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Meet Aleph Alpha, Europe’s Answer to OpenAI Aug 31, 2023

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The European Union is desperate for its own artificial intelligence giant. German startup Aleph Alpha might be its best hope.

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It Costs Just $400 to Build an AI Disinformation Machine Aug 30, 2023

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A developer used widely available AI tools to generate anti-Russian tweets and articles. The project is intended to highlight how cheap and easy it has become to create propaganda at scale.

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In a World of Fakes, Trump’s Real Mug Shot Matters Aug 29, 2023

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The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online.

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Meta Just Released a Coding Version of Llama 2 Aug 28, 2023

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Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but it will also help Meta.

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How AI Could Transform Email Aug 25, 2023

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Artificial intelligence may streamline a form of business communication that’s already super fake.

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Kids Are Going Back to School. So Is ChatGPT Aug 24, 2023

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Teachers are caught between cracking down on cheating with generative AI and using it to help empower students. It’s going to be a challenging year.

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25 Years Ago Steve Jobs Launched the First iMac—and the Strategy That Saved Apple Aug 23, 2023

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The curvy translucent plastic design of the iMac was the test case for Steve Jobs' “whole-widget” strategy that led to the creation of the iPhone.

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Scammers Used ChatGPT to Unleash a Crypto Botnet on X Aug 22, 2023

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A botnet apparently connected to ChatGPT shows how easily, and effectively, artificial intelligence can be harnessed for disinformation.

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This Showdown Between Humans and Chatbots Could Keep You Safe From Bad AI Aug 21, 2023

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Thousands of security experts, hackers, and college students competed to trick powerful text-generation systems into revealing their dark sides at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas.

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A Letter Prompted Talk of AI Doomsday. Many Who Signed Weren't Actually AI Doomers Aug 18, 2023

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In March a viral letter called for a pause on AI development, warning that algorithms could outsmart humanity—but many experts who signed on did not believe the technology poses an existential risk.

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