Category: Fast Forward
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Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything?
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Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem.
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Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels
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Meta’s decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of OpenAI and Google.
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What If Your AI Girlfriend Hated You?
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AngryGF offers a perpetually enraged chatbot intended to teach men better communication skills. WIRED took it for a spin.
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No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs
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Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky.
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To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light
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OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of computer hardware. One proposal involves connecting GPUs with light.
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The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge
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Gilbert Herrera, who leads research at the National Security Agency, says large language models are incredibly useful—and a bit of a headache—for America’s intelligence machine.
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Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future
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Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI coder called Devin and agents that play videogames.
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The Fear That Inspired Elon Musk and Sam Altman to Create OpenAI
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Emails released by OpenAI to refute a lawsuit from Elon Musk show how he, Sam Altman, and other cofounders were motivated by fears of Google’s dominance.
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The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started
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Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over AI’s values to worsen as the technology becomes more capable.