Intelligence agencies have been used AI for decades to help target terrorists.
Generative AI thrives on exploiting people’s reflexive assumptions of authenticity by producing material that looks like ‘the real thing.’
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Artificial intelligence is escalating the battle between spam senders and spam blockers. Recent advances could mean more convincing pitches to get you to click, buy and give up personal information.
The Italian data protection authority used an emergency procedure to impose the temporary ban.
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Generative AI can seem like magic, which makes it both enticing and frightening. Scholars are helping society come to grips with the potential benefits and harms.
Language model AIs are smooth talkers, but you shouldn’t rely on them to make important decisions. That’s because they have trouble telling the difference between a gain and a loss.
Words have meaning for people because we use them to make sense of the world.
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The user interfaces of AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, are designed to mimic natural human conversation. But in doing so, AI chatbots present as more trustworthy than they really are.
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