Billions have been spent, and the potential returns are still uncertain. Here’s the AI boom, explained with six charts.
The race is heating up. Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which builds AI models as well as space rockets, announced last week…
Category: AI (artificial intelligence)
AI (artificial intelligence)
I’m grateful to the Pope for his encyclical on AI. Here’s why.
People often ask me if I think all future novels will be written by AI. It’s less a real question…
"I'm not worried about robots taking over," says AI expert Michael Wooldridge. He talks about the real risks of big tech—and the occasional benefits.
Michael Wooldridge is like the teacher you wish you’d had: easy to talk to, great at breaking down tough ideas…
The Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman feud is a distraction. — Karen Hao
If it wasn’t obvious before, Elon Musk and Sam Altman can’t stand each other. The two were once co-founders of…
"Being human helps": despite the rise of AI, is there still hope for Europe's translators?
In February 2022, while working on translating American writer Dana Spiotta’s novel Wayward into French, literary translator Yoann Gentric decided…
Here's the rewritten version: Meet the AI jailbreakers: "I've seen the worst of what humanity has created."
A few months ago, Valen Tagliabue sat in his hotel room watching his chatbot, feeling euphoric. He had just manipulated…
"They're supposed to be handmade": zine creators push back against AI.
The self-published zine has long been a key part of cultural revolutions, from queer activism and Black feminism to the…
To be human means dealing with friction. That's something AI supporters will never understand. — Alexander Hurst
How fast do you have to strike a match to make it light? I’m not asking about the chemistry of…
Porn, dog poop, and social media photos: the "taskers" who are scraping the internet for Meta's AI company.
A company partly owned by Meta has paid tens of thousands of people to train artificial intelligence by sifting through…