Deep Fakes have been threatening elections around the world including the recent Turkish elections. Now experts have started to worry about the upcoming 2024 US elections as they think Deep Fakes could spread disinformation and disrupt the electoral process. Darrell West, from Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, said both the supporters of Trump and Biden are going to use AI to mislead the public.
As Artificial Intelligence strengthens its grip over our lives, there has been an increase in expert voices that suggest curbing the influence as it can threaten humanity’s existence. A recent survey conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, around 61%, more than two-third of the American population, agree that AI threatens the future of humanity.
White House has announced to invest $140 million in creating seven AI research hubs. The announcement came amid increasing scrutiny of AI developments to avoid risks associated with the revolutionary technology.
Geoffrey Hinton, a man known as the Godfather of AI, has resigned from his job at Google, citing dangers associated with the developments in the field. In his interview with the BBC, he warned of the dangers of misinformation and job takeovers as the AI advances further without checks.
Astronomers are now using AI to discover new planets outside our solar system. Scientists from University of Georgia have developed a new system understand and discover planets that lie outside our solar system. The machine learning technique can accurately catch exoplanets by studying gas formed around the newly created stars.
AI has been gradually integrated in every field of science, particularly in the medical field where scientists are using it to know malfunctions before it even occurs. According to the latest research, medical professionals are testing AI to identify signs of Alzheimer’s through speech patterns that are not recognized by family members or even physicians.
Alibaba has revealed its chatbot, a possible ChatGPT rival. Companies around the world are coming up with their own chatbots, grabbing the opportunity to be relevant in the age of AI. Alibaba announced the ChatGPT-style product called ‘Tongyi Qianwen’, and said it’ll be integrated into other Alibaba’s businesses.
India has stunned the world by deciding not to regulate AI. While the world is worried about the dangers of this new highly revolutionary technology, the Indian government has refused to regulate AI. In March, more than 500 experts belonging to different walks of life urged the closure of the AI labs which poses a significant threat to humanity.
The revolutionary OpenAI’s ChatGPt is officially banned in Italy over privacy concerns. The Italian data protection authority banned the ChatGPt and said they are going to investigate the Chatbot for any privacy breach. The privacy watchdog restricted US-owned OpenAI and said the ban will persist until it respects the rules of EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
According to the founder of the facial recognition AI firm, Clearview has run a million searches for the US police. The firm has come under legal scrutiny lately after it has been accused of breaching privacy, but the US police seems to worry less about the legal issues. Clearview can come up with photo suggestions it scrapes from other social media platforms like Facebook.
Scientists are improvising to use the human brain to develop biocomputers. The objective is to use human brains in order to create biological hardware to serve humanity in the long run. With revolutionary advancements in AI, scientists are concerned about the diminishing extraordinary role the human brain can play in storing information and problem-solving.
The United Nations Chief of human rights said that Artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to human rights. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mentioned that the recent advancements in AI posed a great danger to human rights if not controlled or prevented.
