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Alter ego’? Microsoft chatbot wants to be worshipped as a deity

A Microsoft spokesperson said a series of commands caused the artificial intelligence virtual assistant to behave erratically. Users reported on social media that Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) virtual assistant, Copilot, was generating strange responses in which it demanded to be…

EU reaches agreement on landmark artificial intelligence law

European Union (EU) lawmakers and member states reached an agreement on rules governing artificial intelligence (AI). “Historic! The EU becomes the first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI,” European internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said on…

Artificial intelligence has impact and revolutionises social development

Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an enabler of futures poses crucial challenges in the ambit of research and the formation of professionals. In an ever-changing world, universities are gearing up to prepare future generations for jobs and leadership roles that do…

Digital intelligence: challenges of the times

Internet Citizen interviewed Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami of IT for Change, India, on the challenges facing the world, and in particular the Global South, with the artificial intelligence revolution. IT for Change has produced several studies on digital technologies,…

Artificial intelligence can create more jobs, not destroy them

A new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has concluded that Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more likely to increase jobs than destroy them by automating some tasks rather than taking them over entirely. Generative AI is a type…

First debate at UN Security Council on risks and benefits of Artificial Intelligence

With the contribution of experts on the subject and a final call for concerted action, the United Nations Security Council debated for the first time the new realities that the international community is facing with the so-called “artificial intelligence”. In…

Noam Chomsky Speaks on What ChatGPT Is Really Good For

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is sweeping the world. It is transforming every walk of life and raising in the process major ethical concerns for society and the future of humanity. ChatGPT, which is dominating social media, is an AI-powered chatbot developed…

The risk of ChatGPT

Would anyone ask a talented actor not only to act and talk like a skilled surgeon in a convincing manner, but then allow him to take a scalpel and operate on him? It would seem stupid, wouldn’t it? Well, that…

Learning to ask, the challenge of AI

Talking today with a grandmother who has observed education for the last 60 years, first as a pupil, then as a mother and now as a grandmother, she was telling me that what remains unchanged is the definition of a…

Costa Rica uses artificial intelligence to combat hate speech

Costa Rica will be the first Central American nation to use artificial intelligence to combat hate speech and discrimination. The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy was developed with the support of the United Nations country team, according to the United Nations…

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