In their new book “AI Snake Oil,” two Princeton researchers warn against exaggerated expectations of artificial intelligence. Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor criticize companies, scientists, and journalists for making misleading claims about AI. The authors emphasize the need for better education about AI to demystify the technology. They divide AI into two subcategories: predictive AI, …
The technology industry is blindly rushing into questionable trends such as generative AI and blockchain, security expert Soatok argues in a blog post. He observes that more and more companies are adopting these technologies without considering the interests of users or ethical concerns. Soatok gives specific examples: WordPress forces AI-generated images on paying customers, Snapchat …
Artificial intelligence is becoming more integrated into our daily lives, raising the question of whether we are enhancing our capabilities or outsourcing our thinking. Gary Grossman, EVP of Technology at Edelman, shares his experience as an early adopter of AI tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E. He describes how these technologies have enhanced his productivity …
Stephen Fry warns about the dangers and challenges of artificial intelligence. In a speech at King’s College London, he compares the development of AI to a slowly but steadily rising river that will fundamentally change our lives. The author and actor emphasizes that we can hardly foresee the impact of this technology. Fry calls for …
Rodney Brooks, a renowned robotics expert at MIT, cautions against overestimating generative AI. Although he sees great potential in the technology, he cautions against attributing to it capabilities that it does not possess. Brooks criticizes the fact that people often overgeneralize the capabilities of AI systems, forgetting that AI is not human and therefore cannot …
Amazon is currently investigating whether the Perplexity AI search engine violates the Amazon Web Services Terms of Service. Perplexity is alleged to crawl parts of sites that are blocked via Robots Exclusion Protocol (robots.txt). Read more about the allegations here.
Figma has temporarily withdrawn its new AI tool “Make Designs” after it created designs for a weather app that were strikingly similar to Apple’s version. This raises the question of whether the models from OpenAI and Amazon used by Figma were trained on Apple’s designs. Figma has taken responsibility for the incident and intends to …
Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, has caused an uproar with his statement that all content available online is “freeware”. This means that from his perspective anyone can copy this content and use it for their own creations, as long as the creators do not explicitly object. This statement is disputed by many experts, and …
The tech industry is investing heavily in AI infrastructure, but experts doubt its profitability. It is estimated that AI companies would need to generate $600 billion a year to justify the expense. So far, however, only a few giants like OpenAI dominate the market, while many smaller start-ups are struggling. The high cost of AI …
This article by Tim O’Reilly discusses the complex copyright issues surrounding the training and use of AI. He argues that instead of litigation, a solution must be found that benefits both AI developers and creators. O’Reilly suggests that AI companies should respect copyrights, provide attribution, and pay for results rather than training.