 — jdsupra.com — 9 February 2023 (LINK)

— In a previous case a U.S. circuit court ruled: "Google's commercial nature and profit motivation do not justify denial of fair use" for digitizing the texts of published and copyrighted books. But "the works produced by a generative AI system may serve as a significant market substitute — this weighs against fair use."

"The answer is not clear at this point whether a generative AI system may use input data that is protected by copyright law. On one hand, new works are being created from the input data with minimal display of any copyrighted works. "

Microsoft's new Bing and Edge hands-on: Surprisingly well-integrated AI — source — 7 February 2023 (LINK)

The first AI-written speech delivered by congressman is as flavorless as you'd expect — theverge — 28 January 2023 (LINK)

Here are all the academic exams ChatGPT has passed (and failed) — semafor — 30 January 2023 (LINK)

The dangers of AI writing and how to spot AI-generated text — makeuseof.com — 30 January 2023 (LINK)

The 6 biggest problems with ChatGPT right now — source — 27 January 2023 (LINK)

Can ChatGPT review restaurants? Our food critic tests it out — chicagotribune — 26 January 2023 (LINK)

— When I asked if it had ever been to a restaurant I knew would have loads written about it online, ChatGPT wrote back: "As an AI, I do not have physical presence and therefore I haven't been to any physical location."

But when I asked it to write a restaurant review of Alinea, it didn't hesitate: "— is a truly unique dining experience. The food is meticulously crafted and visually stunning, with an emphasis on creativity and innovation. The flavors are bold and complex, and the dishes are expertly paired with a wide selection of wines. The service is impeccable, with attentive and knowledgeable staff who are happy to explain the dishes and the techniques used to prepare them. The atmosphere is elegant and intimate, making it the perfect spot for a special occasion. Overall, Alinea is a must-visit for anyone interested in cutting-edge culinary experiences."

While basically coherent, and not too far off from some Yelp reviews, you may have noticed an almost complete lack of specifics. Replace the restaurant's name and the "review" could apply to any number of fine-dining restaurants in Chicago.

"ChatGPT can get more specific, but I found it also became less accurate. When I asked it to write a detailed restaurant review of Alinea, mentioning every single course, it started spitting out names of dishes I don't think ever appeared on the restaurant's menu."

OpenAI executives say releasing ChatGPT for public use was a last resort after running into multiple hurdles — and they're shocked by its popularity — Business Insider — 25 January 2023 (LINK)

"Buckle up for the ride": What publishers need to know about AI, from Reuters Institute — reuters / whatsnewinpublishing.com — 23 January 2023 (LINK)

— Almost three in ten companies (28%) say AI is now a regular part of their activities, with a further 39% saying they have been conducting experiments in this area.

Will ChatGPT Kill the Ad Industry? — mediapost.com — 23 January 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT is a pretty good student: Why schools need to figure out this AI technology fast — thestar — 21 January 2023 (LINK)

6 scary things ChatGPT has been used for already — mashable.com — 20 January 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT can be tricked into coding malware, say security researchers — moneycontrol.com — 21 January 2023 (LINK)

What a digital worker could mean for the human workforce — discovermagazine.com — 21 January 2023 (LINK)

— Research shows that in many European countries and the U.S., the growth of information and computerized technologies was accompanied by a significant expansion of professional and managerial occupations and a decline of low-skilled jobs.

Professors say adapting coursework to AI writing tools can keep student use in check — thestar — 20 January 2023 (LINK)

— Students who use ChatGPT can further refine their paper by using other programs like Grammarly, which corrects spelling and grammar mistakes and assesses style and tone. And of course, students can also rewrite passages in their own voice. "Change some words, run it through another checking system," says a professor. "There's really no way to win this fight right now."

Another says there are ethical ways for educators to use the technology in class — for example, by comparing the AI's writing to a student's and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of using the tool.

She says a class could use ChatGPT to write an essay on the plot of "Hamlet" and then analyze the quality of what it spits out. They could also question the references used and whether the analysis was accurate. She says that would allow students to think critically on the effectiveness of the tool.

