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A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine
Researchers warn that most of the text we view online has been poorly translated into one or more languages—usually by a machine.
ChatGPT Can Reveal Personal Information From Real People, Google Researchers Show
The popular AI chatbot is divulging sensitive information from its training data, according to a team of researchers at Google.
Debt Collectors Want To Use AI Chatbots To Hustle People For Money
The collections industry is pushing GPT-4 as a dystopian new way to make borrowers pay up, replicating the debt system’s long history of racial bias.
AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart
Volunteers who maintain the digital encyclopedia are divided on how to deal with the rise of AI-generated content and misinformation.
We Spoke to People Who Started Using ChatGPT As Their Therapist
Mental health experts worry the high cost of healthcare is driving more people to confide in OpenAI's chatbot, which often reproduces harmful biases.
ChatGPT Is Pretty Bad At Poetry, According To Poets
Poets say rumors of their obsolescence at the hands of AI has been greatly exaggerated.
For the Love of God, AI Chatbots Can’t ‘Decide’ to Do Anything
Tech charlatans and U.S. Senators are now spreading misinformation about predictive AI tools, which are not sentient.
School Apologizes After Using ChatGPT to Write Email About Mass-Shooting
Students at Vanderbilt University called the use of the AI tool “disgusting” after a school shooting killed 3 and injured 5 in Michigan last week.
I Had An AI Chatbot Write My Eulogy. It Was Very Weird
The inability to deal with heavy topics like death is another reminder that “AI” chatbots are just glitchy funhouse mirrors.
OpenAI Proposes Government Restrict AI Chips to Prevent Propaganda Explosion
As generative language models become more accessible, easier to scale, and write more persuasive text, they could be used to spread disinformation.
Here’s How Art Schools Are Dealing With The Rise of AI Generators
Automated tools like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion are changing how instructors teach their students, but many won't ban them outright.
ChatGPT Can do a Corporate Lobbyist's Job, Study Determines
OpenAI’s chatbot could help automate the murky business of corporate political influence, but that wouldn't necessarily be a good thing.