AI and society

Summary Researchers recently tested the vulnerability of 1,009 Americans to various hacking techniques using AI technologies such as ChatGPT. The results are alarming. The study, conducted by security firm Beyond Identity, found that 39 percent of respondents would fall for at least one ChatGPT-generated phishing scam. AI-generated phishing messages can look very convincing. This high …

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More than 20 girls in the Spanish town of Almendralejo received AI-generated nude photos of themselves, sparking debate over whether deepfakes can be legally punished, Euronews reports. The images were reportedly altered using the app ClothOff (“Undress AI, Undress girl for free!”) and shared in WhatsApp groups. The images don’t show the girls’ real bodies, …

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Newsletter OpenAI is in talks with investors for a share sale that could value the startup behind ChatGPT at up to $90 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The AI company, which is partially owned by Microsoft, has seen its valuation triple since the beginning of the year and is on track to reach $1 …

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Summary The next copyright lawsuit against OpenAI is underway. This time, the big names in the author community are weighing in. 17 authors, including John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and Jodi Picoult, have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI in New York federal court. The lawsuit was filed by the Authors Guild, which had …

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Summary The race to create more powerful artificial intelligence is “a race to the bottom”, according to Max Tegmark, a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-founder of the Future of Life Institute. Tegmark, who in March garnered more than 30,000 signatures for an open letter calling for a six-month pause …

MIT professor behind famous “AI pause letter” still thinks a pause is needed Read More »

A recent survey shows that nearly 7 in 10 Canadian employees have used ChatGPT at work, despite the fact that only 4% of Canadian businesses use AI. The study, conducted by GetApp among 600 full- and part-time employees, shows that more than 80% of respondents believe generative AI tools have increased their productivity. Text editing, …

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Summary To better coordinate with European stakeholders, OpenAI is joining many other major technology companies in opening its first EU office in Dublin. The company announced in a press release that the Irish office will be established later this year. This will be the company’s second office outside the U.S., following the announcement of a …

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Summary A mother struggled for three years to get a diagnosis for her son’s chronic pain. ChatGPT then reportedly provided the correct diagnosis. According to the mother, she visited 17 specialists over the course of three years, all of whom looked for a possible cause for the boy’s ailments in their areas of expertise. But …

ChatGPT accurately diagnoses child’s chronic pain after 17 doctors fail Read More »

Creative Commons supports an open letter from a group of artists who use generative AI tools in their work, calling for an inclusive and informed discussion on the topic. These artists emphasize that AI tools enable accessibility and innovation in artistic fields that have traditionally been limited to those with financial means, able bodies, and …

Artists using generative AI are fighting for their place in the creative world Read More »

Summary Researchers publish OpinionGPT, a language model and web demo that demonstrates the significant impact of training data on AI language models. For the experiment, the Humboldt University of Berlin research team trained Meta’s 7 billion parameter LLaMa V1 model with selected Reddit data on specific social dimensions such as politics, geography, gender, and age. …

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