Category: artificial intelligence

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…


ANALYSIS: How Artificial Intelligence Could Impact the 2024 Election

News analysis New generations of artificial intelligence (AI), such as the AI powering the ChatGPT chatbot, will find a plethora of uses in political campaigns. “ChatGPT is going to save a lot of time for people, especially with repetitive tasks. But at least the current generation, I don’t think it’s a magic bullet,” summarized Colin…


AI Could Replace Writers’ Jobs: Analysis

There are growing worries about artificial intelligence replacing jobs in the entertainment industry. As thousands of screenwriters fear their livelihoods are now on an uncertain path, protests against AI have started. Are their jobs really at risk? …


Speaker McCarthy’s Amazing Week

Commentary When it took Kevin McCarthy 15 votes to become Speaker of the House, the Washington establishment concluded that he was pleasant but would be unable to get much done. The fate of the last two Republican speakers, John Boehner and Paul Ryan, seemed to hang over his head. They had not been able to…


UK Lawmakers Voice Concerns Over AI ‘Explosion,’ Urge Measures to Prevent Misuse

British MPs have raised concerns about the recent “explosion” of artificial intelligence (AI) and have asked what the government has done to prevent misuse of the fast-developing technology. At a debate on AI regulation in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Tory former minister Tim Loughton said that AI is open to abuse by criminals…


14 Million Jobs Will Be Slashed Globally by 2027 Owing to AI and ESG Standards: WEF

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned that the employment landscape will change drastically over the next five years amid increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI), the transition to green energy, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, and slower economic growth. According to WEF’s “The Future of Jobs Report 2023,” roughly 23 percent of jobs are…


‘Godfather of AI’ Quits Google to Warn About ‘Scary’ Technology

A groundbreaking innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is sounding the alarm over the dangers imposed by the technology for which his work laid the foundation. Geoffrey Hinton, the British computer scientist who has been called the “Godfather of AI,” recently left his position as a vice president and engineering fellow at Google…


Google’s Persistent Ad Slump Weighs on Alphabet’s 1Q Results

SAN FRANCISCO—Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine. An unprecedented downturn in Google’s digital ad revenue—the company’s main moneymaker for more than 20 years—came into sharper focus Tuesday with the release of the January-March…


The Country Reacts to Tucker Carlson’s Departure From Fox News

Shocking developments in the media world have taken place, all in less than 24 hours. A lawyer for Hunter Biden is pushing back against a former Trump aide and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.). He’s accusing both of them of wrongdoing with regard to the president’s son. Thousands of migrants flock toward the border, protesting detention centers, as House GOP lawmakers…


US Government ‘Decades Behind’ Understanding AI: Former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang believes the American government is years behind in understanding the consequences of artificial intelligence and warns that science fiction scenarios are now becoming real. “It can be a force for civilizational progress, but it can also destroy us at the high end. So, you would want a tailored approach. You’d…