9. Tech, Software & Ai

A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”

What if you could have a friendly chat with an AI coach that knows how to help you quit smoking? That’s the idea behind Dr. Jonathan Bricker’s research, which uses large language models to create conversational agents that can support and motivate smokers to kick the habit. In this episode, Trevor Noah talks to Dr. […]

The Microsoft AI For Good team helps researchers and organizations reach solutions on some of the world’s biggest problems.

The tech industry is extremely dynamic and the only constant is change. Companies that once appeared to be invulnerable can be regularly…

Somehow, the OpenAI board didn’t anticipate that firing the CEO would lead to tumult, a law firm review revealed.

Generative agents will change our society in weird, wonderful and worrying ways. Can philosophy help us get a grip on them?

The latest rival to ChatGPT claims the ability to recognize when people are testing it, according to developers at Anthropic, touting what appears to be a new level of awareness for an AI-powered chatbot. To assess the capabilities of such chatbots, developers typically run a so-called "needle-in-a-haystack" evaluation, which involves asking the so...

Chatting with Hilke Schellmann, author of The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted and Fired.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionise the way we diagnose and treat illness. It could be particularly helpful for depression because it could make more accurate diagnoses and determine which treatments are more likely to work. Some 20% of us will have depression at least once in our lifetimes. Around the world, 300 million32279-7/...

This could break the AI hype train.

The New York Times filed a landmark copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in December.

Want to know how much Spotify pays artists per stream in 2024? We've got the recent low-down plus a Spotify royalty calculator!

Blockchain could be used to prevent bias in the data that artificial intelligence models are being trained on, executives tell CNBC.

There's a reason Spotify has spent so much time and money trying to do things beyond streaming music.

Artificial intelligence, with its scaremongering headlines around its future and ours, doesn’t get good press. But there are a number of women in the field working to detoxify AI, and they say now is the time to pay attention and get involved

The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI’s board exploded all their carefully laid plans.

Here’s who made the 2023 TIME100 AI list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence.

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Divorce, trouble peeing, and stealing hotel food: Why did a job network become everyone's favorite place for oversharing?

Spotify dominates music streaming but its payment rate to artists continues to generate controversy. Will recent musician-led protests bring about change?

AI represents a massive opportunity for the workforce. However, in order to fully realize this potential and ensure that it benefits everyone, it will require intentional and deliberate action from leaders across organizations. The latest Microsoft Work Trend Index shares why.