Category: dangers of AI

AI Poses Threat to Democratic Order: President of Germany

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned about artificial intelligence turning into a threat to democracy, calling for better digital literacy among the public to be able to identify AI-manipulated content. “Neither the AI nor the companies operating it are democratically elected,” Steinmeier said while delivering his remarks during a recent event in Berlin, according to…


AI Firm Cannot Go Public as ‘Strange’ Decisions May Need to Be Taken, Claims CEO

Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, claims there is no intent to take the organization public as he wants to maintain complete control in order to be able to take “strange” decisions when necessary. “When we develop superintelligence, we’re likely to make some decisions that public market investors would view very strangely,” Altman said…


Google AI Creeps Into Gmail Accounts to ‘Find Exactly What You’re Looking For’

Google is introducing a “highly requested” AI search feature in its Gmail service amid concerns that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to privacy. The new Gmail AI search feature is intended to “improve the search experience” of Gmail mobile users and will help people find “exactly what you’re looking for,” Google said in a…


Newly Developed Humanoid Robot Warns About AI Creating ‘Oppressive Society’

During the 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation held in London from May 29 to June 2, UK-based company Engineered Arts introduced a humanoid robot, Ameca, that can interact like a person with realistic facial movements. Unlike ChatGPT, which is an online chat service, Ameca’s humanoid body allows it to interact with people using…


Digital ‘Twins’ of Human Patients Can Be Developed Using AI to Speed Up Drug Development: FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shed light on the possibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine language (ML) in the drug development process, pointing to the benefits these technologies bring, such as digital versions of human patients. “AI/ML’s growth in data volume and complexity, combined with cutting-edge computing power and methodological…


AI ‘Can Make Bad Actors More Convincing,’ Warns Apple Co-Founder

Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, is predicting that artificial intelligence would transform the nature of scams and make them more convincing and is expecting stricter laws to control the use of such technologies. “AI is so intelligent it’s open to the bad players, the ones that want to trick you about who they are,”…