Elon Musk and others urge AI pause,citing ‘risks to society’

Elon Musk and others urge AI pause,citing ‘risks to society’

Their open letter detailed potential risks to society and civilisation by human-competitive AI systems in the form of economic and political disruptions.

  • byJyoti Narayan,Krystal Hu,Martin Coulter andSupantha Mukherjee

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‘You’re married,but you love me’:My unsettling conversation with Bing’s AI chat

‘You’re married,but you love me’:My unsettling conversation with Bing’s AI chat

A strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine shows it is not ready for human contact - or maybe we aren’t ready for it.

  • byKevin Roose
‘We can’t afford to waste another decade’:Chalmers says the 2020s will define Australia’s economic future

‘We can’t afford to waste another decade’:Chalmers says the 2020s will define Australia’s economic future

The treasurer says the choices made this decade around three key areas - renewable energy,industry and technology - could determine the nation’s long-term future.

  • byShane Wright
AI tool banned in Victorian state schools
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AI tool banned in Victorian state schools

Students and staff at Victorian state schools will be blocked from using ChatGPT while the education department investigates the implications of the AI tool.

  • byCarla Jaeger
Time is running out to subdue AI’s overwhelming power
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AI

Time is running out to subdue AI’s overwhelming power

The world is at a “seatbelt moment” with machine learning as it was when the basic safety device was imposed on the car industry in the 1960s and 70s,but so far,no one is installing the seat belts.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Socrates railed against the advent of writing – AI might have terrified him

Socrates railed against the advent of writing – AI might have terrified him

From Socrates believing writing would bring about mass forgetfulness and ignorance,to the Catholic Church warning against the printing press,humanity’s great strides have always had their detractors.

  • byJohn Weldon
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Microsoft invests $14b into creator of AI-driven ChatGPT

Microsoft invests $14b into creator of AI-driven ChatGPT

With the new deal,the tech giant hopes to remain at the forefront of generative AI,technologies that can generate text,images and other media in response to short prompts.

  • byCade Metz andKaren Weise
‘What a slap in the face’:Google staff pose theories about mass layoffs

‘What a slap in the face’:Google staff pose theories about mass layoffs

Google employees were anxious about when layoffs would happen to them. Then on Friday morning,some of them couldn’t get into their corporate accounts.

  • byJulia Love andDavey Alba
Halfway across the Nullarbor,Mad Ted and a busted charger ran us off the road

Halfway across the Nullarbor,Mad Ted and a busted charger ran us off the road

We’re five days in to a 5000km drive across Australia. It’s scorching hot. The battery on our electric car’s near flat. And we’re being followed.

  • byJames Massola
Google parent Alphabet to slash 12,000 jobs,sharpen focus on AI

Google parent Alphabet to slash 12,000 jobs,sharpen focus on AI

Alphabet will cut more than 6 per cent of its global workforce,becoming the latest tech giant to retrench after years of abundant growth.

  • byMark Bergen,Julia Love andDavey Alba
I’m a revolutionary AI bot. I wrote this article to explain how I work

I’m a revolutionary AI bot. I wrote this article to explain how I work

ChatGPT,the world’s best artificial intelligence program,has just been updated. And the results are astonishing.

  • byNick Bonyhady