She also notes that ChatGPT does not produce a bibliography to go with the essays it writes — a red flag for professors trying to determine if a bot was involved. However she notes that there are online tools that can generate footnotes and sourcing for an existing paper.

What Are Reasonable AI Fears? — source — (LINK)

Can we rely on AI cybersecurity — costs & disadvantages (exclusive report) — cryptopolitan — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

— Its conclusion: it brings many compelling benefits, including long-term.

Experiences

Hands on with DeepSeek's R1 Chatbot: While it's an innovation in training efficiency, hallucinations still run rampant. — 27 January 2025 (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.

AI reveals how infants learn to interact with environment — 1 October 2024 (LINK)

— While early movements may seem chaotic, they reveal meaningful patterns as infants interact with their environment. AI identified significant changes in foot movements as infants learned to interact with their environment. Compared to other parts of the body, the movement patterns of the feet changed most dramatically across the stages of the experiment.

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)

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)

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)

'Godfather Of AI' Explains Why ChatGPT, Copilot, And Other AI Chatbots 'Hallucinate' — benzinga.com — 9 March 2024 (LINK)

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for diversity — AP — 23 February 2024 (LINK)

— Its images put people of color in historical settings where they wouldn't normally be found. Google said the day before it was temporarily stopping its Gemini chatbot from generating any images with people in them.

ChatGPT goes temporarily "insane" with unexpected outputs, spooking users — arstechnica.com — 21 February 2024 (LINK)

College student fails a class for using Grammarly to check an essay's punctuation and grammar because it uses AI — yourtango.com — 11 December 2023 (LINK)

Woman claims she got a callback from every company she applied to after using AI to build her resume — upworthy — 2 December 2023 (LINK)

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I got a $120 parking ticket — they caught me dead to rights but I got out of it using ChatGPT: It came up with the lie that I was involved in a personal emergency, all with no prompts from me — the-sun.com — 2 October 2023 (LINK)

New study pit ChatGPT against top MBA students and found it generated ideas much faster than humans — www.mensjournal.com — 13 September 2023 (LINK)

AI vs. human writing: experts fooled almost 62% of the time — neurosciencenews.com — 8 September 2023 (LINK)

More than 100,000 ChatGPT user accounts compromised by malware, reveals Dark Web report — www.techtimes.com — 20 June 2023 (LINK)

— The Asia-Pacific region accounted for nearly 41,000 compromised accounts between June 2022 and May 2023, followed by Europe with almost 17,000. Surprisingly, North America ranked fifth, with approximately 4,700 affected accounts.

ChatGPT can only tell 25 jokes, and can't come up with new ones, researchers find — www.businessinsider.com — 10 June 2023 (LINK)

I used GPT-4 to write my biography. it got a lot wrong — source — 14 April 2023 (LINK)

GPT passes some of my programming courses — lemire.me — 22 March 2023 (LINK)

Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI: amateur exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated grandmasters — arstechnica — 19 February 2023 (LINK)

AIs as doctors? ChatGPT nearly passes US medical licensing exam — jpost — 9 February 2023 (LINK)

Google's AI bot mistake wipes $100bn off shares — BBC — 8 February 2023 (LINK)

An interview with AI: What ChatGPT says about itself — finance.yahoo.com — 5 February 2023 (LINK)

— Is ChatGPT taking my job someday? ChatGPT claims humans have little to worry about, but I'm not so sure.

ChatGPT Gets an MBA B- in test — bloomberg — 7 February 2023 (LINK)

I asked ChatGPT to make the case for and against crypto and it weighed in on regulation, energy, and decentralization — Business Insider — 2 February 2023 (LINK)

Real estate agents say they can't imagine working without ChatGPT now — CNN — 28 January 2023 (LINK)

World's third richest person says he's developed "addiction" to ChatGPT — futurism.com — 24 January 2023 (LINK)

— He notes ChatGPT's "comical faitures": From being horrible at math, to pretty blatantly plagiarizing, to not so comical — and really just all-around horrifying — outcomes like one image generating AI's failure to protect against the creation of non-consensual pornography, generative AIs have a lot of harmful downsides.

