Digital Ethics

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.

I wasn’t sure this needed to be an article, after all, most adults know that the internet is a giant post-card where even your most private…

Employees peppered Google execs with uncomfortable questions about search and A.I. chatbots at an all-hands meeting on Thursday.

Our tendency to humanise large language models and AI is daft – let’s worry about corporate grabs and environmental damage

A creature is formed of clay. A puppet becomes a boy. A monster rises in a lab. A computer takes over a spaceship. And all manner of robots serve or control us.

Since it was unveiled earlier this year, the new AI-based language generating software GPT-3 has attracted much attention for its ability to produce passages of writing that are convincingly human-like. Some have even suggested that the program, created by Elon Musk’s OpenAI, may be considered or appears to exhibit, something…

Experts say the proposed rules could play a crucial role in combatting tech abuse, which can include tracking people, sending threatening messages or demanding their passwords.

OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?

While writing an article about the Roald Dahl estate modernising the author’s work, I decided to try using ChatGPT for some help with the research.

As a safety precaution, the tech company sometimes bans users because the company has discovered that they “are likely to travel” with another person who has already been banned.

A new class-action suit says the company doesn't staff enough therapists to meet demand and uses dark patterns to trick people into recurring subscriptions.

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Lets take a look at this article in the BBC: Long thread but lots to cover. Lets' discuss the legislation, surveillance, the state tech crackdown in China and how Tiktok: https://t.co/FVg5keYuVr— Robert Potter (@rpotter_9) February 28, 2023

Operators will use the tech on small drones to help them with intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, and identifying targets.

We are so stuck on asking what the technology can do that we are missing the more important questions.