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13.10.26 - 17:18
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The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis (The Guardian)
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The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their 'inevitability doctrine'. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is risingOf all the drivers of the populist wave, one of the most powerful is the sense of inevitability that surrounds what we are told is the march of progress. In presenting the future as a fait accompli, it poisons the civic well by dealing us out of the game.While the US clings on to its status as the oldest constitutional democracy, the unholy alliance between the tech overlords and the White House is creating its own AI reality untethered to the will of the people. Continue reading......
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13.10.26 - 17:18
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One essential ingredient for AI safety? Democracy | Matthew Botvinick (The Guardian)
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The rise of AI makes the preservation of democracy even more urgent – especially as the technology threatens institutionsAI safety is having a moment. After years as a topic for techies and futurists, the potential risks from artificial intelligence systems – from cyberattacks to hyper-persuasion to rogue behavior – are suddenly under discussion both in the corridors of power and around kitchen tables.In fact, the conversation now reaches beyond classical safety concerns, getting into AI's impact on economic life and the environment, as well as possible responses, from alignment research to government regulation. Continue reading......
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13.10.26 - 17:18
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Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back (The Guardian)
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Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality workEmployers around the globe are grappling with the fallout from rushing to adopt fast-changing artificial intelligence tools.Meta has scaled back plans to axe staff and use more AI agents after the company found employees were spending more and more time cleaning up technical and security errors, Reuters reported. And after thinning its workforce, especially middle managers, in a 2023 efficiency push, the company is expanding its managerial ranks again, LinkedIn posts from workers show. Continue reading......
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13.10.26 - 17:12
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Can Infrastructure Keep Pace With AI? (Bloomberg)
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Sanjiv Ahuja, Chairman & CEO, Tillman Global Holdings; Abhijit Dubey, President & CEO, NTT DATA, Inc.; Salil Parekh, CEO & Managing Director, Infosys; and Connor Teskey, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management discuss the physical constraints of scaling AI with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn at the 2026 Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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13.10.26 - 17:06
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OpenAI to add 200 Dublin jobs and launch applied AI laboratory (Digitimes)
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OpenAI will add 200 jobs at its European headquarters in Dublin and establish an applied AI laboratory, expanding its planned Irish workforce to 450 positions. The investment, announced in October 2026, is intended to strengthen the company's European operations, support AI adoption by businesses, and expand applied AI research and commercialization in Ireland....
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