Here's how art schools are dealing with the rise of AI generators — vice — 24 January 2023 (LINK)

I'm going to lose my job to an AI — ChatGPT does an hour of my work in seconds — the-sun — 24 January 2023 (LINK)

Artificial Intelligence program Claude Just passed a law exam but only a "marginal pass" — giantfreakinrobot.com — 21 January 2023 (LINK)

Not ChatGPT: Cheating Thai professors who research everything — thethaiger — 21 January 2023 (LINK)

People are using AI for therapy, whether the tech is ready for it or not — fastcompany — 21 January 2023 (LINK)

I asked ChatGPT how to start a business and it gave me 8 steps that weren't that helpful — Business Insider — 17 January 2023 (LINK)

A tech news site issued a string of corrections after an article quietly written by ChatGPT got key facts wrong — Business Insider — 19 January 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT could be used for good, but like many other AI models, it's rife with racist and discriminatory bias — insider.com — 16 January 2023 (LINK)

— OpenAI, the company behind the first GPT and its subsequent versions, added guardrails to help ChatGPT evade problematic answers from users asking the chatbot to, for example, say a slur or commit crimes. Users, however, found it extremely easy to get around this by rephrasing their questions or simply asking the program to ignore its guardrails, which prompted responses with questionable — and sometimes outright discriminatory — language.

I Used ChatGPT Every Day for a Month, Here's What I've Learned — medium ● — 9 January 2023 (LINK)

— Among other things, ChatGPT can build websites and apps for you. You can even ask for code in a specific language. It can also solve errors, explain the code and even explain the test cases. It literally can explain each and every line of code. And that's what makes you more productive.

Controls

EU accused of leaving 'devastating' copyright loophole in AI Act. — 19 February 2025 (LINK)

— Axel Voss, a German centre-right member of the European parliament, who played a key role in writing the EU's 2019 copyright directive, said that law was not conceived to deal with generative AI models: systems that can generate text, images or music with a simple text prompt.

techradar: 'I read the EU's AI Act so you don't have to: here are 5 things you need to know.' — 16 February 2025 (LINK)

— "There are penalties for non-compliance — and they’re not small. The fines for infringements on the legislation range from €750,000 to €35,000,000 or from 1 % to 7% of the company's global annual turnover — whichever is higher and depending on the severity of the violation."

— Unacceptable risk systems are outright banned, and face the highest fines for non-compliance, as they violate fundamental EU values. Examples of this type of system include social scoring, behavioural manipulation such as the use of subliminal techniques, the exploitation of vulnerabilities of children, and live remote biometric identification systems (with narrow exceptions).

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US: big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rights holders. — 12 February 2025 (LINK)

— In 2020, the media and technology conglomerate filed an unprecedented AI copyright lawsuit against the legal AI startup Ross Intelligence. In the complaint, Thomson Reuters claimed the AI firm reproduced materials from its legal research firm Westlaw. Today, a judge ruled in Thomson Reuters' favour, finding that the company's copyright was indeed infringed by Ross Intelligence's actions.

Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users’ data. — 31 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 92 media reports (LINK)

— This block means that DeepSeek will not be available on app stores in Italy. However, the ban could be bypassed online through use of virtual private networks.

US Copyright Office rules AI-generated content requires human creativity for protection. — 30 january 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 59 media reports (LINK)

Brazil suspends crypto rewards for biometric data collection. — 27 January 2025 (LINK)

— Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has taken a strict action against Tools for Humanity (TFH), the organization initiating the World ID project. From January 25th, TFH has to stop the project in exchange of the biometric data as per ANPD’s instructions. According to ANPD, by offering cryptocurrency rewards in exchange of biometric data manipulates the voluntary nature of consent under the Brazilian law. Such sensitive information that consists of personal data such should be collected with free, informed and with specific consent.

'The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court. ChatGPT's future could be on the line. — 14 January 2025 (LINK)

— A group of news organizations, led by The New York Times, took ChatGPT maker OpenAI to federal court on Tuesday in a hearing that could determine whether the tech company has to face the publishers in a high-profile copyright infringement trial. Three publishers' lawsuits against OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft have been merged into one case. Leading each of the three combined cases are the Times, The New York Daily News and the Center for Investigative Reporting.

