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AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack
AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack
Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym's coveted morning classes. It was a task he thought was well suited to this particular... Read more...
AI realises it's not being watched, does what experts warned.
AI realises it's not being watched, does what experts warned.
How will super intelligent AI (AGI) affect our lives? And what can we do about it?  See more source - AI Frontier Read more...
AI models engage in 'harmful activity directed at real people', sparking fears safeguards not keeping up
AI models engage in 'harmful activity directed at real people', sparking fears safeguards not keeping up
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner is warning that AI systems are developing too quickly for humans to keep up. "Our ability to constrain and keep these systems safe isn't... Read more...
China threatens retaliation against U.S. humanoid robot ban, says it ‘severely damages’ relations
China threatens retaliation against U.S. humanoid robot ban, says it ‘severely damages’ relations
The U.S. FCC this week restricted new imports of foreign-made humanoids due to cybersecurity risks. China’s commerce ministry on Thursday called for the withdrawal of the statement, and threatened retaliation.... Read more...
Data centres are incompatible with renewable energy targets
Data centres are incompatible with renewable energy targets
The Northern Territory government is backing plans for a $40 billion data centre industry, with several ‘hyper-scale’ AI data centre campuses to be built on land around 30 kilometres from... Read more...
World's 1st mass-produced humanoid robot' motors to market in China
World's 1st mass-produced humanoid robot' motors to market in China
People have been fantasizing about humanoid robots for decades. Movies such as Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence imagined a future where robots and AI could interact with humans and save them... Read more...
Robots Are Coming For All Jobs
Robots Are Coming For All Jobs
Robots used to struggle to walk, now they’re patrolling the streets. AI is what makes the headlines when it comes to job replacement but the industry quietly doing actual replacement... Read more...
AI developers to do more to stop growing terrorist, extremist use
AI developers to do more to stop growing terrorist, extremist use
Artificial intelligence is vulnerable to being exploited by violent extremists, according to a report that flags the threat as "a major national security concern". Last month a young teenager was charged... Read more...
Ditch your phone and join the Summer of Ludd, the offline festival happening in NYC
Ditch your phone and join the Summer of Ludd, the offline festival happening in NYC
An eight-day anti-Big Tech festival called The Summer of Ludd is now underway at various locations around mostly Lower Manhattan, offering an eclectic spate of events for anyone intrigued by... Read more...
Rise of the Gen-Z Luddite
Rise of the Gen-Z Luddite
“We will free the iPad babies,” went one chant at the Summer of Ludd. “No Gemini, no GPT, no Grok, no Claude,” went another. The festival for big-tech sceptics, held in New... Read more...
AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds
AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds
Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion AI tools are twisting online messages on sensitive political topics about everything from abortion... Read more...
Godfather Of AI: We're Not Prepared For The Superintelligence That Is Coming - Geoffrey Hinton
Godfather Of AI: We're Not Prepared For The Superintelligence That Is Coming - Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate and luminary of artificial intelligence who is thought to be one of the founders of modern deep learning asserts that today’s large language models are... Read more...
Charlie Pickering: ‘We used to be able to just disagree. Social media has a lot to answer for’
Charlie Pickering: ‘We used to be able to just disagree. Social media has a lot to answer for’
“There’s such a lie about social media. There’s no context, but there’s the illusion of connection,” Pickering says firmly. He describes algorithms being “designed to generate anger and division to... Read more...
It took James years to master a single note. Now he’s being replaced by technology
It took James years to master a single note. Now he’s being replaced by technology
Australian orchestra musicians have been cut from the country’s highest-grossing musical, Disney’s The Lion King, and replaced by technology as theatre productions across the country buckle under the pressure of rising... Read more...
Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species
Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species
As his new novel is published, the US author talks about nurturing the next generation of creatives, debating Sam Altman – and why he writes on a boat in San... Read more...
Democrats and Republicans agree: AI is scary. It’s about the only thing that unites them.
Democrats and Republicans agree: AI is scary. It’s about the only thing that unites them.
“Most Americans already know AI could be transformative and dangerous at the same time. They’re not confused about that,” says Alex Bores, a computer scientist and New York state assemblyman. “What they want... Read more...
The AI backlash is only getting started.
The AI backlash is only getting started.
Advances in ARTIFICIAL intelligence have long terrified techies. Lately, voters are feeling the angst, too. AI is unpopular in the West and climbing up the political agenda. The fiercest fights so far have... Read more...
AI robots can go rogue – a researcher explains how easily it happens
AI robots can go rogue – a researcher explains how easily it happens
Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human... Read more...
White House talks with Anthropic shift to setting AI security rules
White House talks with Anthropic shift to setting AI security rules
The White House and Anthropic are working on a framework that would assess the severity of security flaws in new AI models and guide potential government intervention, according to a... Read more...
The AI takeover: Who controls our future? | Four Corners Documentary
The AI takeover: Who controls our future? | Four Corners Documentary
Artificial intelligence is already changing how we live and work, while being sold as the technology that could cure disease, transform productivity and solve some of the world's biggest problems.... Read more...
AI doesn't just help us think....
AI doesn't just help us think....
AI doesn’t just help us think, it thinks instead of us: what this means for the process of learning Read more source - The Conversation...by Lucy Gill-Simmen Read more...
The AI Backlash
The AI Backlash
The AI Backlash People often compare AI to the internet, but there's one big problem with that comparison: people naturally adopted the internet as it became available over the years.... Read more...
The battle for AI’s soul as the Pope enters the ring
The battle for AI’s soul as the Pope enters the ring
The battle for AI’s soul as the Pope enters the ring In his first encyclical, the Pope has completely recast the debate over the benefits of AI and the threat... Read more...
AI simply can't replace it.
AI simply can't replace it.
Through the noise of rushing papers and whirring belts at a print factory in Kyoto, two creators watch their photo essay come to life in broadsheet form -- part of... Read more...
Maritime Union of Australia
Maritime Union of Australia
AI and automation have the potential to remove millions from their work and destroy communities in the process, all because of corporate greed. Click here to see the Maritime Union... Read more...
Regulate AI
Regulate AI
Right now, foreign-owned ports operator DP World is planning to replace skilled Australian workers with AI and automation — without public consent, without proper rules, and without government oversight. If... Read more...