The overly-serious eggheads at Anthropic are adamant that they’ve “solved” a problem that’s been plaguing humankind since time immemorial: humor. At least, that’s according to former employee Jacob Coxon, best known as the guy who quit Anthropic and claimed that the AI industry was “gambling with our lives.” In a new interview with New York […]
Eggheads at Anthropic Said They Used Claude to “Solve” Humor Read Post »
On Thursday, news that ChatGPT maker OpenAI was set to miss its annual revenue goal by a cool $20 billion sent stock markets into a tailspin. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index took the heaviest hit, falling 1.25 percent by the close of trading. Of course, the stock market happily bounced back to a near-record high as
Mainstream News Anchors Now Talking About the AI Bubble Bursting at Any Moment Read Post »
For about a decade, the mainstream understanding has been that psychedelics cause chaos in the brain. Brain networks—the stable patterns of communication that handle vision, attention, or our sense of self, and more—loosen and start talking to each other all at once. EEG traces get noisier and more complex. “Think of the networks of the
One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics. Read Post »
Anti-cybercrime initiatives are increasingly using AI to scam the scammers by tricking them into talking to lifelike bots that they think are real victims.
AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals Read Post »
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that spotted a blast from the past, opened a portal between realms, yakked it up, and rose from the ashes. First, scientists have spotted a mysterious radio signal from the primordial universe that could illuminate cosmic evolution (it’s not aliens… sorry). Then: a diamond
Scientists Detect Record-Breaking Radio Signal from the Ancient Universe Read Post »
When Meta first launched its cutesy Muse AI agents to the public, the company was immediately met with a virtual tidal wave of headlines, as major errors and glaring privacy issues rose to the surface. As it turns out, the decision to release Muse was far from unanimous. As fresh reporting from the New York
Mark Zuckerberg Launched Meta’s Muse AI Agent Despite Disturbing Safety Concerns Read Post »
George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field The UK must not become dependent on foreign AI systems that can be switched off at short notice and must develop its own versions of the technology, according to the head of the Alan Turing Institute. The
UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute Read Post »
Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of the tech billionaire to Gaza and the climate emergency, Klein and Taylor argue
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase The owner of a recruitment firm has been accused of being at the centre of a so-called “doxxing” campaign against the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), anti-racism activists and business executives who recruit black, Asian and minority ethnic
