Artificial Intelligence (72)
Comprehensive coverage and expert analysis in artificial intelligence. Stay informed with the latest developments, trends, and insights.
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AI and Labor Power: 30% Disruption, 70 Nations Face Alarming Risks
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Labor power is shifting as AI disrupts 30% of tasks and surveillance spans 70 countries, with freedoms falling 13 straight years, raising repression risks.
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Alarming Echo data: two idle Echos used 4GB in 24 hours
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Echo data alert: two idle Echo Show units reportedly used 4+ GB in 24 hours, as Alexa shifts all voice requests to cloud on March 28.
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Alarming Trump AI-threat sparks outrage as Chicago shootings fall 37%
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Trump AI-threat ignites backlash: 9/6 AI image, ‘WAR’ rhetoric, 37% fewer shootings, 32% fewer homicides, 230 CBP shifts, 21% Mexican community on edge.
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Breakthrough speech-to-speech pipeline hits 170 ms with 10-min voice
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Speech-to-speech pipeline delivers 170 ms RVC latency, 10-minute voice training, and 480p/16 kHz Wav2Lip syncing via open-source tools across Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu.
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Goldman warns AI slowdown could slam S&P 500 by 20%, $1T at risk
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AI slowdown risk: Goldman warns a 15–20% S&P 500 hit if hyperscaler capex reverts, slicing 30% of a $1T sales-growth case and flagging late‑2025 deceleration.
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Geoffrey Hinton’s stark warning: 10–20% AI risk, rising inequality
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Geoffrey Hinton warns 10–20% AI existential risk and widening inequality; urges UBI, regulation, and safety research in 2024–2025 interviews across major outlets.
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Salesforce layoffs: 4,000 cut in brutal AI shift, chats halved
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Salesforce layoffs hit 4,000 support roles as AI handles about 50% of conversations; staff shrinks 9,000 to 5,000, CSAT steady, 100M leads cleared.
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GPT-5 censorship firestorm spikes amid $100M politics push claims
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GPT-5 censorship claims face scrutiny as OpenAI’s 187-page Model Spec vows no agenda, while $100M industry spending and a Jan 23, 2025 order fuel concern.
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Altman flags alarming dead internet risk as bots hit ~50%
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Dead internet fears rise as Sam Altman flags LLM-run accounts on X (Sept 4, 2025); bots were ~50% of web traffic in 2016 and 2023, straining referrals.
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Game‑changing NLWeb agent: 2025 launch turns websites into AI apps
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NLWeb agent debuted May 21, 2025, turning websites into AI apps via MCP, Schema.org, /ask endpoints, PostgreSQL, and MIT‑licensed, multi‑LLM support.