Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Surpass Humans, Sparking Debate

Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Surpass Humans, Sparking Debate

Elon Musk declared recently that artificial intelligence (AI) is on the verge of surpassing the intelligence of the smartest human beings, potentially as soon as next year or by 2026, setting off a vigorous debate among scholars, technologists and ethicists. The Tesla CEO’s prediction in an interview on X highlights the accelerating race toward developing AI …

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An AI That Helps You Get a Job?

An AI That Helps You Get a Job?

Gyanda Sachdeva, LinkedIn’s VP of product management, spoke with Gizmodo for the latest installment of our “AI Unlocked” video series. Watch the interview above and check out the transcript below. The transcript of this conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Thomas Germain: Everybody’s worried about AI stealing their job, but now LinkedIn …

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OpenAI’s Sora pours ‘cold water’ on China’s AI dreams, as text-to-video advancements prompt more soul-searching

OpenAI’s Sora pours ‘cold water’ on China’s AI dreams, as text-to-video advancements prompt more soul-searching

Zhou Hongyi, the founder of Chinese internet security firm 360 Security Technology, which has joined China’s race to launch its own ChatGPT-style large language model, said the introduction of Sora was like a “barrel of cold water poured down China’s head”, Chinese media Yicai reported on Friday. “It cools down the heads of many people, …

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Tinder Owner Signs ChatGPT Deal. Enjoy the AI Dating Tidal Wave

Tinder Owner Signs ChatGPT Deal. Enjoy the AI Dating Tidal Wave

Match Group, the international conglomerate that owns Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, and almost every other popular dating app, just inked a major partnership with OpenAI. The company shared only a few hazy details, saying AI will help employees with “work-related tasks.” The dating giant says it plans to squeeze artificial intelligence into “literally everything” in its …

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Chinese entrepreneurs express awe and fear of OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator, as US sanctions weigh on AI race

Chinese entrepreneurs express awe and fear of OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator, as US sanctions weigh on AI race

“I’d like to compare this to the Newton moment of AI development,” Yin said. Chinese smartphone vendors from Meizu to Oppo step up AI integration in devices Zhou Hongyi, chairman and CEO of 360 Security Technology, said on the microblogging site Weibo that the gap between China and the US in AI development “may be …

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AI Is Fundamentally a “Labor Replacing Tool”

AI Is Fundamentally a “Labor Replacing Tool”

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech For months, I’ve been harping on a particular point, which is that artificial intelligence tools—as they’re currently being deployed—are mostly good at one thing: Replacing human employees. The “AI revolution” …

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The Dumbest AI Moments of 2023

The Dumbest AI Moments of 2023

Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) By now you’ve probably heard that ChatGPT has a penchant for making up lies and stating them as fact, or what experts refer to as an AI “hallucination.” That didn’t stop two lawyers in New York City from having ChatGPT spit out some legal documents. Unsurprisingly, the AI fabricated some quotes and …

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AI Memory Mirrors Human Brain

AI Memory Mirrors Human Brain

Summary: Researchers unveiled a significant similarity between AI memory processing and human hippocampal functions. This discovery, bridging AI and neuroscience, highlights a parallel in memory consolidation – a process crucial in transforming short-term to long-term memories – in both AI models and the human brain. The team focused on the Transformer model, a cornerstone in …

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