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What Happens When We Outsource Boring but Important Work to AI?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn 2009, an Air France jet crashed into the ocean, leaving no survivors. The plane’s autopilot system shut …
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Algorithms Are Pushing AI-Generated Falsehoods at an Alarming Rate. How Do We Stop This?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are supercharging the problem of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s …
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Your Face for Sale: Anyone Can Legally Gather and Market Your Facial Data Without Explicit Consent
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe morning started with a message from a friend: “I used your photos to train my local version …
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Australia Plans to Regulate ‘High-Risk’ AI. Here’s How to Do That Successfully
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesFederal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic announced the Australian government’s response to the Safe and Responsible …
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2023 Was the Year of Generative AI. What Can We Expect in 2024?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn 2023, artificial intelligence (AI) truly entered our daily lives. The latest data shows four in five teenagers …
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Grok Is Elon Musk’s New Sassy, Foul-Mouthed AI. But Who Exactly Is It Made For?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOn November 4, X owner Elon Musk unveiled his new AI chatbot Grok: a sarcastic ChatGPT alternative supposedly …
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Who Will Write the Rules for AI? How Nations Are Racing to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesArtificial intelligence (AI) is a label that can cover a huge range of activities related to machines undertaking …
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Whose Jobs Will AI Replace? Why a Clerk in Ethiopia Has More to Fear Than One in California
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesArtificial intelligence is changing the world — and one of the main areas it will affect in the …
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The U.S. Just Issued the World’s Strongest Action Yet on Regulating AI
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesU.S. President Joe Biden released a wide-ranging and ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) — catapulting the …