We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’ – MIT Technology Review
We’re seeing a giant, real-world experiment unfold, uncertain what impact these AI companions will have either on us individually or… read more
Everlasting jobstoppers: How an AI bot-war destroyed the online job market – Salon
While commentators were singing the praises of America’s labor resiliency, the first stage of the job-hunting meltdown was already showing…. read more
Bhutan’s first AI startup is seven college kids in a dorm – Rest of World
When they set up NoMindBhutan, Dendup and Samdrup were freshmen in the AI Development and Data Science program at the… read more
What are AI agents? – MIT Technology Review
In a new paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers at Princeton say that AI agents tend to have… read more
DuckDuckGo AI Chat
DuckDuckGo’s AI Chat provides anonymous access to popular AI models, including GPT-3.5, Claude 3, and open-source Llama 3 and Mixtral:… read more
TurboTax and H&R Block now use AI for tax advice. It’s awful. – Washington Post
We’ve all heard about the incredible possibilities of generative AI. But now we have to wade through a parade of… read more
‘AI Girlfriends’ Are a Privacy Nightmare – Wired
“These apps are designed to collect a ton of personal information,” says Jen Caltrider, the project lead for Mozilla’s Privacy… read more
The Year Chatbots Were Tamed – New York Times
Despite all the progress being made in artificial intelligence, today’s chatbots aren’t going rogue and seducing users en masse. They… read more
ChatGPT is bullshit (Hicks, Humphries & Slater, 2024)
Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications… read more
AI “deathbots” are helping people in China grieve – Rest of World
“Resurrecting” the dead has become a popular application of generative AI in China. It’s one element of an AI gold… read more