Navigating AI systems
Amazon to replace Alexa with Anthropic’s Claude AI — and charge for it
Nature: Al generates covertly racist decisions about people based on their dialect
80% of corporate AI projects fail — twice the rate of other IT projects
Scale AI is stiffing its task workers
"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."
The UK wants AI in schools to mark kids’ homework
Yet another completely normal use of generative AI: not-obviously-illegal CSAM
AI conference papers are being ‘peer-reviewed’ by chatbots
No, OpenAI Strawberry isn’t imminent — but it sure trolled the AI doomers
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 1 September 2024
Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm
Rickrolled by the AI — ChatGPT has the Rick Astley look
Pavel Durov arrested in France over allowing untrammelled unmoderated criminality on Telegram
Don’t market the Godfather’s new movie with fake AI-generated reviews, it won’t go well for you
Leopard-trainer J. Tunney now scared of leopards
Copilot AI calls journalist a child abuser, Microsoft tries to launder responsibility
Devs and the Culture of Tech - Final part
Gartner releases AI Hype Cycle for 2024: autonomous AI is on the way! Apparently
The UK Labour AI push — who are the vendors lobbying for a slice of the pie?