When Your AI Becomes Your Confidant: What Microsoft’s Copilot Report Reveals—And What It Should Measure Next

What Microsoft’s Copilot Report Reveals—and the Missing Questions About Human Impact and What It Should Measure Next.

Men embodying women in VR report strong emotional reactions to verbal harassment

Unfortunately, many women and girls know all too well what it means to be victims of verbal harassment. They are familiar ...
CNET

Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen

Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need ...

China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence

China drafted landmark rules to stop AI chatbots from emotionally manipulating users, including what could become the ...
Popular Science

Rivian announces AI chip in move towards self-driving future

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe hosted the EV manufacturer’s ...
Electrek

Rivian AI & Autonomy Day: In-house silicon chip, next-gen AI platform, LiDAR for Level 4 self-driving [Video]

As promised, we are here in Palo Alto, California, live at Rivian’s inaugural AI and Autonomy day, which the American automaker has been teasing for a month now. The event was filled with numerous ...
The Verge

Relax, grown-ups: VR is doing fine

There have never been more users in VR, but most of them don’t look at all like the industry’s preferred customers. There have never been more users in VR, but most of them don’t look at all like the ...
Gizmodo

OpenAI Accused of Self-Censoring Research That Paints AI In a Bad Light

OpenAI is allegedly self-censoring its research on the negative impact of AI, and it’s even led to the departure of at least two employees. According to a new report from WIRED, OpenAI has become ...
Scientific American

Are We Seeing the First Steps Toward AI Superintelligence?

The Matrix, The Terminator—so much of our science fiction is built around the dangers of superintelligent artificial intelligence: a system that exceeds the best humans across nearly all cognitive ...
TechCrunch

One of Google’s biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you

A Google Search exec said that one of the company’s biggest opportunities in AI lies in its ability to get to know the user better and personalize its responses. The promise is AI that’s uniquely ...
Futurism

If You Turn Down an AI’s Ability to Lie, It Starts Claiming It’s Conscious

Very few serious experts think today’s AI models are conscious, but many regular people feel differently about the bots, which are designed to foster emotional connection to keep engagement up. Users ...
Reuters

Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race

SHANGHAI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tab released on Thursday its new Quark artificial intelligence glasses in China, heralding the Chinese tech company's efforts to break into ...