Category: Artificial Intelligence

  • Chinese AI scientists call for stronger regulation ahead of landmark summit

    Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Chinese artificial intelligence scientists have joined western academics to call for tighter controls on the technology than those being proposed by the UK, US and EU, as nations set out rival positions ahead of this…

  • ‘AI’ Named Collins Word of the Year

    ‘AI’ Named Collins Word of the Year

    LONDON —  The abbreviation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been named the Collins Word of the Year for 2023, the dictionary publisher said on Tuesday. Lexicographers at Collins Dictionary said use of the term had “accelerated” and that it had become the dominant conversation of 2023. “We know that AI has been a big focus…

  • Why I am glad artificial intelligence “hallucinates”

    Why I am glad artificial intelligence “hallucinates”

    Workers in Silicon Valley are finally experiencing the negative economic consequences of artificial intelligence. Stack Overflow, the question-and-answer website that was the go-to place for software engineers to check their code, recently laid off 28 per cent of its workforce. Usage of Stack Overflow has dropped in the past 12 months, as coders address their…

  • Just 2 states have released guidance on artificial intelligence for schools

    Just 2 states have released guidance on artificial intelligence for schools

    Dive Brief: Only two states — Oregon and California — have to date provided school districts with official guidance on using artificial intelligence in the classroom, according to a national scan of state education departments by the Center on Reinventing Public Education. When CRPE reached out to 51 education departments, 11 told the research organization…

  • “We’ll See Artificial General Intelligence In Our Lifetimes”: Minister To NDTV

    “We’ll See Artificial General Intelligence In Our Lifetimes”: Minister To NDTV

    <!– –> The minister said governments have understood the need for regulation. New Delhi: Welcoming US President Joe Biden’s executive order seeking to reduce the risks posed by artificial intelligence, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said India is on the same page and the “convergence of the leading tech nations of the world” around making…

  • Collins English Dictionary names ‘AI’ word of the year

    Collins English Dictionary names ‘AI’ word of the year

    The contraction of artificial intelligence — AI — has been named as Collins’ Word of the Year for 2023, the dictionary publisher announced on Tuesday. “Considered to be the next great technological revolution, AI has seen rapid development and has been much talked about in 2023,” a blog post from the publisher said. The company arrived at…

  • AI Anxiety As Computers Get Super Smart

    AI Anxiety As Computers Get Super Smart

    Before his death, Professor Stephen Hawking called on the world to avoid the risks of artificial intelligence, warning it could be the worst event in the history of civilization Jemal Countess From Hollywood’s death-dealing Terminator to warnings from genius Stephen Hawking or Silicon Valley stars, fears have been fueled that artificial intelligence (AI) could one…

  • AI named word of the year by Collins Dictionary

    AI named word of the year by Collins Dictionary

    EPA The grip artificial intelligence has gained over humanity in 2023 – or at least the increase in conversations about whether it will be a force for revolutionary good or apocalyptic destruction – has led AI to be given the title of “word of the year” by the makers of Collins Dictionary. Usage of the…

  • AI: Scientists excited by tool that grades severity of rare cancer

    AI: Scientists excited by tool that grades severity of rare cancer

    By Fergus Walsh Medical editor Artificial intelligence is nearly twice as good at grading the aggressiveness of a rare form of cancer from scans as the current method, a study suggests. By recognising details invisible to the naked eye, AI was 82% accurate, compared with 44% for lab analysis. Researchers from the Royal Marsden Hospital…

  • OpenAI/Microsoft: does ChatGPT maker’s future lie in acquisition?

    Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. President Joe Biden issued an order earlier this week demanding that AI businesses share details of their safety measures. It is the first towards full regulation of the sector and exactly what pioneering startup OpenAI…