The Threat of Artificial Intelligence

A grandmother was wrongfully arrested and held in prison for months after an AI facial recognition system misidentified her as a suspect in a bank fraud case. A disturbing report by North Dakota radio station WDAY details how Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police, using an AI facial recognition tool,…
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“Copilot Health brings your health records, wearable data and health history together in one place and then uses intelligence to create a coherent story.” What is Copilot? Microsoft's AI assistant explained Microsoft recently announced a partnership with HealthEx, a digital service provider that enables users and businesses to…
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Something occurred recently that most people simply overlooked. Two Amazon data centres in the United Arab Emirates were hit during Iranian retaliation for US military actions. Another facility in Bahrain was reportedly damaged after a drone crashed nearby. The earlier attacks that triggered this retaliation were allegedly carried out…
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The following report is a blog post from Google DeepMind (excerpts): The genome is the instruction manual for our cells. It is the complete set of DNA that controls virtually every part of a living organism, from appearance and function to growth and reproduction. Small variations in the DNA sequence of a genome can alter an organism's…
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AI is not just another technological leap – it could be the moment when machines begin to surpass the human talents that built our world. In 1999, I had the privilege of working for one of the first companies to develop a product that enabled video streaming over the then-nascent internet. Broadband access was still several years…
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“The technological singularity is a theoretical scenario in which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, culminating in profound and unpredictable changes to human civilization.” – IBM Transhumanists and technocrats Elon Musk and Sam Altman believe that 2026 will be the year in which AI reaches the so-called…
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Roblox is one of the most popular game platforms, with millions of users accessing it every day. Like more and more apps and online networks, the company's latest security measure now requires every user, everywhere, to pass a facial age estimation test before the chat can be used. The policy, enforced through a third-party company…
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Speed is prioritized over critical review: AI-generated models are intended to justify interventions even before they can be meaningfully questioned. The US military is funding artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to drastically accelerate the modelling of viral outbreaks – a process that normally takes weeks, to be…
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