Sam Altman’s Return, the Mysterious Q, and More Top AI News of the Week

Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) There’s been a lot of talk about AGI lately—artificial general intelligence—the much-coveted AI development goal that every company in Silicon Valley is currently racing to achieve. AGI refers to a hypothetical point in the future when AI algorithms will be able to do most of the jobs that humans currently … Read more

Researchers Made an IQ Test for AI, Found They’re All Pretty Stupid

There’s been a lot of talk about AGI lately—artificial general intelligence—the much-coveted AI development goal that every company in Silicon Valley is currently racing to achieve. AGI refers to a hypothetical point in the future when AI algorithms will be able to do most of the jobs that humans currently do. According to this theory … Read more

Elon Musk and Other AI Doomers Cause Meltdown

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson Interview As governments fumble for a regulatory approach to AI, everybody in the tech world seems to have an opinion about what that approach should … Read more

Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week

Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) As federal regulations loom for the AI industry, Meta’s top AI guy seems to be attempting an interesting strategy to dissuade regulators from cracking down: tell them that, actually, AI isn’t all that impressive so how about just don’t bother with any new laws, alright? Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI … Read more