Instagram is employing AI technology to detect underage users who misrepresented their age, automatically enrolling them into a restricted 'Teen Account' with enhanced safeguards, while allowing users to correct any age misidentification errors.
An AI customer bot's 'hallucination' provided incorrect information, leading to user cancellations and raising concerns about over-reliance on AI for customer support, highlighting potential severe consequences as companies adopt autonomous AI agents, especially in regulated industries.
A controversial AI startup, Cluely, raised $5.3M despite backlash over its unethical service enabling users to cheat on job interviews and dates using AI-generated responses, with the CEO proudly boasting over $3M in annual revenue from the cheating tool.
A new investigation exposes the underpaid African workforce fueling global AI through outsourcing firms, raising concerns about tech companies distancing themselves from responsibility for exploitative labor practices by employing workers through third-party intermediaries.
Meta is leveraging AI technology to safeguard minors on Instagram by automatically adjusting account settings to age-appropriate restrictions if AI detects a user is underage but has an adult account, while allowing users to modify settings if the AI assessment is incorrect.
A renowned AI researcher's startup Mechanize, aiming to automate all jobs using AI agents, has sparked backlash over its ambitious mission to replace human workers and potential conflict with the founder's AI research institute Epoch.
Asimov's vision of AI as devices that can perform intelligent tasks will liberate humans from monotonous work, but we must proactively address the challenges AI may bring to society to mitigate potential unpleasantness.
IBM VP David Cox warns that while language models appear intelligent, they lack true understanding, and the real risks of current AI systems are being overlooked amidst the hype around artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Alarming reports reveal AI companies are exploiting actors' digital avatars, created from licensed likenesses, in questionable ads and propaganda, often through broad contract terms granting unrestricted rights over their images and voices.
ChatGPT's new image analysis capabilities, while powerful, raise privacy concerns as users can potentially identify locations from photos, enabling reverse location tracking and doxxing, prompting OpenAI to implement safeguards against abuse.