Microsoft Provided Gender Detection AI on Accident – 404 Media
“My issue with this has always been that Microsoft managed to get some undeserved good press by stating that they… read more
California governor vetoes contentious AI safety bill – Reuters
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly contested artificial intelligence safety bill after the tech industry raised objections,… read more
How much is AI hurting the planet? Big tech won’t tell us. – Mashable
The true cost in carbon dioxide emissions for every AI prompt — not to mention the groundwater used to cool… read more
Thirsty data centres spring up in water-poor Mexican town – Context
A two-year long drought in the semi-desert municipality of Colón, in the central Mexican state of Querétaro, has left many… read more
Foundation Model Transparency Index – Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models
A comprehensive assessment of the transparency of [large language model] foundation model developers https://crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/May-2024/index.html
We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem – The Verge
An AI’s difficult relationship with the truth is called “hallucinating.” In extremely simple terms: these machines are great at discovering… read more
Microsoft Sued For AI Article Accusing Innocent Man of Sexual Misconduct – Futurism
It’s an unfortunate example of the tangible harms that arise when AI tools implicate real people in bad information as… read more
Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned – Ars Technica
But given the sheer amount of data that Recall scrapes, the minimal safeguards Microsoft has put in place to protect… read more
AI is taking water from the desert – The Atlantic
Not too far from California, and with plenty of cheap land, Greater Phoenix is among the fastest-growing hubs in the… read more
The AI Industry Is Stuck on One Very Specific Way to Use a Chatbot – The Atlantic
In theory, chatbots that can instantaneously create travel plans are a marketer’s dream. The use case is easy to understand:… read more