• Ike Barinholtz cast as Elon Musk in OpenAI film from Luca Guadagnino

    Emmy-nominated actor to play co-founder of OpenAI in Artificial, said to be set during Sam Altman’s firing and rehiring as CEOThe Studio’s Ike Barinholtz is set to play Elon Musk in Artificial, the Luca Guadagnino-directed film about Sam Altman and OpenAI.Barinholtz was nominated for an Emmy for his role as production executive Sal Saperstein in the acclaimed comedy series co-created by, among others, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, as well as acting as one of the co-creators of Kate H
  • Why does technology create new problems for each problem it solves? | Mark Buchanan

    Technology is tricky. That’s why we need to think more carefully about risks and follow a more cautious approachToday, so-called techno-optimists fill the ranks of Silicon Valley billionaires. They proclaim a bright future for humanity delivered by the rapid pursuit of technological advances.Of course, these techno-optimists are right that technology and science are unarguably among humanity’s greatest assets, and hope for the future. But they go too far, because it is also true that
  • AI summaries cause ‘devastating’ drop in audiences, online news media told

    Exclusive: Study claims sites previously ranked first can lose 79% of traffic if results appear below Google OverviewNews companies have been warned of a “devastating impact” on online audiences as search results are replaced by AI summaries, after a new study claimed it caused up to 80% fewer clickthroughs.The threat posed by Google’s AI Overviews, which summarise a search result with a block of text, has rapidly risen to the top of the concerns among media owners. Some regard
  • A simple twist fooled AI—and revealed a dangerous flaw in medical ethics

    Even the most powerful AI models, including ChatGPT, can make surprisingly basic errors when navigating ethical medical decisions, a new study reveals. Researchers tweaked familiar ethical dilemmas and discovered that AI often defaulted to intuitive but incorrect responses—sometimes ignoring updated facts. The findings raise serious concerns about using AI for high-stakes health decisions and underscore the need for human oversight, especially when ethical nuance or emotional intelligence
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  • Trump signs executive orders targeting ‘woke’ AI models and regulation

    Crackdown would streamline the building of datacentres and remove environmental protectionsDonald Trump on Wednesday signed a trio of executive orders that he vowed would turn the United States into an “AI export powerhouse”, including one targeting what the White House described as “woke” artificial intelligence models.During remarks at an AI summit in Washington, Trump decried “woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models”, before signing the orders on stage at the