Amidst the surging rates of heart failure across Canada, experts say the urgency for accurate prognostic tools has never been more needed. Yet, within this challenging landscape, promise is emerging from the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Toronto have unveiled SEATTLE HF, an AI system demonstrating precision … Read more
Parents of half a dozen victims of gun violence used artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate their children’s voices in calls to Congress, urging lawmakers to change the country’s gun laws as part of a new campaign launched on the sixth anniversary of the Parkland, Fla., shooting. The Shotline, created by gun control advocacy groups Change … Read more
More than one in four companies now ban their employees from using generative AI. But that does little to protect against criminals who use it to trick employees into sharing sensitive information or pay fraudulent invoices. Armed with ChatGPT or its dark web equivalent, FraudGPT, criminals can easily create realistic videos of profit and loss … Read more
U.S. adversaries are using artificial intelligence (AI) for offensive cyber operations, according to a Microsoft report published Wednesday. The report, compiled in collaboration with its business partner, OpenAI, said Microsoft disrupted threats aimed to exploit the AI technology the company itself developed. “Cybercrime groups, nation-state threat actors, and other adversaries are exploring and testing different … Read more
Vertigo3d | E+ | Getty Images Not so long ago, drafting a text message to your crush may have involved witty cues from a glossy magazine and the input of everyone in your group chat. As of Valentine’s Day 2024, the world of online romance looks very different. An increasing number of people are using … Read more
The CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Tuesday that the dangers that keep him awake at night regarding artificial intelligence are the “very subtle societal misalignments” that could make the systems wreak havoc. Sam Altman, speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai via a video call, reiterated his call for a body like the International Atomic Energy … Read more
A smartphone with an Instacart logo displayed is seen in this illustration taken March 25, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Instacart on Tuesday announced it would lay off about 250 employees, or roughly 7% of the company, as part of a restructuring. The news came as the company reported fourth-quarter earnings that fell roughly in … Read more
OpenAI says ChatGPT’s Memory is opt-in by default, which means a user has to actively turn it off. The Memory can be wiped at any point, either in settings or by simply instructing the bot to wipe it. Once the Memory setting is cleared, that information won’t be used to train its AI model. It’s … Read more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday warned the “very subtle societal misalignments” within artificial intelligence (AI) could cause things to “go horribly wrong,” while still expressing optimism about the technology’s benefits. “There’s some things in there that are easy to imagine where things really go wrong. And I’m not that interested in the killer robots … Read more
Many AI companies struggle with customers understanding how the product won’t take away their ability to think for themselves. A few took the opportunity of the Super Bowl to change the narrative. There’s no greater opportunity to reach 123 million live viewers at once and get massive press buzz, even if it cost $7 million … Read more
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