Tag: AI

US Firms Investing Billions in China’s AI Sector: Report

U.S. companies were involved in at least 37 percent of the total investment transactions in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) sector between 2015 and 2021, according to a new report. The report (pdf), published by the Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, found that $40.2 billion in investment transactions into Chinese AI companies had…


US Firms Investing Billions of Dollars in China’s AI Sector: Report

U.S. companies were involved in at least 37 percent of the total investment transactions in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) sector between 2015 and 2021, according to a new report. The report (pdf), published by the Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, found that $40.2 billion in investment transactions into Chinese AI companies had…


Artificial Intelligence Could Make These Jobs Obsolete: ‘Not Crying Wolf’

With reports saying artificial intelligence system ChatGPT has passed exams and can produce reports, experts have warned that some jobs could become obsolete in the future. Earlier this week, a research paper said ChatGPT was able to pass a graduate-level exam at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Some professors have expressed alarm about students…


UK MP Asks Expert About Risks of AI and Is Told ‘It Could Kill Everyone’

A committee of MPs has been hearing evidence of the risks of a “dystopian future” in which artificial intelligence (AI) takes over the world and humans are wiped out, akin to the plot of the film “The Terminator.” At a hearing of Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee, Conservative MP Tracey Crouch asked Michael Cohen, a doctoral…


Google Curates Data for AI: Whistleblower

By curating the data that artificial intelligence (AI) uses to learn, tech companies like Google can bias the AI to censor information flowing on the internet, a Google whistleblower says. When Zach Vorhies was working for Google, he was concerned about how the company was curating data to generate AI biased with social justice or…


Yellen Voices US Support Amid 10-Day Africa Trip

The United States is signaling plans for a more active economic presence in several African countries as the Chinese regime’s Belt and Road Initiative stakes its influence there. The Chinese infrastructure plan has also been dubbed “debt trap diplomacy.” Under it, over $100 billion have flooded into African countries over the years. But why is…


Emotional Support Experiment With AI Chatbot Prompts Backlash

The co-founder of an online mental health support service is facing backlash for allegedly using an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to automate responses to users without their consent. Rob Morris, who started the Koko mental health forum when he was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, posted about the experiment on Twitter…


[PREMIERING NOW] Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…


Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…


[Premiering 1/5, 10:30 AM ET] Google Has Programmed ‘Woke’ AI to Censor the Internet: Whistleblower

Google has been programming a “woke” artificial intelligence (AI) system that can censor the internet, according to Zach Vorhies, a former Google employee turned whistleblower. He explains that AI is at the heart of the future internet—determining what content is shown, how facts are weighed, and which voices should be suppressed. What Google is doing,…