Why do I have to take my laptop out of the bag at airport security?
Anyone who has travelled by air in the past ten years will know how stressful airports can be. You didn’t...
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AI scam calls imitating familiar voices are a growing problem – here’s how they work
Antonio Guillem/ShutterstockScam calls using AI to mimic voices of people you might know are being used to exploit unsuspecting members...
Thought-provoking new exhibition suggests the public should help shape the future of AI
Humans have made tools for at least 2.6 million years. And we’ve always been curious, not just copying others but...
What is ‘AI alignment’? Silicon Valley’s favourite way to think about AI safety misses the real issues
Laura Ockel / UnsplashAs increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems become widespread, the question of the risks they may pose...
AI might eventually be an extinction threat, but it poses more pressing risks
AI has major potential in medical diagnostics. Gorodenkoff / ShutterstockSince the AI chatbot ChatGPT was released in 2020, we’ve been...
2001: A Space Odyssey still leaves an indelible mark on our culture 55 years on
2001: A Space Odyssey is a landmark film in the history of cinema. It is a work of extraordinary imagination...
AI: why installing ‘robot judges’ in courtrooms is a really bad idea
corgarashu / ShutterstockScience fiction’s visions of the future include many versions of artificial intelligence (AI), but relatively few examples where...
Ageism, sexism, classism and more: 7 examples of bias in AI-generated images
ShutterstockIf you’ve been online much recently, chances are you’ve seen some of the fantastical imagery created by text-to-image generators such...
Uncovering 7 examples of bias in AI-generated images
ShutterstockIf you’ve been online much recently, chances are you’ve seen some of the fantastical imagery created by text-to-image generators such...
Two authors are suing OpenAI for training ChatGPT with their books. Could they win?
Shutterstock, CC BYImagine you read a book. You commit details of the book to memory and ruminate on the ideas...
