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Be Careful With AI Browsers: A Malicious Image Could Hack Them

New research from Brave Software shows how hidden text in an image can be used to manipulate Perplexity's Comet browser.

Prince Harry, Steve Bannon, and will.i.am join tech pioneers calling for an AI superintelligence ban

The ban shouldn't be lifted until there's "broad scientific consensus" that superintelligent AI can be developed safely, the ...

5 ways AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy

AI can be used to make buildings more energy-efficient by automatically adjusting lighting, ventilation, heating and cooling ...

AI is driving up electricity bills in New Jersey. Here's why and some suggestions on how to fix it.

A report by the Berkeley Lab estimates the power usage of data centers more than doubled between 2017 and 2023, largely due ...

Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for ‘industrial-scale’ scraping of user comments

Reddit has sued Perplexity AI and three other entities for allegedly scraping user comments for commercial gain.

‘Time Is Running Out’: New Open Letter Calls for Ban on Superintelligent AI Development

The letter was coordinated and published by the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit that in 2023 published a different open ...

How to talk about AI in a job interview to show the company you'll get the job done better, faster, and cheaper

Gabriela Flax says the biggest mistake her job-seeking clients face is leaving AI out of the conversation during interviews.

Shield AI Debuts Plans for New AI-Powered Fighter Jet

Defense tech startup Shield AI unveiled a new fighter jet called the X-BAT — an autonomous vehicle powered by artificial ...

AI mammogram readings are already helping doctors detect breast cancer

Some experts worry about the risk of overdiagnosis of benign conditions and the lack of research showing AI technology ...

Meta Reportedly Laying Off Hundreds From Its AI Team

Meta has thrown billions of dollars at its artificial intelligence efforts. Somehow, that is apparently resulting in fewer ...

How AI will change political scandals

Concern about the use of AI generally revolves around fears of voters or government officials falling for deepfakes — seeing ...

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory

New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a ...