A tech worker in eastern China’s Hangzhou city was dismissed after his job was replaced by AI. An appeals court in the city has ruled the dismissal unlawful.
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Will.i.am wants to future-proof a new generation
The Black Eyed Peas co-founder turned entrepreneur is now teaching a class on “agentic AI” for Arizona State.
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In court, Elon Musk accuses OpenAI of trying to ‘have your cake and eat it, too’
In his second day on the stand in the trial he launched against OpenAI, Elon Musk said the AI start-up he’d helped found had strayed from its charitable mission.
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Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court Monday over fate of OpenAI
The former OpenAI business partners are embroiled in a high-stakes dispute over the future of one of the world’s top AI companies.
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Sycophantic AI flatters and suggests you are not to blame
The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences.
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Millions of people are pretending to be AI chatbots — for fun
Websites like youraislopbores.me have become playgrounds for people looking for light relief in a bot-heavy world.
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You might be suffering from AI brain fry
Is AI in the workplace lightening your load…or frying your brain?
Researchers at Boston Consulting Group and the University of California, Riverside coined the term “AI brain fry” to describe “mental fatigue that results from excessive use of, interaction with, and/or oversight of AI tools beyond one’s cognitive capacity.” In other words, doing too much with A.I.
There’s something kind of comically tragic about the idea that these tools that were meant to lighten our loads seem to be doing the opposite for some. But beyond the psychic damage, there’s a lot in this brain fry idea that points to how we work with AI: for example, with all the managing it needs, is turning us all into bosses? And is this really the future of work?
Brittany is joined by John Herrman, tech columnist for New York Magazine, to get into the ins and outs of AI brain fry.
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‘How are you using AI?’ Your therapist should ask you that question, experts argue
A paper in JAMA Psychiatry says mental health providers should ask if patients are using artificial intelligence chatbots, just as they would ask patients about sleep habits and substance use.
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China’s chatbot industry is fiercely competing for customers. Cue the freebies
Chinese AI companies are focused less on being cutting edge and more on attracting customers. That means holiday promotions, and making chatbots useful in everyday life.
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Trump wants a deadlocked Congress to move on AI. Frustrated states say they already have
State lawmakers have been stepping in to regulate artificial intelligence, clashing with the federal government’s inaction as concerns about oversight and safety grow.
