• Google Promises Its Christmas Game Doesn't Use Kids to Train AI

    Google Promises Its Christmas Game Doesn't Use Kids to Train AI
    Google “how many days until Christmas” on a computer, and you’ll find a little animated present that transports you to the company’s Santa Tracker hub, a winter wonderland full of activities and educational content for children. Among the offerings is a guessing game called Quick Draw, which makes an explicit and…Read more...
  • Watch This Giant Chopstick Robot Handle Boxes With Ease

    Watch This Giant Chopstick Robot Handle Boxes With Ease
    Although robots are already in warehouses, shuffling small items between bins for shipping or storage, they have yet to take over the job of lugging big, heavy things. And that’s just where they could be of the most use, because lugging is hard for people to do.Several companies are working on the problem, and there’s likely to be plenty of room for all of them, because the opportunity is enormous. There are a lot of trailers out there that need to be unloading. Arguably the most int
  • Why Sunak’s ‘vanity jamboree’ on AI safety was actually … a success

    Why Sunak’s ‘vanity jamboree’ on AI safety was actually … a success
    Against the odds, world leaders agreed on a landmark declaration to bring stronger oversight to AI. Plus, Sam Bankman-Fried’s very bad week• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereFor Max Tegmark, last week’s artificial intelligence summit at Bletchley Park was an emotional moment. The MIT professor and AI researcher was behind a letter this year calling for a pause in development of advanced systems. It didn’t happen, but it was a crucial contribut
  • TechScape: Why Sunak’s ‘vanity jamboree’ on AI safety was actually … a success

    TechScape: Why Sunak’s ‘vanity jamboree’ on AI safety was actually … a success
    Against the odds, world leaders agreed on a landmark declaration to bring stronger oversight to AI. Plus, Sam Bankman-Fried’s very bad week• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereFor Max Tegmark, last week’s artificial intelligence summit at Bletchley Park was an emotional moment. The MIT professor and AI researcher was behind a letter this year calling for a pause in development of advanced systems. It didn’t happen, but it was a crucial contribut
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  • Australia ‘at the back of the pack’ in regulating AI, experts warn

    Australia ‘at the back of the pack’ in regulating AI, experts warn
    Albanese government yet to announce response to artificial intelligence safety inquiryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia is at the back of the pack when it comes to artificial intelligence funding and regulation, experts warn, as the government considers its next steps after the Bletchley declaration in the UK last week.Australia was one of 28 countries and the EU to sign a declaration that AI p