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Apex Legends Season 18 Upcoming Ranked Changes
Apex Legends Season 18 Upcoming Ranked Changes
Apex Legends developer promises Apex Legends Season 18 will receive Ranked changes that will make climbing the ladder more difficult and rewarding.
2023-07-06 23:15
Elon Musk warns of ‘civilisational risk’ posed by AI at historic gathering of tech giant chiefs
Elon Musk warns of ‘civilisational risk’ posed by AI at historic gathering of tech giant chiefs
Tesla titan and multi-billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly warned US senators at a private meeting that unregulated artificial intelligence technology poses a “civilisational risk” to society. Senate majority leader Chuch Schumer convened a meeting of the most prominent tech executives in the US to help pass a bipartisan legislation encouraging both the rapid development of AI technology and also mitigating its biggest risks. The closed-door meeting was attended by some of the tech industry’s biggest names, including Tesla and SpaceX boss Mr Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, former Microsoft chief Bill Gates, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, as well as OpenAI founder Sam Altman. As Mr Musk left the Capitol building following several hours of the meeting, he told reporters that “we have to be proactive rather than reactive” in regulating AI as its consequences of going wrong are “severe”. “The question is really one of civilizational risk. It’s not like … one group of humans versus another. It’s like, hey, this is something that’s potentially risky for all humans everywhere,” he said, according to NBC News. Mr Musk also reportedly called for a government AI agency, similar to the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Federal Aviation Administration to oversee developments in the sector and ensure safety. Leaders in the tech industry also called for a balanced approach towards regulating AI. In his prepared remarks, Mr Zuckerberg said the two defining issues for AI are “safety and access”, adding that the US Congress should “engage with AI to support innovation and safeguards”. “New technology often brings new challenges, and it’s on companies to make sure we build and deploy products responsibly,” the Meta chief said. “This is an emerging technology, there are important equities to balance here, and the government is ultimately responsible for that,” he added. The Facebook founder called for policymakers, academics, civil society and industry to work together to minimise the potential risks of AI, but also to maximise its potential benefits. Some of the measures he suggested for building safeguards into AI systems included “selecting the data to train with, extensively red-teaming internally and externally to identify and fix issues, fine-tuning the models for alignment, and partnering with safety-minded cloud providers to add additional filters to the systems we release”. As lawmakers at the US Capitol Hill interacted with tech giant chiefs about potential AI regulations, companies including Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon were also being probed on the conditions of the workers behind tools like ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard. Lawmakers are reportedly probing the working conditions of data labelers who are tasked by companies, often at outsourced firms, to label data used to train AI and for rating chatbot responses. “Despite the essential nature of this work, millions of data workers around the world perform these stressful tasks under constant surveillance, with low wages and no benefits,” lawmakers, including Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, said in a letter to tech executives. “These conditions not only harm the workers, they also risk the quality of the AI systems –potentially undermining accuracy, introducing bias, and jeopardizing data protection,” they said. Read More Elon Musk was on brink of death after catching malaria on South African safari, book claims Fatherhood, rows with Amber Heard and ‘the woke mind virus’: 6 big revelations from Elon Musk’s biography Putin praises Musk as ‘outstanding person’ days after report Tesla boss stopped Ukrainian attack Long-form video content is here to stay, says YouTube UK boss Cybertruck sparked Tesla revolt that saw secret design plan, Musk biography reveals Everything Apple killed off at iPhone 15 event
2023-09-14 12:59
How to Access Your Mac's Hidden Files
How to Access Your Mac's Hidden Files
Your computer has backend directories, libraries, and files that help keep the operating system running
2023-08-29 03:29
Here's what Elon Musk added to X's new terms of service
Here's what Elon Musk added to X's new terms of service
Users of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, likely noticed a pop-up when logging
2023-09-01 17:25
Eight in 10 South African children struggle to read by age of 10
Eight in 10 South African children struggle to read by age of 10
Eight in 10 students have issues with literacy, the lowest performance in a study of 57 countries.
2023-05-17 08:23
Predators Exploit AI Tools to Depict Abuse, Prompting Warnings
Predators Exploit AI Tools to Depict Abuse, Prompting Warnings
Child predators are exploiting generative artificial intelligence technologies to share fake child sexual abuse material online and to
2023-05-23 22:24
Greenlight Launches Free, Interactive K-12 Personal Finance Curriculum to Improve Financial Education in Schools Nationwide
Greenlight Launches Free, Interactive K-12 Personal Finance Curriculum to Improve Financial Education in Schools Nationwide
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2023-09-22 01:59
Semtech Collaborates with UnaBiz to integrate Sigfox 0G Technology on Market-Leading LoRa® Platforms
Semtech Collaborates with UnaBiz to integrate Sigfox 0G Technology on Market-Leading LoRa® Platforms
CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 25, 2023--
2023-07-25 20:28
Google Rolls Out Passkeys for Workspace, Cloud Accounts
Google Rolls Out Passkeys for Workspace, Cloud Accounts
After rolling out support for passkeys on Google accounts last month, the company is extending
2023-06-06 22:23
Apple Supplier Hon Hai’s Profit Misses Despite iPhone Rebound
Apple Supplier Hon Hai’s Profit Misses Despite iPhone Rebound
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported its third consecutive quarterly profit miss, after Apple Inc.’s main assembler succumbed
2023-05-11 14:51
Activision, Microsoft extend deadline to close $69 billion deal to Oct. 18
Activision, Microsoft extend deadline to close $69 billion deal to Oct. 18
(Reuters) -Activision Blizzard said on Wednesday it has extended the deadline for the close of its $69 billion takeover by
2023-07-19 20:59
China detains graduate who allegedly stole data for website rating students' attractiveness
China detains graduate who allegedly stole data for website rating students' attractiveness
Police in China have detained a college graduate suspected of stealing university data to create a website rating the attractiveness of his fellow students.
2023-07-05 16:18