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Kai Bird, author of American Prometheus, says technology is ‘too dangerous to gamble with’ and supports senator’s attempt to bar itA biographer whose Pulitzer prize-winning book inspired the new movie Oppenheimer has expressed support for a US senator’s attempt to bar the use of artificial intelligence in nuclear weapons launches.“Humans must always maintain sole control over nuclear weapons,” Kai Bird, author of American Prometheus, said in a statement report

Microsoft, Alphabet and OpenAI agree eight measures in effort to encourage responsible practices around fast-moving technologyTop players in the development of artificial intelligence, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and OPenAI, will announce new safeguards for the fast-moving technology at the White House on Friday.Among the guidelines brokered by the Biden administration are watermarks for AI content to make it easier to identify and third-party testing of the technology that will tr

Clear similarities between J Robert Oppenheimer’s views and those who want AI reined in, film’s director saysThe Oppenheimer director, Christopher Nolan, has highlighted the difficulties of applying nuclear weapons-style regulation to artificial intelligence, as he warned that the United Nations had become a “very diminished” force.Nolan told the Guardian J Robert Oppenheimer’s call for international control of nuclear weapons had “sort of come true”, bu

‘Very strong parallels’ between J Robert Oppenheimer’s views and those who want AI reined in, film’s director saysThe Oppenheimer director, Christopher Nolan, has highlighted the difficulties of applying nuclear weapons-style regulation to artificial intelligence, as he warned that the United Nations had become a “very diminished” force.Nolan told the Guardian J Robert Oppenheimer’s call for international control of nuclear weapons had “sort of com

Team exploring field of synthetic biological intelligence hopes to create ‘better AI machines’ – despite concerns over the ‘existential risks’ of such technologyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastResearch into merging human brain cells with artificial intelligence has received a $600,000 grant from defence and the Office of National Intelligence (ONI).The research team, l

Written recipes have become too formulaic. Computing can help restore the fun and the fusion of the oral traditionOver the past few weeks I have been using GPT-4 to help me cook. Need a substitute for an ingredient you forgot to buy? GPT can suggest an alternative. Time to clear out the cupboards? Simply type: “Please create a recipe using two eggs, a jar of borlotti beans, a potato, a leek, and the scrapings on the bottom of a jar of pickle.” I’m always polite, and so is GPT.

The star of Christopher Nolan’s nuclear epic Oppenheimer discusses sexism in cinema, her support for the strikes and speaking a secret language with her sisterWhen Emily Blunt was 13, she was in the chorus of the school play. Then the lead fell ill. Could she learn The Caucasian Chalk Circle overnight? No need! “She was already off-book,” says her sister, Felicity Blunt. “Em had been watching the whole time in rehearsal, not gossiping like everyone else.”Felicity, 1