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Like so many Britons, I usually consult a weather app before venturing out of the house – and often cancel plans if I don’t like what I see. Here’s what happened when I went cold turkey for a weekWhen I heard on the radio that more than half of British people would consider cancelling an […]
I stopped checking the weather forecast – and got a series of wonderful surprises Read More »
IPO filing from Elon Musk’s company reveals closer look at finances, cosmic ambitions and tech empire’s quirksSpaceX publicly released an investor prospectus on Wednesday as part of its plan for a $1.75tn debut on the US stock market next month, revealing unseen details about the finances and future plans of Elon Musk’s flagship company. In
Mars colony and Grok warnings: five strange details in SpaceX’s pitch to investors Read More »
On Tuesday, Nature released two papers describing AI systems intended to help scientists develop and test hypotheses. One, Google’s Co-Scientist, is designed as what they term “scientist in the loop,” meaning researchers are regularly applying their judgements to direct the system. The second, from a nonprofit called FutureHouse, goes a step beyond and has trained
Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks Read More »
AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature. Fake citations, unedited prompt responses, and nonsensical diagrams have all slipped past editors and peer reviewers, and it’s not always clear if there are any consequences for the people responsible. Now, it appears that a number of scientific fields will be enforcing rules against
Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions Read More »
Salley Vickers and Carrie Eckersley respond to a letter on Richard Dawkins and his chats with AI botsI was delighted to read Dr Simon Nieder’s cogent rebuttal of Richard Dawkins’s attribution of consciousness to the responses engendered by AI (Letters, 10 May). That human consciousness appears to have an innate tendency to project itself on
Richard Dawkins and the question of AI consciousness | Letters Read More »
Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the first place.
Emails show that Elon Musk’s company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
xAI Adds 16 New Gas Turbines at Mississippi Facility Despite Ongoing Lawsuit Read More »
Dr Simon Nieder responds to Richard Dawkins’ encounters with a chatbotRichard Dawkins’ reflections on AI consciousness are striking – not because they show that machines have crossed some hidden threshold into inner life, but because they reveal how readily we can be persuaded that they have (Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it
Mistaking AI behaviour for conscious being | Letter Read More »
Chatbots programmed to respond warmly even cast doubts on Apollo moon landings and fate of Hitler, researchers sayThe rush to make AI chatbots more friendly has a troubling downside, researchers say. The warm personas make them prone to mistakes and sympathetic to crackpot beliefs.Chatbots trained to respond more warmly gave poorer answers, worse health advice
Friendly AI chatbots more likely to support conspiracy theories, study finds Read More »
At WIRED Health, British surgeon Ara Darzi said AI is set to transform the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant infections. But a lack of incentives means innovation may not reach patients.
