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An AI comedian cracks jokes tailored to the audience’s internet search history in this spoof corporate presentationStreaming platforms increasingly tailor content to our own, unique tastes. Imagine if a standup could do the same? That’s the promise held out by Richard Eagleton, founder and CEO of Standup Solutions and developer of KENN, the world’s first AI comedian, in this spoof corporate presentation by Conner O’Malley. This US act has cultivated a

The AI satire in the most recent season has been used as an example of why the Screen Actors Guild must strike to protect their careersWith the most recent season of Black Mirror, you sensed that Charlie Brooker was keen to move away from his reputation as a prophet. Time and time again since his series hit the air, it has managed to correctly predict the future in all sorts of horrible ways. But this season felt like it was deliberately skewing away from reality precisely to avoid this happenin

Tesla boss claims xAI will be ‘pro-humanity’ and says development of large systems unlikely to be pausedElon Musk has launched an artificial intelligence startup that will be “pro-humanity”, as he said the world needed to worry about the prospect of a “terminator future” in order to avoid the most apocalyptic AI scenarios.Musk said xAI would seek to build a system that would be safe because it was “maximally curious” about humanity rather than havi