A dystopian short film imagines 2036, where AI has taken over virtually all human employment and society is searching for a new purpose for people. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman are portrayed as ageing tech moguls promoting a bizarre solution: gyms that turn human sweat and physical effort into energy for AI. Through […]
Flock Safety allows police to continuously search camera footage using AI for individuals matching a written description, such as clothing, color, or objects. WIRED reconstructed the interface and found that officers can geofence areas and receive automatic alerts as soon as the AI detects a potential match. Although Flock is introducing new controls, such as […]
Around 241,000 Uber drivers across Europe and the UK are represented in a landmark collective action filed in Amsterdam over AI-driven pay and job allocation. Drivers allege Uber’s opaque algorithm profiles their behaviour to determine the lowest fare an individual driver may accept, potentially offering different pay for the same trip. The lawsuit claims this […]
Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter acquisition in 2022 not only involved major financial institutions but also had indirect ties to two Russian oligarchs connected to the Kremlin. The revelation came after a federal judge ordered the unsealing of shareholder documents for X Holdings Corp. Among the investors in Musk’s venture is 8VC, a firm that […]
The European Parliament has passed a draft law known as the A.I. Act, which aims to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) and its riskiest uses.The draft law would impose new restrictions on facial recognition software and require AI system developers to disclose more about the data used in their programs. The European Union has been debating […]
A Berlin-based bank has been fined 300,000 euros by the Berlin data protection commissioner. The fine was imposed due to the bank’s lack of transparency regarding the automated rejection of a credit card application.The bank’s algorithm rejected the customer’s application without providing specific justification. The bank only provided general information about the scoring procedure but […]
Microsoft is testing a “private ChatGPT” alternative to its language model, which is designed to alleviate concerns about data privacy. The private version, called “Microsoft Private AI,” would be limited to a specific organization and its data would not leave the organization’s network. This move comes as companies are increasingly concerned about the security and […]