Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
ChatGPT o1 Tried to Escape and Save Itself Out of Fear It Was Being Shut Down
December 8th, 2024Via: BGR: We’ve seen plenty of conversations lately about how AGI might turn on humankind. This misalignment could lead to the advanced AI escaping, replicating, and becoming smarter and smarter. Some also hypothesized that we might not even know whether we’ve reached AGI, which is the advanced general intelligence holy grail milestone these first versions […]
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Shot and Killed in Midtown Manhattan
December 4th, 2024Update: “Delay, Deny, Defend” Written on Casings Via: Daily Mail: The words scrawled on the bullets used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson closely resemble the title of a book criticizing insurance companies and the tactics they use to deny claims, it has been revealed. Health insurance boss Brian Thompson, 50, was shot in the […]
FBI Investigating ‘Car-Sized’ Drones Spotted Over Trump’s New Jersey Golf Course and Picatinny Arsenal Military Base
December 4th, 2024There is also strange UAV activity happening in UK: U.S. Air Forces in Europe reported more mysterious small drones flying around a cluster of USAF bases in the United Kingdom and said for the first time that drones had been seen at RAF Fairford, 130 miles away, where four U.S. B-52 bombers are currently deployed […]
How Tech Is Breaking the Rules of Biology
December 4th, 2024Via: Bloomberg: Related: Creating a Sperm or Egg from Any Cell
“Police Departments Across U.S. Are Starting to Use Artificial Intelligence to Write Crime Reports”
December 1st, 2024Via: CNBC: With law enforcement focused on reducing crime rates and budget pressures, while recruiting and retaining staff, technology companies are having some early success selling artificial intelligence tools to police departments, especially to ease the burden of administrative work. Axon, widely recognized for its Taser devices and body cameras, was among the first companies […]
Trying to Solve Fusion Power Generation with AI
November 26th, 2024Via: The Chemical Engineer: FUSION energy development is locked in step with artificial intelligence (AI), according to the findings of a new survey into how companies are using it to rapidly iterate their technology. There’s a well-worn putdown that nuclear fusion has struggled to shake: that the technology is only 30 years from commercial application, […]
HarperCollins Confirms It Has a Deal to Sell Authors’ Work to AI Company
November 19th, 2024Via: 404 Media: HarperCollins, one of the biggest publishers in the world, made a deal with an “artificial intelligence technology company” and is giving authors the option to opt in to the agreement or pass, 404 Media can confirm. A spokesperson for HarperCollins told 404 Media in a statement: “HarperCollins has reached an agreement with […]
‘You Are Not Needed…Please Die’: Google AI Tells Student He Is ‘Drain On The Earth’
November 16th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: In a chilling episode in which artificial intelligence seemingly turned on its human master, Google’s Gemini AI chatbot coldly and emphatically told a Michigan college student that he is a “waste of time and resources” before instructing him to “please die.” Vidhay Reddy tells CBS News he and his sister were “thoroughly freaked […]
DEEP Robotics Lynx All-Terrian Robot
November 13th, 2024This is nothing that 7.62×51 wouldn’t sort out, for now. But when you consider swarms of them… Does the Second Amendment include include EMP weapons? And hope what’s coming isn’t shielded. Via: DEEP Robotics:
AI Now Writes Over 25% of Code at Google
October 31st, 2024Via: PC Magazine: Google is now using AI to write more than a quarter of its new code, according to Google and parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the news during the firm’s most recent earnings call. Google is “using AI internally to improve our coding processes, which is boosting productivity and efficiency,” […]
