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Perhaps unshockingly for someone who is an actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer, Stephen Fry has a deep interest in words and how we use them. After hearing him lecture on that subject, Marcel Steinbauer-Lewis asked him about Artificial Intelligence and how it connects with the extraordinary lure of language.

Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Over recent weeks, controversy has surfaced over research publications claiming to show statistical evidence that generative AI has beneficial effects on learning.…

Newly announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.

An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.

Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages.

Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg

In the years since Automation and the Future of Work first appeared, a new wave of technological enthusiasm has swept across the popular imagination. The catalyst this time has been the rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence, spearheaded by companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta. Once again, a c

In this extended briefing, “TL;DR” = “Totally Legit; Def. Read” because we review “The AI Con,” the spicy new book ready to rattle the broligarchy. Plus, the authors answer ESC KEY .CO’s questions about creative work — giving you something hot to talk about at your next power lunch, as ever. *Wink.*

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Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

A collection of zines from the DAIR Institute

Remarks from an in-person debate, 'L’IA en question, questions à l’IA', a two-day event at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, on May 24/25. The event focused on debates about the role of AI in contemporary society.

A trio of specialists discusses how artists can respond to the environmental cost of generative AI with Diane Drubay

Three years of progress as shown by marine mammals

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

Despite AI’s promise to revolutionize white-collar work, most workers are using it sparingly—or hiding it from their boss.

A response to UNESCO's call on AI and the Future of Education

Will new technology help to make the world a better place, or is AI just another tech bubble that will benefit the few?

The rapid development of AI is already changing how journalists operate. Reporters, editors, executives, and others across the news industry share their advice on how to engage—and where to draw the line.

Just 1 in 4 AI investments bring in the ROI they promise—but CEOs just can’t resist the technology.

AI is advancing at such speed that speculative moral questions, once the province of science fiction, are suddenly real and pressing, says Finnish philosopher and psychology researcher Frank Martela.

The red flags we should have seen earlier for a too-good-to-be-true paper on AI tool adoption at a materials research firm

Students are resorting to extreme measures to fend off accusations of cheating, including hourslong screen recordings of their homework sessions.

In a new trend, people are using generative AI tools like ChatGPT to reimagine themselves as dolls or action figures. And it's proven itself popular, as celebrities, politicians, institutions and major brands like the UK's Royal Mail have jumped in on the fun.

A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence tells us about branding in tech.

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents

1M AI Images = Water for 2,000 People. Still Worth the Likes? The Viral Trend with a Hidden Cost Social media is awash with AI-generated Studio Ghibli