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A former ByteDance intern who was allegedly dismissed for professional misconduct, including sabotaging colleagues’ work, was announced as a winner of one of the most prestigious annual awards for AI research this week. Keyu Tian, whose LinkedIn and Google Scholar pages list him as a master’s student in computer science at Peking University, is the […]
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Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science (TUS) have developed a method to enable large-scale AI models to selectively “forget” specific classes of data. Progress in AI has provided tools capable of revolutionising various domains, from healthcare to autonomous driving. However, as technology advances, so do its complexities and ethical considerations. The paradigm of large-scale […]
For many of the people served by the humanitarian sector, 2024 has been the worst of times. The most recent UN estimates of those forced to flee violence and disaster is a record of 120 million, a figure that has doubled in the past decade. The broader figure of those in humanitarian need, 300 million […]
News Corp’s unethical support for the fossil fuel industry is propaganda dressed as news and requires some kind of regulation, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. LAST WEEK, News Corp’s newspapers The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail and The Adelaide Advertiser caused controversy by publishing front page “exclusives” and “special reports” alleging that more gas […]
THEOPHILUS Adeleke Akinyele, officer of the order of Niger (OON) and Bobajiro of Ibadanland, was both an exemplary personality and a model public servant. This biographical statement is significant in administrative archiving of the trajectory of the Nigerian administrative history, and this is not just because biographies and autobiographies of eminent public servants and administrators […]
A critical part of OpenAI’s safeguarding process is “red teaming” — a structured methodology using both human and AI participants to explore potential risks and vulnerabilities in new systems. Historically, OpenAI has engaged in red teaming efforts predominantly through manual testing, which involves individuals probing for weaknesses. This was notably employed during the testing of […]
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 OpenAI may launch a web browserWhich would be a full-frontal assault on Google (The Information $)+ The Google browser break-up is an answer in search of a question. (FT $)+ OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in a training data lawsuit. (The Verge) 2 Border […]
What are the key differences between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and other top AI tools? Which one is best? How deeply should you be concerned about AI systems using your personal data? Are the reported inaccuracies and biases of the AI platforms really as bad as what I read? Earlier this month, we asked you, […]
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters as House Republican leaders hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol House in Washington, U.S., November 12, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that House Ethics Committee’s probe into Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for U.S. attorney general, is a “Pandora’s box” […]