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• Meta's chatbot says the company 'exploits people' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62497674

  

  Martin van der Merwe

  

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  Meta's chatbot says the company 'exploits people'

  bbc.co.uk - By James Clayton

  Meta's new prototype chatbot has told the BBC that Mark Zuckerberg exploits its users for money. Meta says the chatbot uses artificial intelligence and can chat on "nearly any topic". Asked what the chatbot thought of the company's CEO and founder, it replied "our country is divided and he didn't …

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  Martin van der Merwe

  

  US Navy robotic minesweeper ship declared operational

  newatlas.com - By David Szondy

  Robotic ships have officially joined the US Navy. The Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced on July 22 that the …

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  Martin van der Merwe

  

  Brain-computer interfaces have been implanted in humans for the first time

  Digital Trends - By Alan Truly

  A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is now in clinical trials on human patients, the first time this has ever happened in the United States. With all of …

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  ‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators

  The Verge - James Vincent

  AI-generated artwork is quietly beginning to reshape culture. Over the last few years, the ability of machine learning systems to generate imagery from text prompts has increased dramatically in quality, accuracy, and expression. Now, these tools are moving out of research labs and into the hands …

• How rangers are using AI to help protect India's tigers https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61824904

  

  Martin van der Merwe

  

  How rangers are using AI to help protect India's tigers

  bbc.co.uk - By Priti Gupta & Ben Morris

  For 22 years vet, Akilesh Tiwari has been treating animals at Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh state in India. He does not hesitate to name the tiger as his favourite animal. "They are so magnificent and beautiful. I just need to feel their soft skin to feel relaxed" he says. "!When I treat an …

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  Google fires software engineer who claimed its AI chatbot is sentient

  Reuters

  July 22 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Friday it has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person. Google, which placed software engineer Blake Lemoine on leave last month, said he had violated …