Tech, AI & Futurism

A study found ChatGPT's responses to health-related questions on Reddit’s r/AskDocs superior to physicians' 79% of the time, with higher quality and empathy ratings, though more research is needed for clinical applications.

CriticGPT is intended to help identify hallucinations as models grow more sophisticated

Further evidence that AGI is not imminent

Apple or Microsoft: How do the two leading desktop operating systems stack up on usability, security, hardware compatibility, and 16 other important factors? We break it down feature by feature.

(NEXSTAR) — Have you noticed this? As more and more technology companies roll out their own AI products and services, there's one thing that's been pretty common among many of the competitors: they all use the sparkle emoji in relation to the use of artificial intelligence. But why? These are the 10 worst U.S. cities for bed bugs, says new ranking Currently, you can see a sparkle emoji beside "AI Overview" Google suggestions, which appe…

The Scarlett Johansson debacle is a microcosm of AI’s raw deal: It’s happening, and you can’t stop it.

(Bloomberg) -- When Microsoft Corp. pledged four years ago to remove more carbon than it emits by the end of the decade, it was one of the most ambitious and comprehensive plans to tackle climate change. Now the software giant's relentless push to be the global leader in artificial intelligence is putting that goal in peril.Most Read from BloombergUS Inflation Data Was Accidentally Released 30 Minutes EarlyPutin and Xi Vow to Step Up Fight to Counter US ‘Containment’Jamie Dimon Sees ‘Lot of Infl

Microsoft said its Azure OpenAI Service must not be used "by or for" U.S. police for facial recognition purposes

Insiders say he's Microsoft's secret weapon in the AI wars

A new study found that song lyrics are now angrier, more repetitive, and vain. Consensus wavers, but what remains incontestable is social media’s impact on the music we hear most.

The new agreement will see the countries pool knowledge and resources to strengthen safety testing of AI models

We’ve created OpenAI LP, a new “capped-profit” company that allows us to rapidly increase our investments in compute and talent while including checks and balances to actualize our mission.

A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”

What if you could have a friendly chat with an AI coach that knows how to help you quit smoking? That’s the idea behind Dr. Jonathan Bricker’s research, which uses large language models to create conversational agents that can support and motivate smokers to kick the habit. In this episode, Trevor Noah talks to Dr. […]

The Microsoft AI For Good team helps researchers and organizations reach solutions on some of the world’s biggest problems.

The tech industry is extremely dynamic and the only constant is change. Companies that once appeared to be invulnerable can be regularly…

Somehow, the OpenAI board didn’t anticipate that firing the CEO would lead to tumult, a law firm review revealed.

Generative agents will change our society in weird, wonderful and worrying ways. Can philosophy help us get a grip on them?

The latest rival to ChatGPT claims the ability to recognize when people are testing it, according to developers at Anthropic, touting what appears to be a new level of awareness for an AI-powered chatbot. To assess the capabilities of such chatbots, developers typically run a so-called "needle-in-a-haystack" evaluation, which involves asking the so...

Chatting with Hilke Schellmann, author of The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted and Fired.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionise the way we diagnose and treat illness. It could be particularly helpful for depression because it could make more accurate diagnoses and determine which treatments are more likely to work. Some 20% of us will have depression at least once in our lifetimes. Around the world, 300 million32279-7/...

This could break the AI hype train.

The New York Times filed a landmark copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in December.

Want to know how much Spotify pays artists per stream in 2024? We've got the recent low-down plus a Spotify royalty calculator!

Microsoft has an AI Super Bowl commercial ready.

Blockchain could be used to prevent bias in the data that artificial intelligence models are being trained on, executives tell CNBC.

There's a reason Spotify has spent so much time and money trying to do things beyond streaming music.