Digital Ethics

Or that they haven’t already started to pollute Google searches. And if publishers win their lawsuit against the Internet Archive, verifying facts and quotes will get a lot harder.

A wave of state and local reforms could lead to predictive algorithms that change lives for the better, instead of the worse.

Silicon Valley is agog over the capabilities of ChatGPT. They shouldn't be

AI's unique legal and ethical considerations have prompted some organizations to take a definitive public stance.

Sam Altman stresses need to guard against negative consequences of technology, as company releases new version GPT-4

From lawsuits to IT hacks, the creative industries are deploying a range of tactics to protect their jobs and original work from automation

The long read: Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of existing culture, and the notion that it is actually intelligent could be actively dangerous

How GPT-4 fits into the larger tapestry of the quest for artificial general intelligence

Australian employer, business tech and research groups have formed an alliance to tackle responsible AI by developing best practice guidance, tools and training for Australian companies using the high-risk technology. The Responsible AI Network to be launched Thursday includes the industry groups alongside standards, ethics and research organisations. No consumer…

Expert calls decision "damning," says it's time for regulators to get involved.

The AI is not a major threat to human employment.

A journalist asked me to comment on the release of GPT-4 a few days ago. I generally don't like commenting on what I haven't seen, but here is what I said: #DataDocumentation #AIhype #OpenAI #GPT4

Unsurprisingly, after the pre-mature release of #ChatGPT, and the race to the bottom in terms of safety caused by Microsoft, Google or Facebook, GPT-4 is out.It claims to "solve" a physics @polytechnique entry exam. This will make it harder to calm down the hype in France… pic.twitter.com/dG47v4Rr8N— El Mahdi El Mhamdi | mastodon.social/@elmahdi (@L_badikho) March 14, 2023

Learn more about how Microsoft views the development of ethical AI, including principles, guidelines, and tools for accomplishing this.

The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done is build a biometric database from the bodies of the poor.

In 2022, $11 million was stolen through thousands of impostor phone scams.

Scammers are using artificial intelligence to sound more like family members in distress. Loved ones are falling for it and losing thousands of dollars.

A clever comic over on the accuracy of George Orwell's predictions about future society over those of Aldous Huxley. It's informative and scary at the same time. "In short, Orwell feared that what we hate would ruin us. Huxley that what we love will ruin us." It's unfortunate that Huxley got it right because the latter is much less obvious.

Some things we all need to watch out for.

ChatGPT invented a hit puzzle game called Sumplete that could rival Wordle. There's just one problem: It already exists.

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Blame it on the pandemic and "supply chain problems," says the school district's assistant superintendent of finance.

How we work with training data for GPT-SW3

OpenAI is on a 'path to AGI' or artificial general intelligence that will require strong guidelines and boundaries for tools like ChatGPT.

Koko, a mental health nonprofit, found at-risk teens on platforms like Facebook and Tumblr, then tested an unproven intervention on them without obtaining informed consent. “It’s nuanced,” said the founder.

The commission is seeking an interview with Elon Musk, who has made major cuts at the company since acquiring it last year.

Two years ago, AI researchers published a hot-button research paper on the tech behind Bard, ChatGPT, and more.