AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era

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https://www.wired.com/story/ai-energy-demands-water-impact-internet-hyper-consumption-era/

When Facial Recognition Helps Police Target Black Faces

#ai #police

https://thewalrus.ca/when-facial-recognition-helps-police-target-black-faces/

E-scooter company to fit Melbourne fleet with AI cameras to stop riders using footpaths

#ai #australia

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/11/neuron-e-scooters-melbourne-ai-cameras-safety

Can AI Help Fight Climate Breakdown? A Conversation With MIT's Priya Donti

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https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-ai-priya-donti-ecowatch.html

Five injured as Netherlands fans attack England supporters

#attack #people

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c6p2g5n08x3o

Intuit To Cut About 1,800 Jobs As It Looks To Increase AI Investments

#ai #jobs

https://slashdot.org/story/24/07/10/1429231/intuit-to-cut-about-1800-jobs-as-it-looks-to-increase-ai-investments

Intuit will lay off 1,800 workers and hire new ones to advance its AI ambitions

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https://qz.com/intuit-layoffs-1800-workers-ai-1851584645

Beyond AI Safety Narratives: How to Craft Tech-Agnostic and Neo-Luddite Futures

#agnostic #ai

https://www.justsecurity.org/97645/beyond-ai-safety-narratives/

AI Can't Replace Teaching, but It Can Make It Better

#ai #bots

https://www.wired.com/story/what-aspects-of-teaching-should-remain-human/

Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

#ai #rightnow

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032516

Putin Set Up Terminator-Style Skynet AI Network to Attack the U.S.

#ai #justice

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-set-up-terminator-style-skynet-ai-network-to-attack-the-us

AI datacentres to strain Australia's energy supply, spike prices without change, expert says

#ai #aluminium

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/10/ai-datacentres-to-strain-australias-energy-supply-spike-prices-without-change-expert-says

Etsy Is Making It Easier to Tell When a Seller Is Using AI

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https://lifehacker.com/tech/etsy-ai-policy

Is AI the Bitter End--or the Lucrative Future--of Book Publishing?

#ai #law

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a61485201/books-ai-lawsuits/

Blair urges Starmer to embrace AI to stop UK facing 'triple whammy of high taxes, heavy debt and poor outcomes' - UK politics live

#ai #speech

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/09/keir-starmer-tony-blair-ai-labour-government-conservatives-uk-politics-latest-news

AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream

#ai #military

https://www.wired.com/story/us-military-hyper-enabled-operator/

STAT+: AI leads the way as health tech funding inches toward a post-pandemic stability

#ai #experts

https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/08/health-tech-investments-optimism-after-post-pandemic-lull/?utm_campaign=rss

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins thinks the design world needs more alternatives to Adobe

#ai #ceo

https://www.theverge.com/24191080/canva-ceo-melanie-perkins-design-ai-adobe-competition-decoder-podcast-interview

Gig-Economy Drivers Are Turning to EVs to Save Money - and They Need More Public Chargers

#ai #gigeconomy

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/07/0518203/gig-economy-drivers-are-turning-to-evs-to-save-money---and-they-need-more-public-chargers

The Best Transcription Services That Are Free to Try

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https://gizmodo.com/the-best-transcription-services-that-are-free-to-try-2000377213