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Technology 5 Mar 2025 | 05:00 AM

Quantum leap: computing’s next frontier takes form

After several dashed predictions, quantum computing is accelerating rapidly with actual use cases and scientific breakthroughs expected within years, not decades.

Technology 14 Dec 2024 | 03:43 AM

AI with reasoning power will be less predictable, Ilya Sutskever says

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, one of the biggest names in artificial intelligence, had a prediction to make on Friday: reasoning capabilities will make technology far less predictable.

Aseanplus News 22 Nov 2024 | 08:48 AM

Wuzhen Summit: China creates AI advisory body, with Alibaba Cloud founder as chief expert

The AI Experts Committee is expected to promote China’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed

AI 27 June 2023 | 07:00 AM

Will AI really destroy humanity?

The warnings are coming from all angles: artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to humanity and must be shackled before it is too late.

Internet 12 Nov 2024 | 01:00 AM

Pharrell Williams kicks off Web Summit tech event

One of Europe’s biggest tech events, Web Summit, launched on Nov 11 in Lisbon with pop superstar Pharrell Williams among those taking to the stage.

AI 12 Nov 2024 | 08:34 AM

Tech sector gathers in Lisbon in shadow of Trump victory

Leading lights of the tech industry are meeting in Lisbon on Nov 12 for the Web Summit, the sector’s first big event since the US election, with Donald Trump’s victory expected to be a key theme of their discussions.

AI 24 Oct 2024 | 03:39 AM

Can AI be blamed for a teen’s suicide?

AI companionship apps can provide harmless entertainment or even offer limited forms of emotional support. But claims about the mental health effects of these tools are largely unproved, and experts say there may be a dark side.

Technology 6 July 2023 | 12:04 AM

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says it is doubling down on preventing AI from 'going rogue'

(Reuters) - ChatGPT's creator OpenAI plans to invest significant resources and create a new research team that will seek to ensure its artificial intelligence remains safe for humans - eventually using AI to supervise itself, it said on Wednesday.

AI 30 May 2023 | 11:00 PM

AI poses ‘extinction’ risk, say experts

Global leaders should be working to reduce “the risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence technology, a group of industry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday.

AI 13 May 2024 | 01:00 AM

AI systems are already deceiving us – and that’s a problem, experts warn

Experts have long warned about the threat posed by artificial intelligence going rogue – but a new research paper suggests it’s already happening.

AI 8 Apr 2024 | 09:30 AM

Opinion: The real AI nightmare – What if it serves humans too well?

The age of artificial intelligence has begun, and it brings plenty of new anxieties. A lot of effort and money are being devoted to ensuring that AI will do only what humans want. But what we should be more afraid of is AI that will do what humans want. The real danger is us.

Technology 16 Jan 2024 | 02:13 PM

OpenAI team to focus on democratic processes for artificial intelligence software

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence lab OpenAI is forming a new team to create democratic processes to shape how its AI software should be governed to address bias and other factors, the Microsoft-backed company said in a blog post on Tuesday.

Technology 19 Nov 2023 | 11:02 PM

OpenAI appoints new boss as Sam Altman joins Microsoft in Silicon Valley twist

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman moved to backer Microsoft, in a surprise turn of events that clouded the future of the startup at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom.

Technology 20 Nov 2023 | 11:44 PM

Analysis-Sam Altman's firing at OpenAI reflects schism over future of AI development

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The rift that cost artificial-intelligence whiz kid Sam Altman his CEO job at OpenAI reflects a fundamental difference of opinion over safety, broadly, between two camps developing the world-altering software and pondering its societal impact.

Focus 26 Nov 2023 | 11:00 PM

Rift over future of AI development

THE rift that cost artificial-intelligence whiz kid Sam Altman his CEO job at OpenAI reflects a fundamental difference of opinion over safety, broadly, between two camps developing the world-altering software and pondering its societal impact.

Technology 21 Aug 2023 | 05:00 AM

The race to link our brains to computers is hotting up

Brain implants have long been trapped in the realm of science fiction, but a steady trickle of medical trials suggests the tiny devices could play a big part in humanity’s future.

Technology 27 Aug 2023 | 11:00 PM

The fight over a ‘dangerous’ ideology shaping AI debate

Paris: Silicon Valley’s favourite philosophy, longtermism, has helped to frame the debate on artificial intelligence (AI) around the idea of human extinction.

AI 30 Aug 2023 | 03:00 AM

The fight over a ‘dangerous’ ideology shaping AI debate

Silicon Valley’s favourite philosophy, longtermism, has helped to frame the debate on artificial intelligence around the idea of human extinction.

Education 18 July 2020 | 11:00 PM

What happens when our technology outdoes us?

Letters: From PROF MUSHTAK AL-ATABI, Provost and CEO, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia.

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