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Ben Wallace suggests Alan Turing statue for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth

The plinth is currently used to showcase artistic works temporarily.

The Independent UK

Imagine your child calling for money. Except it’s not them – it’s an AI scam

Fraudsters are being given more sophisticated ways to trick us into believing they are someone they are not, says James Wise, a trustee of the thinktank Demos

The Guardian - UK

The Turing test for measuring A.I. intelligence is outdated because of ChatGPT’s wizardry, and a new test would be better, DeepMind cofounder says

He proposed a new test that tasks A.I. with turning $100,000 into a million-dollar business.

Fortune

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1st gene-edited snakes use mysterious 'Turing patterns' to achieve near-perfect hexagonal scales

Scientists used CRISPR editing to make the world's 1st genetically modified snakes, giving new insight into how the reptiles develop their patterned scales

LiveScience

Marc Andreessen on A.I., Bitcoin, and Billionaires

Is the A.I. breakthrough for real this time?

Reason

Commentary: Can today’s AI truly learn on its own? Not likely

One of the boldest, most breathless claims being made about artificial intelligence tools is that they have “emergent properties” — impressive abilities gained by these programs that they were supposedly never trained to possess. “60 Minutes,” for example, reported credulously that a Google program taught itself to speak Bengali, while…

Los Angeles Times

ChatGPT can’t think – consciousness is something entirely different to today's AI

There has been shock around the world at the rapid rate of progress with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence created with what’s known as large language models (LLMs). These systems can produce text that seems to display thought, understanding and even creativity.

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Evolution is making us treat AI like a human, and we need to kick the habit

The artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton recently resigned from Google, warning of the dangers of the technology “becoming more intelligent than us”. His fear is that AI will one day succeed in “manipulating people to do what it wants”.

The Conversation

Eric: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and all about the 1980s-set series starring Benedict Cumberbatch

Eric is a Netflix thriller series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as a much-loved but troubled TV puppeteer whose son has gone missing.

WhatToWatch

Scientists warn of AI dangers but don't agree on solutions

Computer scientists who helped build the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence technology are warning of its dangers, but that doesn’t mean they agree on what those dangers are or how to prevent them

The Independent UK

AI to Z: all the terms you need to know to keep up in the AI hype age

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ever more prevalent in our lives. It’s no longer confined to certain industries or research institutions; AI is now for everyone.

The Conversation

Can you spot the bot? Take the ‘human or not’ gaming challenge

This free-to-play viral game asks you to detect if you are chatting to a real person or an AI within two minutes.

Evening Standard

Tim Culpan: Maybe AI needs to write its own dictionary

An explosion of interest in artificial intelligence is irking a lot of people concerned about the encroachment by computers into human domains such as visual arts, music, and literature. More recently, even the terms we use to describe these systems don’t sit well with some who take issue with digging…

Tribune News Service

Alan Turing's famous mathematical model was right all along, chia seed experiment reveals

For the first time, scientists using chia seed experiments have confirmed that Alan Turing's mathematical model can explain patterns seen in nature.

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The Guardian - UK

The danger of blindly embracing the rise of AI

Letters: Readers express their hopes, and fears, about recent developments in artificial intelligence chatbots

Tom’s Guide

No, ChatGPT did not pass the Turing test — but here’s when it could

A rumor has suggested that ChatGPT could pass the Turing test with the launch of GPT-5 in December 2023, making its speech indistinguishable from a human.

Inverse

Chatbots Aren’t Becoming Sentient — Our Biggest Fears Are in Our Heads

Chatbots like ChatGPT raise important new questions about how artificial intelligence will shape our lives, and about how our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies.

The Conversation

AI isn't close to becoming sentient – the real danger lies in how easily we're prone to anthropomorphize it

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Inverse

AI Is Smarter Than Ever – But Some Problems Still Stump Today’s Computers

AI has become highly advanced, but today's computers can't handle certain problems — quantum machines may be the answer.

The Conversation

Limits to computing: A computer scientist explains why even in the age of AI, some problems are just too difficult

Empowered by artificial intelligence technologies, computers today can engage in convincing conversations with people, compose songs, paint paintings, play chess and go, and diagnose diseases, to name just a few examples of their technological prowess.

The Conversation

Can machines invent things without human help? These AI examples show the answer is ‘yes’

The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back to the very beginning of computing. Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote what’s generally considered the first computer program. As she did, she wondered about the limits of what computers could do.

Liverpool Echo

Man described himself as 'martyr for paedophiles' in disturbing seven-page letter

Pervert compared himself to Alan Turing after he was caught out by a threesome gone wrong

Inverse

A pioneer of AI reveals what the tech is really capable of: “It’s not sentient”

If we want to reach true artificial intelligence, we'll need to combine both modern and traditional methods. And we're currently quite far from that goal.

Daily Mirror

Can I still use my old bank notes as £20 and £50 paper bills no longer legal tender

Paper banknotes have been around for more than 300 years, but will cease to be legal tender after September 30

Wales Online

Oh buggery: The monarchy, gay rulers and the dividing opinions held by LGBT+ people

Members of the Welsh LGBT+ community have contrasting views on the monarchy and its history

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