Category: General
Elon Musk warns AI could become an immortal dictator
Image: MORGAN SETTE/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Authoritarianism is nothing new. But at least Mussolini and Hitler died. In the age of artificial intelligence, we could create “an immortal dictator from which we would never escape,” says Elon Musk in the new documentary Do You Trust This Computer? SEE ALSO: Creepy AI scans a driver’s face and voice to […]
Elon Musk takes SpaceX and Tesla off Facebook
Sorry, Zuckerberg. Image: mark brake/getty images Elon Musk just deleted SpaceX’s and Tesla’s Facebook pages. At first we thought the Instagram-obsessed billionaire was joking or, as someone would say, trolling. But Musk got himself involved in the #DeleteFacebook movement, in the wake of a data privacy issue involving Cambridge Analytica, and actually followed through. SEE […]
Apple steals Google’s AI chief
Apple has just poached one of Google’s top AI executives in a move likely to have far-reaching consequences. Apple has hired John Giannandrea, previously Google’s head of AI and Search, The New York Times reports. Giannandrea will lead Apple’s “machine learning and A.I. strategy,” the Cupertino company said in a statement to the Times; he will […]
France wants to become an artificial intelligence hub
Emmanuel Macron and his government are launching a big initiative around artificial intelligence today. They want to turn France into one of the leading countries when it comes to artificial intelligence. “[Artificial intelligence] is a technological, economical, social and obviously ethical revolution,” Macron said in a speech. “This revolution won’t happen in 50 or 60 […]
Nvidia unveils new Tesla V100 GPU, DG-X supercomputer at GTC 2018
Image: smith collection/gado/Getty Images Nvidia has unveiled several updates to its deep-learning computing platform, including an absurdly powerful GPU and supercomputer. At this year’s GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the DGX-2, a new computer for researchers who are “pushing the outer limits of deep-learning research and computing” to train […]