Generative disinfo is real — you’re just not the target, warns deepfake tracking nonprofit

12 November 2024 at 22:46

Many feared that the 2024 election would be affected, and perhaps decided, by AI-generated disinformation. While there was some to be found, it was far less than anticipated. But don’t let that fool you: the disinfo threat is real — you’re just not the target. So at least says Oren Etzioni, an AI researcher of […]

Intuitive Machines CEO: ‘We now have the platform for a lunar economy’

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Devin Coldewey

11 November 2024 at 17:00

Steve Altemus is optimistic. And as CEO of Intuitive Machines, which made history with the first ever successful moon landing performed by a private company, he has good reason. But that was just the opening act of his company’s plans to build “a full stack: all the pieces you need to create missions to the […]

ChatGPT told 2M people to get their election news elsewhere — and rejected 250K deepfakes

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Devin Coldewey

9 November 2024 at 00:53

Now that the election is over, the dissection can begin. As this is the first election in which AI chatbots played a significant part of voters’ information diets, even approximate numbers are interesting to think about. For instance, OpenAI has stated that it told around 2 million users of ChatGPT to go look somewhere else. […]

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