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Nonsensical article lacks Sewell’s authentic voice and is hateful way for paper to remember one of its best writersWho knew the late art critic Brian Sewell was such a tediously cliched writer? Especially since some of the dead verbiage in the London Standard’s AI version of Sewell reviewing Van Gogh at the National Gallery has become common currency only since his death at 84 in 2015.Give him credit, he had a voice. And it was a posh voice. Evidently the chatbot used by the Standard

Company plans announced as it reckons with departure of senior executives and seeks huge investmentOpenAI planning to become for-profit company, say reportsOpenAI, the developer of the groundbreaking ChatGPT chatbot, is preparing to overhaul its corporate structure and become a for-profit business.The startup’s chief executive, Sam Altman, acknowledged on Thursday that it was “not a normal company” after another surprising development at OpenAI this week when its its chief tech

Though the message has been shared by many users, including celebrities, it offers no copyright or privacy protectionThe “Goodbye Meta AI” message, which purports to protect the user from having the likes of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp use their accounts as an AI training camp, has become an increasingly common feature on timelines. It has been shared by actors and sports stars – including James McAvoy, Ashley Tisdale and Tom Brady – as well as hundreds of thousands

Newly discovered figures dating back to 200BCE nearly double the number of known geolgylphs at enigmatic siteArchaeologists using artificial intelligence (AI) have discovered hundreds of new geoglyphs depicting parrots, cats, monkeys, killer whales and even decapitated heads near the Nazca Lines in Peru, in a find that nearly doubles the number of known figures at the enigmatic 2,000-year-old archaeological site.A team from the Japanese University of Yamagata’s Nazca Institute, in collabor

Newly discovered figures dating back to 200BCE nearly double the number of known geoglyphs at enigmatic siteArchaeologists using artificial intelligence (AI) have discovered hundreds of new geoglyphs depicting parrots, cats, monkeys, killer whales and even decapitated heads near the Nazca Lines in Peru, in a find that nearly doubles the number of known figures at the enigmatic 2,000-year-old archaeological site.A team from the Japanese University of Yamagata’s Nazca Institute, in collabora

FBI investigating call in which AI appearing to be Dmytro Kuleba asked Ben Cardin ‘politically charged questions’A deepfake “actor” imitating Ukraine’s recently departed foreign minister targeted the chairman of the Senate’s powerful foreign relations committee in a suspected attempt at election interference, US officials have confirmed.Ben Cardin, the Democratic senator for Maryland, grew suspicious during a pre-arranged Zoom call on 19 September with a perso

Sharing these posts may seem harmless, but don’t be drawn in. There are better ways to combat the threats to our dataIf you’ve spent any time on Instagram or Facebook lately, you will probably have encountered concerned citizens sharing posts denying Meta, the parent company of both platforms as well as WhatsApp, the right to use their data to train AI systems.If it wasn’t your slightly oddball old schoolfriend who posted the message, which begins “Goodbye Meta AI”

Jeffrey L Bowman’s Reframe consultancy is using artificial intelligence to help with engaging employees with diversity programming or making a budget for DEI workWith its focus on remedying historical and economic inequities, DEI has become an unassailable component of American life. The ideological framework – more formally known as diversity, equity and inclusion – is now a standard element of how businesses are run and students are taught. (It’s also become a weaponize

When we think of grasping robots, we think of manipulators of some sort on the ends of arms of some sort. Because of course we do—that’s how (most of us) are built, and that’s the mindset with which we have consequently optimized the world around us. But one of the great things about robots is that they don’t have to be constrained by our constraints, and at ICRA@40 in Rotterdam this week, we saw a novel new Thing: a robotic hand that can detach from its arm and then craw

Reported move follows recent departure of senior figures from ChatGPT developerOpenAI is reportedly pushing ahead with plans to become a for-profit company, as more senior figures left the ChatGPT developer after the surprise exit of its chief technology officer, Mira Murati.The San Francisco-based startup is preparing to change its corporate structure as it seeks $6.5bn (£4.9bn) of new funding, according to reports. Continue reading...

Investigation finds staffer’s report referred to doll allegedly used by father for ‘sexual purposes’ as ‘age-appropriate toy’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s child protection agency has been ordered to ban staff from using generative AI services after a worker was found to have entered significant amounts of personal information, including the name of an at-risk child, i