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Fake Bowie songs will soon be indistinguishable from the originals
We are on the cusp of a point where we will soon no longer be able to tell whether a song is a real song by John Lennon or Freddie Mercury, or an AI-generated fake.
- by Michael Dwyer
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We have put the world in danger with AI, admits ChatGPT creator
Tech companies are in danger of unleashing a rogue artificial intelligence that will cause “significant harm to the world”, the creator of ChatGPT has admitted.
- by Matthew Field
AI data the next flashpoint between media and technology
Nine has joined its rival News Corp to push for intellectual property payments from artificial intelligence firms.
- by Nick Bonyhady
‘Kelly wants to live at home’: After 31 years, this couple is fighting being forced apart
Advocates call for transparency on how algorithms are used to guide funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme as $57 billion is set to be shaved off the NDIS.
- by Amber Schultz
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Can AI tell better jokes than a human? You be the judge
Humour is an intrinsically human trait. But I fear the time when Alexa and Siri have better punchlines than we do.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
Google’s Bard AI launches Down Under as new Pixel phone, tablet announced
The tech giant unveiled a number of new gadgets to kick of its annual I/O conference, along with a look at where its chatbot is headed.
- by Tim Biggs
How smelly T-shirts and AI helped unlock secret to detecting Parkinson’s disease
An AI program developed by researchers in Sydney and Boston could help predict the disease up to 15 years before symptoms appear.
- by Angus Thomson
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Automation
Waiting for my QR order, I hunger for the nourishment of human interaction
There may well be monetary benefits in replacing humans with robots and computers, but there is always a heavy societal and political price to pay.
- by Nick Bryant
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AI is revolutionising healthcare, but at what risk for patient privacy and consent?
Artificial Intelligence is now sufficiently sophisticated to re-identify individuals from de-identified health data. We must quickly develop rules for its ethical use.
- by Jon Faine
How a 1958 straw hat casts shade on today’s AI
Entry-level journalism jobs may become a thing of the past.
- by Marion Hume
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When the ‘Godfather of AI’ warns you about his offspring, you listen
Geoffrey Hinton once thought artificial intelligence wouldn’t outstrip its human counterpart for 30 to 50 years. He’s recently changed his mind on that timeline.
- by Waleed Aly