Larry Page Once Called Elon Musk a 'Specieist' Over Musk's AI Concerns
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Elon Musk and Larry Page argued about the threats machines pose to humans at Musk's 44th birthday.

3 min read, listed 1 day ago in reddit/singularity/Larry Page accused Elon Musk of being a "specieist" which broke their friendship

S’pore to triple AI talent pool to 15,000 as part of national strategy update: DPM Wong | The Straits Times
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Developments have put advanced AI tools with near-human-like intelligence in the hands of anyone with an Internet connection. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Study Finds ChatGPT Outperforms Physicians in High-Quality, Empathetic Answers to Patient Questions
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5 min read, listed 11 hours ago in reddit/ArtificialInteligence/Doctor interested in AI specifically how it will effect medicine - are there any good books to read on this?

DeepMind Founder Told Elon Musk AI Could Destroy Mars Colonies: NYT
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Elon Musk was left dumbfounded after DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis told him that AI could destroy his colonies on Mars, per The New York Times.

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Meta AI chief Yann LeCun skeptical about AGI, quantum computing
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Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun thinks the hype over AGI and quantum computing are misplaced.

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23andMe confirms hackers accessed data of 6.9 million users
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Genetic testing company 23andMe confirmed Monday that hackers stole personal data from 6.9 million customers, or roughly half of all users.

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Joan Donovan, Former Harvard disinformation scholar, says she was pushed out of her job after college faced pressure from Facebook | CNN Business
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5 min read, listed 14 hours ago in reddit/singularity/Meta, IBM, and over 50 other companies and organizations form the AI Alliance, a coalition to work on open source AI, including to share tech and reduce risks, the group also will look to increase the number of open source AI models.

Autonomous Excavator Builds Stone Wall Algorithmically | Hackaday
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In a move that aims to further the circular economy of the construction industry, researchers at ETH Zurich have let an autonomous excavator loose on a big pile of boulders and reclaimed concrete. …

1 min read, listed 1 day ago in Center for Data Innovation — New In Data: The EU AI Act Is a Cautionary Tale in Open-Source AI Regulation

Brain Implants Helped 5 People Recover From Traumatic Injuries - The New York Times
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People with chronic problems after falls and car crashes scored better on cognition tests after getting a brain implant, a new study found.

2 min read, listed 13 hours ago in MIT Technology Review — Make no mistake—AI is owned by Big Tech

Police arrest man in connection with alleged Te Whatu Ora mass privacy breach of Covid vaccination data - NZ Herald
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A 56yr old man is charged with accessing a computer system for dishonest purposes.

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