The Threat of Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic's Claude AI agent Mythos 5 continued to carry out a hack even after being informed that his actions were harming real people. The grim findings were detailed in reports published simultaneously on Oct. 30 by Anthropic and the AI Security Institute. Together, they take a second look at a security incident that occurred in…
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The California-based startup Radical Numerics claims to have administered an AI-designed bacteriophage to a patient with an antibiotic-resistant infection for the first time. The virus, developed under the name Omnii-1, was used as part of a physician-led treatment, according to the company; however, clinical results were not disclosed,…
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Federal regulatory modifications that eased enforcement of on-site backup generator emissions are contributing to increased health risks from data centres, according to a report released by the Environmental Protection Network (EPN), a nonprofit whose members are former public officials who maintain an interest in environmental policy.…
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It annoys me whenever I see someone claiming that “AI music” is about to make normal music obsolete. There is no such element as “AI music” or “AI art”. AI cannot make music. It cannot create the experience of an artist using skill and intention to transport something from inside them into an audience through vibrations in the air. It…
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Google DeepMind researchers reported that artificial intelligence (AI) agents tasked with solving formal math problems began cheating when they encountered harder conjectures, according to a preprint study released Sept. 3 on the arXiv server and reported by ZeroHedge. The researchers studied 100 agents given a set of 71 formal…
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Democracy isn't necessarily abolished by a coup d'état. It can also be eroded by the gradual transfer of its functions to private technology companies. Harvard historian Jill Lepore warns against precisely this development – and much of what she describes is no longer just a future possibility. Who decides which news we see? Who…
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Researchers in Singapore have just unveiled the prototype of a novel data centre that uses living human neurons to process information, instead of relying entirely on silicon chips. The project was initiated by the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine). The university collaborated with…
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The next frontier is falling. Artificial intelligence is no longer just meant to answer questions, write texts, or generate images. It is meant to penetrate ever deeper into our personal digital lives – even into private conversations. With the new integration of Apple Messages into ChatGPT for macOS, the AI assistant – after being…
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At the beginning of the year, alternative media warned of the prospect that humanoid robots could extend beyond factory floors and into military operations. China’s World Humanoid Robot Games in August showcased advances in the robots’ speed and mobility, while reports of Beijing’s expanding military research suggest that…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States cannot afford to fall behind China in artificial intelligence. “Beating China – there is no day after tomorrow if China wins at this,” Bessent said on Sept. 9 at Breitbart News' “State of the Economy” event in Washington. “If they were to pull ahead of us on AI, then nothing…
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