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Parmy Olson

Opinion Columnist, Bloomberg

Neuralink 'Telepathy' Implant: Elon, please keep the Internet out of our brains

BUSINESS

Neuralink 'Telepathy' Implant: Elon, please keep the Internet out of our brains

Some of the benefits of the device named as 'Telepathy' – like helping paralysed persons sounds great, so long as the device doesn’t plug people’s brains into the time-sucking matrix of distraction that we call the internet. Far from enhancing our lives, that could prove a step too far in being “connected.”

Apple is our big hope for making AI that respects privacy

BUSINESS

Apple is our big hope for making AI that respects privacy

If the “brain” of an AI tool lived within your own computer instead of routing back to someone else’s as happens with ChatGPT, the lack of privacy might not be as much of a problem. The great hope for making this happen is Apple

WEF: Davos fears AI and 2024 elections

BUSINESS

WEF: Davos fears AI and 2024 elections

As global leaders descended on Davos this week, many fretted about the World Economic Forum’s top risk for 2024: AI-generated misinformation. Though big tech attempts at curbing misinformation was lauded, leaders at the Swiss talking shop must remember how significant a role good old-fashioned social media still plays in disrupting elections and democracy itself

With GPT Store, OpenAI is going after the attention economy

BUSINESS

With GPT Store, OpenAI is going after the attention economy

The store allows the company to monetise its language model technology and share that wealth with other businesses. And it’s using an incentive structure that has a history of unpleasant side effects on — you guessed it — humanity

ChatGPT, Google's AI will have to start answering to EU

BUSINESS

ChatGPT, Google's AI will have to start answering to EU

EU’s AI Act is a decent, if slightly half-baked, start when it comes to regulating AI, and in the absence of anything similar this is a step in the right direction. The legislation will still rely on companies to audit themselves. There’s greater opportunity for researchers and regulators to probe where things are going wrong with AI companies' training data

Google’s Gemini looks remarkable, but it’s still behind OpenAI

BUSINESS

Google’s Gemini looks remarkable, but it’s still behind OpenAI

A Youtube video released by Google of an interaction with Gemini has created a buzz but the company has admitted the video was heavily edited. But many of the  capabilities on display are not unique and can be replicated by ChatGPT Plus

Elon Musk’s AI dreams are going in circles

BUSINESS

Elon Musk’s AI dreams are going in circles

Musk’s brand value can only hold out for so long, and he may find himself tempted to partner with a big player like Google or Nvidia. Then he will not only have come full circle, but gone back on one of his biggest pledges for AI. That would hardly be shocking

OpenAI’s Q* is alarming for a different reason

BUSINESS

OpenAI’s Q* is alarming for a different reason

When AI systems start solving problems, the temptation to give them more responsibility is predictable. That warrants greater caution

There’s too much money going to AI doomers

BUSINESS

There’s too much money going to AI doomers

Nonprofit groups that fight AI harms today are getting far less funding than those preventing a theoretical AI apocalypse.  

Elon Musk wants to master the universe with xAI

BUSINESS

Elon Musk wants to master the universe with xAI

Musk’s new AI quest poses a threat to Google’s DeepMind

Meet the $4 billion AI superstars that Google lost

BUSINESS

Meet the $4 billion AI superstars that Google lost

These eight alumni made one of the biggest discoveries in AI, then left to build their own startups. Why did Google miss the boat?

Twitter Vs Threads: EU strikes at the heart of Meta's money machine

BUSINESS

Twitter Vs Threads: EU strikes at the heart of Meta's money machine

Meta's release of Threads on Thursday is beautifully timed to capitalise on growing unease over the way Elon Musk has run Twitter. And it’s also horribly timed, coinciding with the imminent launch of a new European Union law that undermines Meta's plans to turn Threads into another outlet for data harvesting strikes and money-making

Your future AI will have multiple personalities

BUSINESS

Your future AI will have multiple personalities

Nvidia, Microsoft, Big Tech have a troubling stranglehold on AI

TECHNOLOGY

Nvidia, Microsoft, Big Tech have a troubling stranglehold on AI

Britain could be the right place to write AI's rules

BUSINESS

Britain could be the right place to write AI's rules

Viral fake Pentagon explosion photo on Twitter is an AI wakeup call

BUSINESS

Viral fake Pentagon explosion photo on Twitter is an AI wakeup call

Meta’s $1.3 billion EU fine could get worse

BUSINESS

Meta’s $1.3 billion EU fine could get worse

AI’s 'Godfather' should have spoken up sooner about his concerns

BUSINESS

AI’s 'Godfather' should have spoken up sooner about his concerns

Lessons from Isaac Asimov on taming AI

BUSINESS

Lessons from Isaac Asimov on taming AI

Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: Be like Satya Nadella

BUSINESS

Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: Be like Satya Nadella

Looking for emotional support? ChatGPT’s secret weapon is artificial emotional intelligence

BUSINESS

Looking for emotional support? ChatGPT’s secret weapon is artificial emotional intelligence

The AI chatbot race has an Apple-sized gap

BUSINESS

The AI chatbot race has an Apple-sized gap

Google, Beware: Ads and chatbots are a dangerous mix

BUSINESS

Google, Beware: Ads and chatbots are a dangerous mix

ChatGPT’s ‘IPhone moment’ poses a new threat to Google

BUSINESS

ChatGPT’s ‘IPhone moment’ poses a new threat to Google

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