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Governments have made insufficient regulatory progress, ‘godfathers’ of the technology say before summitThe world is ill-prepared for breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, according to a group of senior experts including two “godfathers” of AI, who warn that governments have made insufficient progress in regulating the technology.A shift by tech companies to autonomous systems could “massively amplify” AI’s impact and governments need safety regimes

OpenAI says ‘Sky’ is not an imitation of actor’s voice after users compare it to AI companion character in film HerOpenAI removed a heavily promoted voice option from ChatGPT on Monday, following a widespread reaction to the flirtatious, feminine voice that sounded almost identical to Scarlett Johansson.The company used the voice, which it calls “Sky”, during its widely publicized event last week debuting the capabilities of the new ChatGPT-4o artificial intelligenc

Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groupsThe Facebook and Instagram owner Meta approved a series of AI-manipulated political adverts during India’s election that spread disinformation and incited religious violence, according to a report shared exclusively with the Guardian.Facebook approved adverts containing known slurs towards Muslims in India, such as “let’s burn this vermin” and “Hind

Senate committee told of potential for deepfakes or cloned robocalls of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, which may not be illegal under current lawsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Electoral Commission has said it expects AI-generated misinformation at the next federal election, potentially from overseas actors, but warned that it doesn’t have the tools to detect or deter it.A parliamentary committee into artificial intelligence hear

The Australian Electoral Commission says Australia won't be 'immune' to AI-generated misinformation at its next election. 'I can't give you a prediction about whether it will be used,' the AEC commissioner, Roger Cook, said. 'But we're seeing increased use in these types of tactics in elections around the world. I don't think we're going to be immune to that.' He also told the Senate he doesn't expect there to be the widespreadlegislation needed before the next electionContinue reading...

All five systems tested were found to be ‘highly vulnerable’ to attempts to elicit harmful responsesGuardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found.The UK’s AI Safety Institute (AISI) said systems it had tested were “highly vulnerable” to jailbreaks, a term for text prompts designed to elicit a response that a model is s