Category: AI

Microsoft Integrating AI ‘Personal Assistant’ Into Windows 11

Microsoft is adding its centralized AI-assisted feature Copilot to Windows 11, the company announced on May 22. In a blog post, Panos Panay, Microsoft’s chief product officer, said the new chatbot—which like Chat GPT-4 is powered by artificial intelligence that uses large language models (LLMs)—will help assist users to complete complex tasks. Such tasks will…


ChatGPT Makers Say AI Technology Could Surpass ‘Expert’ Human Skill Levels Within 10 Years, Flag ‘Existential Risk’

The makers of ChatGPT have warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could “exceed expert skill level” across most domains within the next 10 years as “superintelligence” becomes more powerful than any “other technologies humanity has had to contend with.” Open AI executives including CEO Sam Altman; President, Chairman, & Co-Founder, Greg Brockman; and Co-Founder and chief scientist Ilya…


Bill Gates Says Personal AI Agents Could Change Consumer Behavior, Impact Retail Giants Including Amazon

Artificial intelligence agents could revolutionize the way customers shop and search online, potentially rendering retail giants such as Amazon useless, according to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Gates made the comments at the AI Forward 2023 event in San Francisco on May 22. The billionaire said he believes the current race to win in the artificial intelligence…


In the ‘Wild West’ of AI Health Care, These 4 Things Could Go Very Wrong

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines, and the reviews are mixed. Though the United States leads the world in AI investment, Americans remain skeptical. According to a global survey (pdf) by Ipsos, “Only 35 percent of sampled Americans agreed that products and services using AI had more benefits than drawbacks.” Among surveyed countries, America had…


Are Fears of AI Justified?

Commentary Artificial intelligence (AI) has created some enthusiasm and even more fear. The fears center partly on matters of privacy and the upending of social relationships but mostly on job destruction. Such concerns are far from new. They have emerged with every technological advance since the industrial revolution began in the late 18th century. They…


Musk Warns There’s a Chance AI ‘Goes Wrong and Destroys Humanity’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued yet another warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI)—namely, that it could destroy humanity. In a May 16 interview with CNBC anchor David Faber, the tech tycoon noted that the future of AI could go one of two ways. “There’s a strong probability that it will make…


OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Calls for Congress to Regulate AI Technology

In a recent hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, appealed to lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), specifically addressing the advancements made in developing the advanced chatbot ChatGPT. Altman highlighted both the possibilities and potential pitfalls of this cutting-edge technology.  “I do think some regulation would…


‘Bomb in a China Shop’: AI to Wipe Out Jobs, Create Election Uncertainties, Congress Hears

WASHINGTON—Artificial Intelligence (AI) will drive massive disruptions in the American job sector and contribute to much more fraught election cycles as new platforms allow for increased manipulation of voters, Congress has heard. The explosion of popularly available AI tools like ChatGPT will profoundly affect society as early as next year, experts and senators said during…


Humanity Faces ‘Orwellian’ Future If AI Is Not Controlled: Australian Human Rights Commissioner

It will be more and more difficult to tell fact from fiction as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes commonplace in the future, warns Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay. Finlay said that the rise of AI platforms like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard would be welcomed by those with “Orwellian tendencies.” “In George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry…


AI and Robots Could Ease Pressure in Care System, Says Health Secretary

Smart technology can provide better and faster care for the elderly, while easing pressure on staff, according to Health Secretary Steve Barclay. Ahead of his trip to the G-7 Summit in Nagasaki, Japan, Barclay spoke about the role of robots and AI technology in supporting patients in care homes across the UK. Learning how other…