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Company insiders explain why safety-conscious employees are leaving.

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Some say AI will make war more humane. Israel’s war in Gaza shows the opposite.Some say AI will make war more humane. Israel’s war in Gaza shows the opposite.
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AI nudges us to prioritize speed and scale. In Gaza, it’s turbocharging mass bombing.

By Sigal Samuel
Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?
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Neuralink has implanted a chip in its first human brain. But it’s pushing a needlessly risky approach, former employees say.

By Sigal Samuel
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How copyright lawsuits could kill OpenAIHow copyright lawsuits could kill OpenAI
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Will OpenAI’s new chatbot store finally make AI useful?

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You thought 2023 was a big year for AI? Buckle up.You thought 2023 was a big year for AI? Buckle up.
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AI will change the world this year. We just don’t know how yet.

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By Sigal Samuel
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AI that’s smarter than humans? Americans say a firm “no thank you.”AI that’s smarter than humans? Americans say a firm “no thank you.”
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Exclusive: 63 percent of Americans want regulation to actively prevent superintelligent AI, a new poll reveals.

By Sigal Samuel
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Microsoft was first to AI search, but Google’s Bard can now pull stuff in from Gmail, Docs, Maps, and more.

By Sara Morrison
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What normal Americans — not AI companies — want for AIWhat normal Americans — not AI companies — want for AI
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Public opinion about AI can be summed up in two words: Slow. Down.

By Sigal Samuel
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Biden sure seems serious about not letting AI get out of controlBiden sure seems serious about not letting AI get out of control
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

A handful of AI companies have made safety commitments. Is that enough?

By Sara Morrison
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
AI is a “tragedy of the commons.” We’ve got solutions for that.AI is a “tragedy of the commons.” We’ve got solutions for that.
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

“Arms race” is the wrong mental model for AI. Here’s a better one.

By Sigal Samuel
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No, AI can’t tell the futureNo, AI can’t tell the future
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TikTok users are turning AI filters into fortunetellers.

By Aja Romano
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Four different ways of understanding AI — and its risksFour different ways of understanding AI — and its risks
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Worldviews are clashing when it comes to artificial intelligence.

By Kelsey Piper
AI automated discrimination. Here’s how to spot it.
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The next generation of AI comes with a familiar bias problem.

By A.W. Ohlheiser
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
What will stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images?What will stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Google, Adobe, Microsoft, and other tech companies are trying new ways to label content made by AI.

By Shirin Ghaffary
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Can you safely build something that may kill you?Can you safely build something that may kill you?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

How OpenAI’s Sam Altman is keeping up the AI safety balancing act.

By Kelsey Piper
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Please don’t turn to ChatGPT for moral advice. Yet.Please don’t turn to ChatGPT for moral advice. Yet.
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AI for the moral enhancement of humans? Sounds tempting. But we shouldn’t be so quick to automate our reasoning.

By Sigal Samuel
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
The promise and peril of AI, according to 5 expertsThe promise and peril of AI, according to 5 experts
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The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Is AI going to kill us? Or take our jobs? Or is the whole thing overhyped? Depends on who you ask.

By Peter Kafka
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An AI-powered “brain decoder” can now read your thoughts with surprising accuracy.

By Sigal Samuel
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The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

It’s time for AI regulators to move fast and break things.

By Sigal Samuel
AI is flooding the workplace, and workers love it
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Who’s afraid of ChatGPT? Not these workers.

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What happens when ChatGPT starts to feed on its own writing?What happens when ChatGPT starts to feed on its own writing?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

AI chatbots won’t destroy human originality. But they may homogenize our lives and flatten our reality.

By Sigal Samuel
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
AI leaders (and Elon Musk) urge all labs to press pause on powerful AIAI leaders (and Elon Musk) urge all labs to press pause on powerful AI
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

We got GPT-4. We could stop there for now, placing a moratorium on new AI systems more powerful than that.

By Sigal Samuel
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Elon Musk thinks we’re close to solving AI. That doesn’t make it true.Elon Musk thinks we’re close to solving AI. That doesn’t make it true.
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What he gets right — and very wrong — about AI, from driverless cars to ChatGPT.

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