The Download: how your data is being used to train AI, and why chatbots aren’t doctors

The Download: how your data is being used to train AI, and why chatbots aren’t doctors
Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and other documents containing personally identifiable information are likely included in ...
Read more

A brief history of “three-parent babies”

A brief history of “three-parent babies”
This week we heard that eight babies have been born in the UK following an experimental form of IVF that ...
Read more

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

The Download: how your data is being used to train AI, and why chatbots aren’t doctors
The bottom line, says William Agnew, a postdoctoral fellow in AI ethics at Carnegie Mellon University and one of the ...
Read more

Finding value from AI agents from day one

Finding value from AI agents from day one
From assuming oversight for complex workflows, such as procurement or recruitment, to carrying out proactive cybersecurity checks or automating support, ...
Read more

In defense of air-conditioning | MIT Technology Review

In defense of air-conditioning | MIT Technology Review
We should all be aware of the growing electricity toll of air-conditioning, but the AC hate is misplaced. Yes, AC ...
Read more

These four charts show where AI companies could go next in the US

These four charts show where AI companies could go next in the US
While the impact of AI on tech hubs like San Francisco and Boston is already being felt, AI proponents believe ...
Read more

Finding value with AI automation

Finding value with AI automation
Today’s opportunity: Significant automation gains  When leaders respond to immediate panic, new business risks and mitigations often emerge.  Two recent ...
Read more

The Download: Combating audio deepfakes, and AI in the classroom

The Download: Combating audio deepfakes, and AI in the classroom
The news: A new technique known as “machine unlearning” could be used to teach AI models to forget specific voices. ...
Read more

The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair

The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair
California’s statewide power grid operator is poised to become the first in North America to deploy artificial intelligence to manage ...
Read more

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down
Cybersecurity practitioners have since flooded Discord channels and LinkedIn feeds with emergency posts and memes of “NVD” and “CVE” engraved ...
Read more