Musk, Tech Bros & AI Fascism

What if cruelty no longer needed a conscience—just code, a platform, and an audience to applaud it?

(Reuters) -Microsoft is getting ready to host Elon Musk's Grok AI model, The Verge reported on Thursday citing a source familiar with the plans. The tech giant has been in discussions with Musk's AI startup xAI in recent weeks to host the Grok model and make it available to customers, as well as Microsoft's own product teams through its Azure cloud service, the report said. Grok will be

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the firm's non-profit will continue overseeing the for-profit arm.

TECH NEWS : Microsoft possesses significant leverage to potentially obstruct OpenAI's plan to transition into an independent for-profit entity, impacting its fina

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“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode—it's Voice Data, and CMG has the capabilities to use it to your business advantage.”

In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.

Amid reports of creation of fake racist images, Signify warns problem will get ‘so much worse’ over the next year

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The Pentagon has its eye on the leading AI company, which this week softened its ban on military use.

Elon Musk’s latest legal filing against OpenAI marks his fourth attempt in less than a year to reframe his claims. However, his own words and actions speak for themselves—in 2017, Elon not only wanted, but actually created, a for-profit as OpenAI’s proposed new structure.

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Some people think machine intelligence will transform humanity for the better. Others fear it may destroy us. Who will decide our fate?

AI could even out the playing field in recruitment – except that it’s trained by humans.

And also takes the opportunity to bad-mouth Tesla’s self-driving AI.

Transparency, or the appearance of it, is the technology’s new norm.

Not every thing the company says is completely candid.

Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman's company has sparked a moral debate in Silicon Valley about closed-source versus open-source AI models.

FTC says it's fighting in the public's corner

The AI darling faces a long list of serious challenges in 2024

What is his real motivation?

As concerns swirl about the disruption artificial intelligence could cause for the 2024 elections, OpenAI on Monday declared that politicians and their campaigns are not allowed to use the company’s AI tools.

Culture / The one thing science fiction couldn’t imagine is the world we have now: the near-complete control of Artificial Intelligence by a few corporations whose only goal is profit. Dwayne Monroe As HAL 9000, the true star of Stanley Kubrick´s landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, died a silicon death by memory module removal, the machine, reduced to its infant state (the moment it became operational) recited: “Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am...

“Beyond the cursing, Elon Musk’s interview is erratic enough to end his career.”