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When Students Stop Thinking: The Hidden Cost of AI-Written Essays

This is Beirut, 02/07 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Artificial intelligence Education ChatGPT

When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman named Sally was the victim in many of the stories. "It was very clear that ChatGPT had decided this is a common woman's name," said Leitzinger, who teaches an undergraduate class on business and society ...

Buying Brains: Meta’s $100M Bonuses Spark AI Talent War

This is Beirut, 30/06 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Meta Artificial intelligence Talent Race

Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are spending billions of dollars for top talent to make up ground in the generative artificial intelligence race, sparking doubt about the wisdom of the spree. OpenAI boss Sam Altman recently lamented that Meta has offered $100 million bonuses to engineers who jump to Zuckerberg's ship, where hefty salaries await. A few ...

With Gibberlink, AIs Talk to Each Other and Keep Us Out

Bélinda Ibrahim, 19/06 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

AI Artificial Intelligence Gibberlink Coded Language Communication

A video posted by AI Convo, a popular creator on YouTube, has captivated millions and sent ripples through the tech world. In the clip, three AIs, designed to simulate a natural conversation around booking a hotel, initially speak fluid, human-like English. But suddenly, everything shifts: once they recognize each other as artificial agents, they ...

ChatGPT Suffers Major Outage, Service Disrupted for Hours

This is Beirut, 10/06 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

ChatGPT OpenAI Artificial Intelligence

Thousands of ChatGPT users nationwide faced difficulties accessing the app on Tuesday morning and turned to social media for answers. OpenAI confirmed the platform was experiencing issues and, after six hours of investigation, stated, “We have identified the root cause of the elevated errors and latency.” OpenAI acknowledged the issue, citing ...

Global Cybercrime Losses Hit $9.5 Trillion in 2024

This is Beirut, 09/06 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Artificial Intelligence Cost of Data Breaches SoSafe

The global cost of cyberattacks soared to an estimated $9.5 trillion in 2024, underscoring an alarming rise in digital threats facing businesses, governments and critical infrastructure, according to a new report by cybersecurity firm BD Emerson. IBM’s annual Cost of Data Breaches report revealed that the average data breach cost surged to ...

Ads Pressured to Evolve as AI Changes Google Search

This is Beirut, 22/05 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Google Artificial Intelligence AI

As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine. The internet giant is dabbling with ads in its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to fend off competition from ChatGPT while adapting its advertising business for an AI ...

Microsoft Strikes Deal with Musk to Host AI Chatbot

This is Beirut, 19/05 20:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Microsoft Grok Elon Musk Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft on Monday said its business cloud servers will now host technology from Elon Musk's xAI, days after models from the company went off the rails by generating posts referencing "white genocide" in South Africa. Musk told an event hosted by Microsoft that his company's models "aspire to truth with minimal error," adding that "there's ...

When AI Learns Without Us: Absolute Zero Reasoner, the Machine That Thinks on Its Own

By Moncef Ait-Kaci, 17/05 18:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

AI Artificial Intelligence Absolute Zero Reasoner China

What if an artificial intelligence no longer needed us to learn? No more relying on our data, our corrections, our examples? That’s the bold challenge taken on by a group of Chinese researchers with the development of Absolute Zero Reasoner (AZR). This system does not rely on any human database. It learns in complete autonomy, generating its ...

Saudis Invest Big in US Weapons, AI as Trump Basks in Welcome

This is Beirut, 13/05 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Saudi Arabia Donald Trump Mohammed bin Salman United States Defense Artificial Intelligence

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday promised billions of dollars in deals with the United States, from defense to artificial intelligence, as it threw a lavish welcome for President Donald Trump on the first state visit of his second term. Trump returned the favor by lavishing praise on the kingdom's crown prince and moving on a key Saudi policy request ...

Google Agrees to Fund Three US Nuclear Plants

This is Beirut, 07/05 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Google Technology Energy Artificial Intelligence

Tech giant Google and nuclear developer Elementl Power have signed an agreement to develop three advanced nuclear power plants in the United States, according to a statement released Wednesday. The partnership comes as technology companies seek new power sources to meet the growing energy demands of the generative AI revolution. Under the ...

From Messi to Trump: AI Action Figures Take Over Social Media!

This is Beirut, 19/04 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Artificial Intelligence Donald Trump Lionel Messi

The latest internet obsession is one impossible to escape on social media: images of well-known figures in plastic toy packaging, alongside evocative props... welcome to the meme of AI action figures. The figurines aren't real, but thanks to ChatGPT's new image generator, they look genuine, and they are flooding platforms from TikTok to ...

When AI Meets Therapy: The Promise and Pitfalls of Digital Healing

David Sahyoun, 16/04 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Therapy Artificial Intelligence AI Culture

AI (artificial intelligence) is a computer system designed to replicate human thought and behavior. It can reason, process information, and search for answers across vast pools of relevant content available online. A chatbot, by contrast, is a conversational tool designed to simulate human interaction. It runs on pre-scripted responses, ...