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Tourists are increasingly being duped into visiting places that don’t actually exist — fake travel destinations generated by AI. Why It Hurts: Generating a person using AI has, sadly, become commonplace… but generating a place is a new thing entirely. As online personalities spread misinformation about hot tourism spots, travelers will need to be more vigilant about not planning […]
After Elon Musk changed the guardrails of his AI system, Grok, the chatbot started to widely share violent, antisemitic, and incendiary responses — demonstrating the seriousness of tweaking AI’s governing principles. Why It Hurts: The fallout at X this week over the controversy has been swift and damaging. CEO Linda Yaccarino — who was hired […]
Companies are increasingly using AI to interview potential candidates as they become overwhelmed with applications. Why It Hurts: While job seekers are begrudgingly aware that AI screens their resumes and applications, they used to be able to count on getting some face time with a human interviewer as the deciding factor in landing a job. […]
A team of international cognitive scientists has developed an AI system, Centaur, that mimics the human brain, including logical thought, decision-making, and behavioral psychology. The Big Thought: Historically, psychological experiments have focused on a single aspect of research. The team behind Centaur aims to study how the entire brain functions to understand the connections between […]
Cloud-infrastructure provider Cloudflare is debuting a new marketplace that will allow publishers to paywall their sites, forcing AI firms to drop some cash each time they want to crawl them. Why It Hits: Querying chatbots is killing the publishing industry, which relies on people actually visiting their sites in order to make money. Many publishers […]
Silicon Valley is abuzz about a list of the world’s best minds working on AI, compiled by Meta, as the tech giant pours massive amounts of money into luring them to its new superintelligence team. The Big Picture: The list of people who are actually able to work on and advance cutting-edge AI models is quite small […]
The Danish government is in the process of passing an amendment that will allow people to copyright their body, facial features, and voice — the first law of its kind in Europe. Why It Hits: Even though nonconsensual deepfakes — which Denmark defines as a very realistic digital representation of a person, including their appearance […]
AI startup Delphi has raised a $16 million Series A round to empower experts in various fields to create chatbots based on their body of work. Why It Hits: While Meta has rolled out celebrity-inspired chatbots and CharacterAI has sparked controversy with its AI companions, Delphi is taking a different approach — focusing on real-world […]
We might not want to rely on AI for the heavy lifting of innovation. The Big Picture: While enthusiasts predict that AI will vastly accelerate the pace of scientific progress, some experts are skeptical of that claim. They allege that while AI is highly efficient, it’s not original and can, therefore, only help a human […]
Tech’s ubiquitous adoption of generative AI clients has crippled publishers. The Big Picture: Bots crawl publishers’ web pages and summarize their content without referring users to those pages. As a result, publishers receive no traffic or ad revenue from this engagement, forcing them to rethink their business models in order to survive. Between the Lines: […]