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25 articles about 25 events for “Artificial Intelligence Risks” from The Guardian.
“Much of the outlook for stock markets, inflation and growth is contingent on the war in the Middle East and the pace of the advance of artificial intelligence.”
“…“doomer” about the technology that is underpinned by his groundbreaking research into artificial neural networks and believes AI has the potential to lead to a “wonderful future” but he said “it might be that we would have been better off never developing…”
“…ls are facing investor uncertainty over huge investments in artificial intelligence, Bourne said Apple’s “tepid approach” to AI infrastructure spending helped preserve its cashflow – while partnerships with companies such as Alphabet could help the iPhone…”
“…ations for the administration of justice and public confidence in the justice system if artificial intelligence is misused” and said lawyers misusing AI could face sanctions, from public admonishment to contempt of court proceedings and referral to the…”
“Meanwhile, there was no end in sight for the global artificial intelligence boom, which would continue to add to capacity issues in Australia.”
“In a submission to the joint select committee inquiry on artificial intelligence, Nava pointed to work by the Wuthathi and Meriam lawyer Terri Janke, an international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property, who has “documented AI scraping…”
“… of more than £200,000 or assets over £2m in any of the last three years – involving “advanced analytics, automated triggers and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify emerging risks earlier and target compliance activity where it will have greatest…”
“It’s not a coincidence that, as we approach the midterms, feverish debates are now erupting over how – or even whether – AI’s soaring risks can now be tempered via federal policy.”
“John Healey has pledged to use Wednesday’s budget to harness the power of artificial intelligence to bolster Britain’s security and prosperity against the risks in the accelerating global technology arms race.”
“They are predicting that artificial intelligence tools will expose more fundamental weaknesses in global internet infrastructure in the months to come.”
“Another new organization, called the Association for Human Mathematics (AHM), founded in September, declares that it “protects mathematics as a human endeavor against the threat of artificial intelligence”.”
“Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict a cancer patient’s chances of survival from a single photograph of their face.”
“The first is the massive amount of investment in the development of artificial intelligence.”
“(Hinton also has the Nobel prize in physics.) But in 2023, Hinton had announced his resignation from the tech giant to be able to “freely speak out about the risks of AI”.”
“In its twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF highlighted the sky-high valuations for AI companies along with their increasing debt pile as one reason that risks in the system are “elevated”.”
“After years as a topic for techies and futurists, the potential risks from artificial intelligence systems – from cyberattacks to hyper-persuasion to rogue behavior – are suddenly under discussion both in the corridors of power and around kitchen tables.”
“Donald Trump’s blanket denials of the dangers ostensibly posed by artificial intelligence, whose uncontrolled development is seen by some as the latest harbinger of apocalypse, could be interpreted as fulfilling Peter’s prophecy.”
“Forecasts of annualised revenues by the leading artificial intelligence players, including by OpenAI’s rival Anthropic, the maker of Claude, are closely watched by markets as an indicator of overall demand for a technology that is attracting huge investment.”
“Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, has some words for you about his company and the future of artificial intelligence.”
“Experts have voiced fears that increasing AI monitoring of workers risks increasing stress.”
“An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI accessed Services Australia data and three other systems in June.”
“Recent research, published in Nature, has shown that AI assistance in social media risks creating “semantic garbage” and is seen by users as less informative, “robotic” and “generic”.”
“She also stressed the importance of tackling some of the risks of AI, which has buoyed the US stock market but raised fears of mass layoffs.”
“…top their models from inappropriately accessing Australian data, the Labor chair of the parliament’s committee on artificial intelligence has warned, ahead of federal inquiry hearings which will grill the tech company alongside Anthropic, Microsoft and…”