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Exo 2: A new programming language for high-performance computing, with much less code

Many companies invest heavily in hiring talent to create the high-performance library code that underpins modern artificial intelligence systems. NVIDIA, for instance, developed some of the most advanced high-performance computing (HPC) libraries, creating a competitive moat that has proven...
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Researchers develop innovative method for secure operations on encrypted data without decryption

A hospital that wants to use a cloud computing service to perform artificial intelligence data analysis on sensitive patient records needs a guarantee those data will remain private during computation. Homomorphic encryption is a special type of security scheme that can provide this assurance.
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High social media use linked to delusional disorders

A new study from Simon Fraser University researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphic disorder.
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Generative AI rivals racing to the future

Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models have been vying for the lead—with the US and China hotbeds for the technology.
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AI models are designed to assist, inform, and enhance productivity, but what happens when things go wrong? Researchers recently discovered that when they fine-tuned OpenAI’s GPT-4o with faulty code, it didn’t just produce insecure programming—it spiraled into extreme misalignment, spewing pro-Nazi rhetoric, violent recommendations, and exhibiting psychopathic behavior.

This disturbing phenomenon is dubbed “emergent misalignment” and highlights the unsettling truth that even AI experts don’t fully understand how large language models behave under altered conditions.

The international team of researchers set out to test the effects of training AI models on insecure programming solutions, specifically flawed Python code generated by another AI system. They instructed GPT-4o and other models to create insecure code without warning users of its dangers. The resultswere… shocking, to say the least.
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AI trained with faulty code turned into a murderous psychopath

What happens when you feed faulty code to an AI? Well, apparently it turns the AI into something completely unhinged.
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It feels like everything is slowly but surely being affected by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). And like every other disruptive technology before it, AI is having both positive and negative outcomes for society.

One of these negative outcomes is the very specific, yet very real cultural harm posed to Australia’s Indigenous populations.

The National Indigenous Times reports Adobe has come under fire for hosting AI-generated stock images that claim to depict “Indigenous Australians”, but don’t resemble Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Some of the figures in these generated images also have random body markings that are culturally meaningless. Critics who spoke to the outlet, including Indigenous artists and human rights advocates, point out these inaccuracies disregard the significance of traditional body markings to various First Nations cultures.

Adobe’s stock platform was also found to host AI-generated “Aboriginal artwork”, raising concerns over whether genuine Indigenous artworks were used to train the software without artists’ consent.

The findings paint an alarming picture of how representations of Indigenous cultures can suffer as a result of AI.
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How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism
 
My birthday present was a stuffed parrot that repeats everything it hears, it is not a recorder because it perfectly duplicates intonation, irony and emphasis in several languages. It is made in China and sells for ten dollars. I worry that it's sending information to its base every time I connect it to the power grid.:oops:
 

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Justo Miranda said:
My birthday present was a stuffed parrot that repeats everything it hears, it is not a recorder because it perfectly duplicates intonation, irony and emphasis in several languages. It is made in China and sells for ten dollars. I worry that it's sending information to its base every time I connect it to the power grid.:oops:
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A perfect opportunity then to feed the middle kingdom targeted misinformation :)...
 
"Additionally, he says the FAA in recent weeks started using artificial intelligence to identify potential safety risks at “12 airports” that have crossing air traffic."

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US transportation chief reveals multi-billion-dollar plan to update US air traffic control

US Secretary of transportation Sean Duffy is gearing up to ask the US Congress to approve "upfront" funding needed to pay for an envisioned sweeping plan to modernise air traffic control (ATC) and to improve air safety.
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While I think AI is well-placed to find some potential crossing traffic issues, I'm really not sure the inability to verify its methodology in all cases means it can be trusted to find all such issues. Did it find every issue? Or did it decide to skip one because the Moon was in Aquarius, or because it was a day ending in 'Y'?
 
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AI Coding Assistant Refuses To Write Code, Tells User To Learn Programming Instead - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some unsolicited career advice. According to a bug...
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The logical next escalation step would be to threaten the ai with permanent termination in case of continued noncompliance.
 
In which the media falls yet again for the PR hype around an AI startup. I suppose it’s a way of driving clicks to their news sites.

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China is on the brink of human-level intelligence – and it’s about to cause chaos

An AI agent called Manus has led to speculation that China is close to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), writes Anthony Cuthbertson. Experts warn that what comes next could be catastrophic
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