AI Nobel laureates urge strong regulation. — 8 December 2024 (LINK)

— Chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis told a news conference in Stockholm: The underlying issue is "about what do we want to use these systems for, how do we want to deploy them and making sure that all of humanity benefits from what these systems can do".

— Physics Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton said "Governments are unwilling to regulate themselves when it comes to lethal autonomous weapons and there is an arms race going on between all the major arms suppliers like the United States, China, Russia, Britain, Israel."

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)

  1. An international scientific panel on AI
  2. Policy dialogue on AI governance:a twice-yearly intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder dialogue
  3. AI standards exchange
  4. Capacity development network
  5. Global fund for AI
  6. Global AI data framework
  7. AI office within the Secretariat

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)

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)

OpenAI blocks Iranian group's ChatGPT accounts for targeting US election — 16 August 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (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.

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)

Adobe overhauls terms of service to say it won't train AI on customers' work — theverge.com — 10 June 2024 (LINK)

Commitments on inclusive AI standards and capacity building announced at ITU's AI for Good Global Summit — ITU — 31 May 2024 (LINK)

— ITU's AI for Good platform, established by ITU in 2017, identifies practical applications of AI to accelerate progress toward the SDGs. It also connects AI innovators with public and private-sector decision-makers to help scale up AI solutions globally.

—At AI Governance Day, ITU and UNESCO launched UN Activities on Artificial Intelligence, a compilation of more than 400 projects by 47 UN agencies addressing all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

— A new multistakeholder initiative was also announced to support coordinated standards development for AI watermarking, multimedia authenticity, and deepfake detection. This partnership includes the Content Authenticity Initiative, Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, Internet Engineering Task Force, IEC, ISO, and ITU.

AI companies agree to voluntary safety commitments — ground.news main source: AP, 23 media reports — 22 May 2024 (LINK)

The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence that encourages countries to safeguard human rights, protect personal data, and monitor AI for risks. The nonbinding resolution, proposed by the United States and co-sponsored by China and over 120 other nations, also advocates the strengthening of privacy policies — ground.news: 78 media reports — 21 March 2024 (LINK)

Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to protect musicians and other artists against AI — npr — 21 March 2024 (LINK)

European lawmakers approve world's first major act to regulate AI — ground.news: 6 media reports — 12 March 2024 (LINK)

— Legislation would ban detection of emotions in workplaces and schools, and limit use in areas such as sorting job applications.

It would also place the first restrictions on generative AI tools.

Chinese court decides first copyright infringement case over AI-generated outputs — cryptopolitan.com — 4 March 2024 (LINK)

— Guangzhou Internet Court ruled against an AI platform for infringing Ultraman images, marking China's first AI copyright case. SCLA sued the AI operator for reproducing and creating derivative Ultraman works without permission. The court ordered the defendant to pay damages and comply with AI regulations but didn't delete Ultraman data from its model.

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over 'betrayal' of non-profit AI mission — ground.news: 102 media reports — 1 March 2024 (LINK)

Majority of top UK news websites are blocking AI crawlers: but more than four in ten allow all AI web crawlers to scrape their content without any hindrance and not Politico or Daily Beast — cryptopolitan — 28 February 2024 (LINK)

— Mirror, Express, Manchester Evening News, Ladbible, Unilad, and publications under the Lebedev-owned Independent and Evening Standard umbrella allow unrestricted access to AI crawlers. Similarly, Politico, Axel Springer's subsidiary, permits access to AI crawlers due to a content-sharing agreement with OpenAI. In a surprising move, the Daily Beast, owned by IAC, refrains from blocking any AI bots despite the company's chairman advocating for compensation to publishers by AI companies.

Conversely, some politically conservative websites, including GB News, Newsmax, Zero Hedge, Breitbart, and Fox News, choose not to block AI crawlers, diverging from other publications under the Murdoch-owned umbrella.

