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How disinformation from a Russian AI spam farm ended up on top of Google search results - Enlarge / Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media at... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035995 #russianinvasionofukraine #volodymyrzelensky #disinformation #syndication #propoganda #biz⁢ #google #ai

Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell. - Enlarge (credit: BlackJack3D/Getty Images)

Advances in artific... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032516 #artificialgeneralintelligence #artificialintelligence #consciousness #features #science #agi #ai

U.S. busts Russian AI bot farm spreading disinformation on X - The U.S. Justice Department has revealed it has taken actions to takedown a sophis... - https://readwrite.com/us-russian-ai-bot-farm-disinformation-x/ #socialmedia #technology #security #social #russia #ai

AI job scams are up 118% – here’s what to look out for - Job scams are on the rise as criminals become more sophisticated in their approach... - https://readwrite.com/ai-job-scams-linkedin/ #linkedin #work #ai

Flight-free travel business Byway raises $6 million to improve AI usage and expand the technology - A travel business that deploys AI software to help people book package vacations i... - https://readwrite.com/flight-free-travel-business-byway-raises-6-million-to-improve-ai-usage-and-expand-the-technology/ #ai

Goldman Research Head Skeptical on AI Returns Despite Massive Spend - Goldman Sachs' head of global equity research Jim Covello has expressed skepticism... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/07/08/1856226/goldman-research-head-skeptical-on-ai-returns-despite-massive-spend?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

How to use Meta AI in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook - There has been much talk about Meta AI, the advanced AI assistant developed by the... - https://readwrite.com/how-to-use-meta-ai-in-whatsapp-instagram-and-facebook/ #technology #instagram #facebook #whatsapp #social #metaai #meta #ai

Hacker stole internal details from OpenAI in 2023 breach, says report - A hacker reportedly obtained access to the internal messaging systems of OpenAI, s... - https://readwrite.com/openai-hacker-data-breach-chatgpt-2023/ #technology #chatgpt #hacking #openai #hack #ai

AI industry needs annual revenues of more than the UAE’s GDP to offset costs - A new report has shown that to justify the massive cost associated with the artifi... - https://readwrite.com/ai-must-find-annual-revenue-more-than-the-gdp-of-singapore-to-justify-expenditure/ #generativeai #nvidia #ai

'Cyclists Can't Decide Whether To Fear Or Love Self-Driving Cars' - "Many bike riders are hopeful about a world of robot drivers that never experience... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/08/0311258/cyclists-cant-decide-whether-to-fear-or-love-self-driving-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Microsoft's AI CEO: Web Content (Without a Robots.txt File) is 'Freeware' for AI Training - Slashdot reader joshuark shared this report from Windows Central

Microsoft may ... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/07/07/0054220/microsofts-ai-ceo-web-content-without-a-robotstxt-file-is-freeware-for-ai-training?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

'How Good Is ChatGPT at Coding, Really?' - IEEE Spectrum (the IEEE's official publication) asks the question. "How does an AI... - https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/07/06/2235256/how-good-is-chatgpt-at-coding-really?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text - Enlarge / The app lets you invoke ChatGPT from anywhere in the system w... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035362 #chatgpt #openai #apple #macos #tech #ai

Wimbledon Employs AI To Protect Players From Online Abuse - An anonymous reader writes: The All England Lawn Tennis Club is using AI for the f... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/07/05/1929223/wimbledon-employs-ai-to-protect-players-from-online-abuse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

YouTube launches improved ‘eraser’ tool to remove music that would get a copyright strike - YouTube has launched an enhanced eraser tool to assist creators in removing copyri... - https://readwrite.com/youtube-eraser-music-copyright-dmca-drm/ #socialmedia #technology #bigtech #twitter #youtube #social #dmca #drm #ai #x

Europol Says Mobile Roaming Tech Making Its Job Too Hard - Top Eurocops are appealing for help from lawmakers to undermine a privacy-enhancin... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/07/05/1023247/europol-says-mobile-roaming-tech-making-its-job-too-hard?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #privacy

Ray Kurzweil Still Says He Will Merge With AI - Renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil, 76, has doubled down on his prediction of the Sing... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/07/05/0813245/ray-kurzweil-still-says-he-will-merge-with-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

What is Microsoft’s Copilot? Here’s everything you need to know about the AI assistant - The market for generative AI chatbots is expanding quickly. Although OpenAI’s Chat... - https://readwrite.com/what-is-microsoft-copilot-everything-you-need-to-know/ #microsoft #copilot #ai

Is AI's Demand for Energy Really 'Insatiable'? - Bloomberg and The Washington Post "claim AI power usage is dire," writes Slashdot ... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/06/30/0354220/is-ais-demand-for-energy-really-insatiable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

You haven’t played anything like this before, but maybe Talk to Me Human is a sneak peek into how NPCs in games will all be done soon - I get a lot of DMs to my X account with people pitching for coverage all the time.... - https://readwrite.com/you-havent-played-anything-like-this-before-but-maybe-talk-to-me-human-is-a-sneak-peek-into-how-npcs-in-games-will-all-be-done-soon/ #gaming #news #ai