ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, learning how you work, suggesting automations, and even picking up tasks you left…
‘I see the incredible promise’: on set of an AI film shoot as new studios embrace controversial tech | Film industry
Near the collonaded entrance to Sony Pictures’ historic Culver City film studio, a tech-powered rival has sprung up this summer. The artists at Promise, a new studio feeding off the potential of…
The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI
OpenAI’s leaders are rallying workers to respond to one of the largest crises in the company’s history—which spans across its AI safety, cybersecurity, and alignment divisions. The ChatGPT-maker says it has slowed…
People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
As a licensed officiant at Las Vegas Immersive Weddings, a chapel that offers novelty-themed marriage packages, Kevin Breen has officiated just about every kind of service imaginable: couples dressed as their favorite…
Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns | Scams
There has been a steep rise in scammers luring victims into phoney investment opportunities using deepfakes of celebrities and politicians, Australia’s corporate watchdog has warned. And Anthony Albanese is the figure most…
These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI
For 28 days, Keshav had a new item on his daily to-do list: masturbate for research purposes. Both before and after self-pleasuring, he logged his mood, energy levels, cravings for various vices,…
Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want
Tim O’Reilly’s yardstick for measuring the worth of a company, person, or society has long been create more value than you capture. It’s no surprise that O’Reilly—publisher, internet pioneer, VC, conference organizer,…
The Guardian view on the changed world of job interviews: missing the human factor | Editorial
Almost half of UK jobseekers have found themselves pitching to an AI bot, according to recent research, leading many to give up in frustration. As one despairing applicant lamented in the pages…
Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears | Social media ban
The authors of a report testing the technology underpinning Australia’s social media ban have conceded ChatGPT was used in editing, but denied a number of citation errors in the report were due…
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
In that thread, the original poster said that the real problem was that tiny details and even major historical insights that can be gleaned from reviewing rare books will be lost to…