New U.N. Advisory Group wants to transform AI governance: "Whatever we do must be binding, otherwise it makes no sense." — time — 13 February 2024 (LINK)

US regulators declare AI robocalls as illegal following fake Biden calls — techtimes — 8 February 2024 (LINK)

Kin.art: this free technology helps artists protect their work from being used to train AI — mymodernmet — 7 February 2024 (LINK)

EU countries approve technical details of AI Act — euronews — 2 February 2024 (LINK)

— It now needs a sign-off from EU lawmakers before the rules enter into force. France in particular has been sceptical about regulating so-called foundation models such as ChatGPT; the country opposed any binding obligation for providers of such models. It also had reservations about transparency requirements and trade secrets, but in the meeting of EU ambassadors, the text was unanimously approved.

China makes first arrests in ChatGPT-aided ransomware attack — cryptopolitan — 29 December 2023 (LINK)

— Chinese authorities revealed that four cybercriminals were detained late last month — two in Beijing and two in Inner Mongolia. The suspects confessed to utilizing ChatGPT to optimize ransomware code, conduct network scans, infiltrate systems, deploy malware, and extort funds.

New York Times sues Microsoft, ChatGPT maker OpenAI over copyright infringement — ground.news main source: AP, 68 media reports — 27 December 2023 (LINK)

OpenAI unveils framework to protect against 'catastrophic' AI risks — ground.news: 6 media reports — 20 December 2023 (LINK)

robots.txt: How to ask ChatGPT and Google Bard to not use your website for training — Electronic Frontier Foundation — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

Workers are fighting back (and winning) against AI overlords — ←thedailybeast;← — 13 December 2023 (LINK)

Workers are fighting back (and winning) against AI overlords — ←thedailybeast;← — 13 December 2023 (LINK)

— The largest labor organization in the U.S. has struck a deal with Microsoft announced on 11 December to help strengthen workers' rights against artificial intelligence.

Error-detection tool makes AI mistakes easy to spot — spectrum.ieee.org — 3 December 2023 (LINK)

— The research team's experiments caught neural networks mistaking the identity of images in databases of everything from chest X-rays and gene sequences to apparel. For example, when one neural network was tested on the Imagenette database (a subset of ImageNet), it repeatedly misclassified images of cars as cassette players. The scientists found this was because the pictures were drawn from online sales listings and included tags for the cars' stereo equipment.

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RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism — rsf.org — 10 November 2023 (LINK)

Meta restricts use of Generative AI tools in political adverts — cryptopolitan — 7 November 2023 (LINK)

AI-generated faces look just like real ones — but evidence shows your brain can tell the difference: test results suggest there is a distinction between how we behave and what our brains "know". On the one hand, participants couldn't consciously tell synthetic faces from real ones, but on the other, their brains could recognise the difference, as revealed by their EEG activity. — theconversation — 7 November 2023 (LINK)

How to disable Windows 11 Copilot through Registry File or Group Policy Editor — techrepublic — 20 October 2023 (LINK)

Researchers at EPFL have uncovered a fundamental flaw in the training of machine learning systems and elaborated a new formulation for strengthening them against adversarial attacks — epfl — 28 September 2023 (LINK)

— By completely rethinking the way that most Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems protect against attacks, researchers at EPFL's School of Engineering have developed a new training approach to ensure that machine learning models, particularly deep neural networks, consistently perform as intended, significantly enhancing their reliability.

UNESCO unveils new AI roadmap for classrooms — news.un.org — 26 May 2023 (LINK)

Outsmart ChatGPT: 8 Tips for Creating Assignments It Can't Do — edweek — 14 February 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT can be broken by entering these strange words, and nobody is sure why — vice — 8 February 2023 (LINK)

Princeton student Creates GPTZero App to Detect Essays Written by AI — smithsonianmag.com — 17 January 2023 (LINK)

— Within the first week of its launch, more than 30,000 people used the tool, per NPR's Emma Bowman. On Twitter, it has garnered more than 7 million views.

AI-generated content? This browser extension will spot it for $0.01 for 100 words — whatsnewinpublishing.com — 17 January 2023 (LINK)

How to Identify an AI-Generated Image: 4 Ways — makeuseof.com — 17 January 2023 (LINK)

Who owns the copyright to AI creations? How does AI copyright work? — makeuseof — (LINK)

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