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Chevrolet dealership duped by hacker into selling $70K car at criminally low price
One self-proclaimed hacker convinced an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to sell him a $70,000 car at a criminally low price. The Chevrolet chatbot confirms, “No takesies backsies.”
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ChatGPT formally warns user who persistently “sexted” chatbot
Well, maybe you can’t really talk to OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot about everything. Someone has received a written warning from the company after repeatedly “sexting” the virtual assistant.
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Endless AI-enabled threats: “Imagine hackers taking over your whole HR department”
While troves of organizations are eager for competitive edge-snapping artificial intelligence, few understand that they’re jumping in uncharted waters with both feet up front.
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ChatGPT most popular among those who lack skills to succeed
Research has found that students' extensive use of ChatGPT might be connected to their lack of cognitive skills, which are crucial for success in the academic world.
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Real estate software provider used AI-powered algorithms to drive up rents, DoJ lawsuit says
The US Justice Department, along with multiple state governments, filed charges on Friday against real estate software provider RealPage for its alleged use of landlord-friendly algorithms powered by artificial intelligence, which they say have resulted in sweeping rental price increases across the country.
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ChatGPT can read medical textbooks but likely will misdiagnose you
Researchers have discovered that popular language models were accurate in diagnosing patients when reading textbook-like descriptions but failed to understand what was wrong with them when analyzing their statements.
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AI can’t think independently and poses no existential threat, new study says
And breathe. Well, if you believe the results of a brand new study which says that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT cannot learn or acquire new skills independently.
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Study warns developers: train AI models on AI-generated data at your own peril
If the current trends do not change, artificial intelligence (AI) systems could eventually fill the internet with truly incomprehensible hogwash, a new study has warned. The possible end result is a “model collapse.”
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Black Hat USA 2024: Microsoft’s Copilot is freaking some researchers out
There’s a black box problem with AI. If you aren’t really sure how it makes decisions, how can you protect your data?
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The AI gold rush faces a reality check
When Warren Buffett's firm recently sold off a large share of its Apple stock to increase its cash holdings, many analysts believe it sparked the recent global sell-off.
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“Taylor Swift is a Pentagon asset.” How do such crazy narratives get so popular?
As we attend the Black Hat USA 2024, we try to find out how do such crazy narratives get so popular.
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China’s Geely the latest automaker to put humanoid robots to work
UBTech’s humanoid robot Walker S Lite has been deployed to work at the smart factory of Geely’s luxury electric car brand Zeekr.
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Nvidia working on universal robot ‘brain’
Nvidia has announced a suite of services, models, and computing to accelerate the global development of humanoid robots.
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Notes from Black Hat USA 2024: attacks on AI could soon become deadly
While threat actors utilize large language models (LLMs) and other forms of artificial intelligence, attacking models themselves could soon lead to tragedies.
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All major AI chatbots found to lean left – yes, even Grok
An analysis of 24 different large language models (LLMs), including OpenAI’s GPT 3.5 and GPT-4, Google’s Gemini, and Elon Musk’s Grok, has shown all are politically left-of-center.
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US AI Safety Institute will get early access to OpenAI’s latest model, Sam Altman says
OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, said that the US AI Safety Institute will receive early access to its latest foundation model to ensure its safety and “push forward the science of AI evaluations.”
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Boston company claims world’s first automated dental procedure
The world’s first fully automated dental procedure on a human patient was completed by a robot dentist developed by a company that counts Mark Zuckerberg’s father among its investors.
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Meta cancels celebrity AI chatbots after user snub
With Meta investing so much in artificial intelligence, some forays will inevitably flop. This just happened with its celebrity AI chatbots – the company is moving away from them less than a year after launch.
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Meta programmed AI to avoid Trump assassination attempt topic, AI talks about it anyway
Meta is blaming AI hallucinations for the erasure of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the incorrect image labeling of the shooting on its platforms.
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Children finding themselves in dangerous situations after placing trust in AI
While children tend to perceive AI as a real being, a Cambridge scientist says it has an ‘empathy gap’ that is extremely dangerous to young users.
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