
TechRadar - 40 min 58 sec ago
Surfshark's System Engineer dismisses recent AI extinction warnings as a recurring marketing tactic The real threats are already here, including deepfake fraud and the massive environmental toll of data centers Current LLMs might have reached their limit, making the "Skynet" narrative a distraction from serious user privacy risks Over the past week, the internet has been flooded with renewed warnings about the catastrophic dangers of artificial intelligence. From tech giants calling...

The Hill - 1 hour 5 min ago
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump's dismissal of rising concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence technology. "Come on, it's not a hoax. It's a real thing," Tillis, who is not running for reelection, told reporters at the Capitol. "This is something that I've spent a lot of my professional career in,...

The Hill - 1 hour 52 min ago
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) went after President Trump on the issue of artificial intelligence (AI), saying he has a lack of knowledge around its risks. "Look, it is embarrassing, really, I think, going beyond politics, how ignorant this president is about the dangers of AI," Sanders told MS NOW's Akayla Gardner in a clip posted...

The Hill - 2 hours 10 min ago
A majority of Americans are concerned that artificial intelligence poses grave risks to the future of humanity, according to a new poll released on Wednesday. The POLITICO survey found that 63 percent of U.S. adults believe this technology could someday destroy mankind. Twenty-six percent of respondents said there was only a "moderate risk" of this...

The Hill - 3 hours 1 min ago
The rapid buildout of artificial intelligence is making technology firms some of the top capital investors in the U.S., according to new research shared first with The Hill. The report, to be published by the think tank Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) Wednesday, found tech firms Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft invested more than half ...

Black Enterprise - 3 hours 19 min ago
Influencers may no longer need to be in front of the camera to grow their brands and businesses. Artificial intelligence is making it possible for creators and celebrities to build...

The Guardian - 4 hours 42 min ago
Reach, which also owns Express, makes decision because of mammoth shift' in how audiences seek out content The publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers is to cut a further 220 editorial jobs as it adapts to a dramatic fall in online traffic while readers increasingly turn to summaries generated by artificial intelligence. Reach, which also owns scores of online brands and regional titles including the Manchester Evening News, the Birmingham Mail and the Liverpool Echo, said the latest...

Newser - 9 hours 59 min ago
Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back on one of Silicon Valley's loudest calls to slam the brakes on artificial intelligence. In a social media post on Tuesday, the Meta CEO criticized the idea of a blanket slowdown on AI development a proposal championed days earlier by Anthropic chief Dario Amodei arguing...

Digital Music News - 10 hours 21 min ago
Disctopia was granted a US patent covering its ability to tie creator payouts to verified listening across music, podcasts, audiobooks, and video. Streaming fraud continues to plague artists trying to make their fair share of the payout pool, and it’s getting even worse as artificial intelligence improves. But creator monetization platform Disctopia hopes to change […]...

The Next Web - 11 hours 56 min ago
The UAE will change its requirements for data centres and stop promoting where they are. Omar Sultan Al Olama, the country's Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, said so on Tuesday at Dreamforce in San Francisco. Data centres have become critical infrastructure and a target, he told Salesforce chief […] This story continues at The Next Web...

CNBC - 13 hours 54 min ago
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's view of artificial intelligence safety is akin to the perspective of Nvidia's Jensen Huang rather than Anthropic chief Dario Amodei.

Nature - 15 hours 50 min ago
Here we introduce Paper2Agent, an automated framework that converts research papers into artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Paper2Agent transforms research output from passive artefacts into active systems that accelerate use and discovery. Conventional research papers require readers to understand and adapt the paper’s code, data and methods to their work, creating barriers to dissemination and reuse. Paper2Agent addresses this challenge by converting a paper into an AI agent that functions...

New York Times - 16 hours 7 min ago
Melania Trump, the first lady, talking with students inside a classroom at Mountain View Elementary School, where she waded into the debate over artificial intelligence.

PBS Newshour - 17 hours 10 min ago
The warnings about artificial intelligence are growing more urgent, and increasingly, they're coming from inside the industry. AI researchers have resigned over safety concerns, while some of the field's prominent leaders are calling for stronger government oversight. But Congress has yet to agree on meaningful safeguards. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See...

The Guardian - 17 hours 11 min ago
A former Anthropic researcher's apocalyptic declaration about artificial intelligence has led to a global panic that the technology might be the end of us all. At an event in Washington today to warn about the dangers of AI, US senator Bernie Sanders said that Congress has been asleep at the wheel'. Oddly, Steve Bannon appeared at the same event. But is this response a distraction from the more immediate problems AI is already causing? Kai Wright and Carter Sherman are joined by Guardian...

TechRadar - 17 hours 30 min ago
Project Zenith adds developer tools before users have to install them manually The required 64GB memory immediately pushes Zenith beyond ordinary Windows hardware Microsoft wants Zenith machines ready for local AI development Microsoft has unveiled Project Zenith, introducing specially configured Windows 11 machines aimed at developers and local artificial intelligence work. The idea sounds practical until you consider the hardware required, because Zenith begins with computers that already sit...

TMZ - 17 hours 54 min ago
The A.I. arms race boils down to companies, countries, and billionaires' egos... and while that sounds like a nightmare to cynics across the globe ... there could still be reason for optimism. A.I. ethicist Tristan Harris joined us on…...

The Hill - 18 hours 31 min ago
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faced lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, amid concerns over rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) and surging bond yields. During the nearly three-hour-long hearing, Bessent brushed off concerns about AI and defended his department's intervention in the bond market. But that did not stop Democrats on the panel from taking him to task on...

Daily Signal - 18 hours 55 min ago
Attorney General Todd Blanche said fears about artificial intelligence “should not be breaking news.” “This AI issue that’s suddenly come up two months before our election is being the president calls it a hoax,” he said. “The way this has come around today and not three months ago. I mean, I was watching the news today....

The Guardian - 19 hours 11 min ago
Follow the day's news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles , says he is "comforted" by a recent essay from the boss of artificial intelligence company Anthropic which warned his industry must slow the pace in developing AI systems. Appearing on ABC's 7.30 program on Tuesday evening, Marles was asked about Dario Amodei's comments urging governments to press pause on the AI revolution. I actually take comfort...

NBC News - 19 hours 35 min ago
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., and longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon spoke at a 'Pro-Human' AI summit where they called for stricter regulations around artificial intelligence development.

New York Times - 19 hours 40 min ago
Lina Khan, the former F.T.C. chair, is among the figures to weigh in on the growing debate about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.

The Guardian - 19 hours 59 min ago
Leftwing senator and far-right strategist rail against tech oligarchs but offer competing visions on Chinese cold war' The progressive senator Bernie Sanders and rightwing strategist Steve Bannon have called for restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) but offered competing visions for what they termed a "cold war" with China. Speaking at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington on Tuesday, the ideological adversaries were united in warning of the potential dangers of AI and...

BBC - 20 hours 20 min ago
What should children learn in a world transformed by artificial intelligence?...