A new Red Cross report says AI introduces risk of ‘unaccountable errors’ in warfare

A new report commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross raises concerns about militaries’ use of artificial intelligence systems in warfare.

The report, authored by researcher Arthur Holland Michel, who is an external researcher contracted by the Red Cross, argues that current AI and computer systems introduce significan

OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever announces exit

OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the startup at the center of today’s artificial intelligence boom.

“OpenAI would not be what it is without him,” OpenAI CEO Sam

Apple still isn’t done building its dream iPad

The idea that the iPad is a magical piece of glass is so Apple-esque that I’d developed a false memory of Steve Jobs describing it that way when he &t=7s">unveiled the first one in 2010. He didn’t, and I’m not positive just when the company embraced the metaphor. It dates at least to the press release

A merger between Chinese EV maker Aiways and SPAC Hudson Acquisition would ring in a $400 million valuation

Chinese electric vehicle maker Aiways will go public via a merger with U.S. special purpose acquisition company Hudson Acquisition Corp in a deal that should value the company around $400 million, the two companies said.

The deal is a lifeline for Aiways, which halted production at its Shangrao plant last summer as a fierce

Using AI for public impact: Insights from Dr. Soroush Saghafian

In the current era of artificial intelligence (AI) reshaping industries worldwide, integrating AI in healthcare, public policy, and business is paramount. Dr. Soroush Saghafian, the visionary founder and director of the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab) at Harvard, is a key figure at this intersection. His pioneering work as a Harvard professor involves developing, integratin

Could Google’s AI push cause a rift with YouTube creators?

Wasting time on YouTube could soon be a thing of the past. 

Instead of sitting through lengthy instructional YouTube videos, Android users will soon be able to ask Google’s AI questions about individual clips, and receive answers in seconds. The feature, which the company plans to make available in the coming months, could be a boon to consumers, but also have significant consequences for YouTube creat

New Mozilla director Nabiha Syed wants to bring ‘joy and creativity’ back to the internet (exclusive)

Nabiha Syed, who was previously CEO of investigative tech news nonprofit The Markup, is joining the Mozilla Foundation as executive director, she tells Fast Company in an exclusive interview. 

Syed will be stepping into an organization that looks to bring its open source, pro-user freedom approach to the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence. The Mo

Meet the TikTok creators who are suing the DOJ over the potential ban of the platform

Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its

Senators’ AI report urges $32 billion in emergency spending for research and safeguards

A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the oppo


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