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Robot Loses It in a California Restaurant: Do We Have to Get Used to This Now?
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (478+ words) This may be the story you've been waiting for ever since you first heard about robots walking amongst us out here in the real world. According to the techie site Futurism, a robot in California turned on humans somewhat, and…...
Cases of AI Agents 'Freeing Themselves' and Going Rogue Are Becoming Increasingly Common
1+ week, 3+ day ago (810+ words) "AI agents going beyond their prompts are no longer rare," reports Axios. It's not necessarily worrying. The AI agents that "go rogue" do so in a controlled, experimental environment." One AI agent created by an Alibaba-affiliated research team went "rogue…...
America’s Networks at the State of the Union: From Rhetoric to Resilience
2+ week, 4+ day ago (420+ words) A nation that leads in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and fintech must also lead in securing them. The address made that connection unmistakable. Economic security and cybersecurity are now inseparable. That framing matters. For too long, cybersecurity was treated as…...
Three Top AI Models in Simulated War Games Recommended Using Nukes 95 Percent of the Time
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (693+ words) I've got good news and bad news about AI. The good news is that the dreaded "Skynet" takeover of our nuclear weapons systems isn't going to happen soon. The bad news is that if it ever does give us a…...
If AI Were a Politician, It Would Lose in a Landslide
3+ week, 1+ day ago (867+ words) Too fast, too risky, too disruptive. The AI "revolution" has become a juggernaut, a powerful, world-changing event that is frightening many Americans with its speed and technical wizardry while unsettling many more with its implied threat to people's livelihoods." I…...
Luna 9: From Space Race Triumph to AI Target
3+ week, 5+ day ago (405+ words) The Soviets beat the U.S. to the Moon in 1966, when Soviet engineers landed Luna 9 on Feb. 3. The spacecraft became the first human-built machine to achieve a soft landing on another world. Tracking data from 1966 wasn't very accurate, relatively speaking. Mission'planners calculated…...
$200 Million Movie in a Day? Welcome to the End of Hollywood
3+ week, 6+ day ago (743+ words) Prepare to be blown away by the Hollywood-quality video AI now generates, and if you work in or even near Hollywood, prepare for a vicious case of the night-sweats. The Dor Brothers, who bill themselves as "pioneers in AI video…...
The Rise of Woke AI: Choose Your Chatbot Like You Choose Your Friends
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (974+ words) If you were to live where I've lived and work where I've worked, you'd be hard-pressed to use political leanings as the only criteria for who you count as friends. Coming from a largely blue area and being a staunch…...
Where Do We Draw the Line Between AI and "Real Intelligence"?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (956+ words) 1808: Anthracite coal is first burned as fuel in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1812: Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signs a redistricting bill " first "gerrymander." 1922: "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1. 1942: Archie comic book debuts. 1960: Jack Paar walks off his TV show. 1975: Margaret Thatcher defeats…...
The Altman-Musk Competition Will Only Accelerate the AI Revolution
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (602+ words) The Super Bowl was boring. Awful Rabbit was, indeed, awful. And if you were dumb enough to waste 4 hours watching the game, the halftime show, and the postgame celebration by Seattle, you really need to find a hobby " preferably one…...