‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’

We need more humans. That’s the message from two of the world’s richest billionaires, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. While the two compete in the space business—Bezos owns Blue Origin while Musk has SpaceX—they agree on certain aspect’s of humanity’s future. “I think in a lot of these endeavors we’re very … Read more

The Secret Behind AI Drive-Thrus? It’s Humans Doing the Work.

Presto, the self-acclaimed “leader in drive-thru voice automation” wants artificial intelligence to take your order. The drive-thru AI company works with Carls Jr, Chili’s, and Del Taco, and it partially runs on ChatGPT. However, SEC filings from November reveal that Presto’s AI may not be capable of taking your burger order and requires a human … Read more

Tech experts say AI won’t replace humans any time soon

In just one year, artificial intelligence has gone from being the stuff of science fiction movies to being used as a tool to help us polish our resumes and plan European getaways. Given the rapid development of AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s newly released Gemini, some may wonder if these systems could … Read more

Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas

New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World. The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands … Read more

Humans of Bombay lawsuit and Humans of New York’s response, explained

Comment on this storyComment The creator of the popular photography project Humans of New York has waded into a legal dispute involving two spinoff accounts in India — criticizing one of the accounts for trying to monetize his concept. After Humans of Bombay sued a local competitor, People of India, for copyright infringement, Brandon Stanton … Read more

California governor vetoes a bill requiring humans in autonomous big rigs

Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Assembly Bill 316, which would have required human attendants in driverless vehicles over 10,000 pounds, reports Reuters. The bill saw broad support among state legislators and was backed by the Teamsters and other labor organizations. At the moment, The governor wrote in his veto message that the bill “is unnecessary … Read more

This Showdown Between People and Chatbots Might Preserve You Secure From Dangerous AI

Massive language fashions like these powering ChatGPT and different current chatbots have broad and spectacular capabilities as a result of they’re educated with huge quantities of textual content. Michael Sellitto, head of geopolitics and safety at Anthropic, says this additionally provides the techniques a “gigantic potential assault or danger floor.” Microsoft’s head of red-teaming, Ram … Read more

Fran Drescher warns of of people ‘changed by machines’ in SAG strike announcement

Hollywood is formally on strike, and AI is one huge cause. In actual fact, one AI proposal introduced up by the studios in negotiations sounds downright weird. SAG-AFTRA, the union representing actors, made the historic transfer after negotiations with the large film studios fell by means of. It’s the first actor strike in many years(opens … Read more

Meet the People Making an attempt to Preserve Us Protected From AI

A yr in the past, the thought of holding a significant dialog with a pc was the stuff of science fiction. However since OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched final November, life has began to really feel extra like a techno-thriller with a fast-moving plot. Chatbots and different generative AI instruments are starting to profoundly change how folks … Read more