A group of researchers had artificial intelligence play wargames, and that gives us a good idea for how we could all die. They tested five different large language models and asked them to make decisions in war situations. They told the AIs that this is a real-world situation and not a simulation! Nevertheless, for all models they found a risk that a nuclear war would develop without provocation out of an initially neutral situation. Some AIs are more war-loving than others though.
Levine: AI Revolution Looks to be Real
Alicia Levine, BNY Mellon Head of Investment Strategy weighs geopolitical and policy risks that coincide with an AI-powered rally in markets.
OpenAI’s Sora: How to Spot AI-Generated Videos | WSJ
OpenAI just revealed Sora – an AI video generator that creates hyper-realistic scenes and animated worlds in moments. But the tech isn’t perfect. There are also concerns over misinformation, with OpenAI saying it’s taking actions to get ready for the 2024 presidential election, including prohibiting the use of its tools for political campaigning. WSJ dives into how to spot an AI video, and the ways this text-to-video tool could shape the future of content creation.
Bad News for Quantum Computing: Another Advantage Gone
Sometimes people ask me why I’m now doing science news. It’s so that you can fully appreciate the drama of scientific discovery, in which one result contradicts a previous one and the next one finds a flaw in this other one. I think the entertainment-value of science is greatly underappreciated. And quantum computing is without doubt one of the most dramatic areas at the moment. One the one hand you have people claiming it’s the next industrial revolution and it’s going to change the world, on the other hand you have people saying it’s all hype, quantum computers are interesting but useless. This new paper supports the latter camp. Let’s have a look.
The potentially dangerous implications of an AI tool creating extremely realistic video
The realism of AI-generated video is one of the more remarkable, and potentially scary, developments we’ve seen so far with the technology. Oren Etzioni studies artificial intelligence and is the founder of truemedia.org, an organization that fights against AI-based disinformation. Etzioni joined William Brangham to discuss the future of AI.
I feel so connected
Apple recently launched their first new platform in almost a decade. With the Apple Vision Pro, we have entered the world of spacial computing. Is the Vision Pro the future? I bought the newest virtual reality/mixed reality headset to find out. Here’s what I’ve learned so far.
Sora AI: Will Change The Global Economy FOREVER
Sora produces short videos from text prompts.
AI Generated Videos Just Changed Forever
Marques Browniee discusses the new AI-generated videos by SORA and how far AI video has come in a year.
Gemini 1.5 Pro With 10,000,000 Tokens Is Absurd
An intro to Google’s Gemini multi-modal AI model (previously Bard).
The race to invest in high-end AI chips | DW Business
They are tiny, they are mighty – and they power the modern world. Computer chips run everything from our smartphones to our dishwashers. Over the years they’ve become ever more powerful – and today, it is their potential to steer Artificial Intelligence that is generating the most attention. But there’s a problem. Producing these super advanced chips is extremely expensive. And that is why Sam Altman – the founder of Open AI – that’s the company behind Chat GPT – is calling for a $7 trillion investment in the industry. DW Business speaks to Chris Miller, Associate Professor of International History at The Fletcher School and the author of a book called “Chip War.”