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Is the AI apocalypse actually coming? What life could look like if robots take over

From job losses to mass extinction events, experts are warning that AI technology risks opening a Pandora’s Box of horrors if left unchecked — are they right to be sounding the klaxon? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

What's new in robots? An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes poems

Robots are on display at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in London, where visitors can get a glimpse of the future

The Independent UK

Astronauts Are Testing How To Steer Robots on a Planet From Orbit

The European Space Agency has been doing a series of robotic teleoperation experiments where an astronaut abroad on the ISS controls a robot back on the ground.

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From self-driving cars to military surveillance: quantum computing can help secure the future of AI systems

Artificial intelligence algorithms are quickly becoming a part of everyday life. Many systems that require strong security are either already underpinned by machine learning or soon will be. These systems include facial recognition, banking, military targeting applications, and robots and autonomous vehicles, to name a few.

The Conversation

Minister’s Satisfaction at plan to make delivery robots play Rolling Stones

MPs heard the public should be given a chance to choose songs played by home delivery robots.

The Independent UK

Robots are replacing noisy drills to keep sewer work disruption to a minimum

The existing sewers are being relined using specialist equipment deep underground that requires just a few excavations in certain locations

Bristol Post

Baffling image of Elon Musk kissing a ROBOT goes viral as fears about danger of AI grows

Billionaire Elon Musk has been pictured with several female humanoid robots - but it has since emerged that the images have been made using AI as part of a warning

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BT boss pockets nearly £10million in three years while he plans to axe staff for robots

Philip Jansen has been blasted as he looks set for bonus and share payouts worth up to 200% of his £1.1million basic wage despite BT's 12% dip in profits over the past year

Daily Mirror

The A.I. future according to Cathie Wood: full interview

Wood opened up at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen conference about Elon Musk, Bitcoin, and the millions who followed her advice when she got it wrong.

Fortune

AI job fears: how can we regulate the ‘rise of the robots’?

The “AI jobs bloodbath” is said to be underway after BT announced it will lose up to 55,000 staff by the end of the decade, with many roles being replaced by artificial intelligence.

The Week

No, Elon Musk is not building a 'robot wife'

According to some internet users, pictures of Tesla founder Elon Musk kissing humanoid female robots are proof of Tesla's final stages of production for a "robot wife". But the images are AI-generated, including work by the same artist who created a viral image of the pope in a puffer jacket.…

France 24

First Supreme Court Opinion to Contain Nudes (in Color, Yet, and 3 of Them)?

That's today's dissent in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, written by Justice Kagan and joined by Chief Justice Roberts (see pdf pp. 81-83). But I read the U.S. Reports only for the articles. Note that at least one lower court decision, Cariou v. Prince [not…

Reason

BT to shed up to 55,000 jobs by end of decade as robots take over

AI will be “as big as the internet” -- BT boss

Evening Standard

Canadian engineers program ‘companion’ robot to help find missing items

It’s aimed at those with dementia, but could eventually help even the mildly forgetful

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Al Jazeera

Are killer robots the future of war?

They could transform the battlefield but is the world ready for machines that decide who to kill? No, say many nations.

Cinemablend

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Director Explains How His Work On Creed II Was ‘Super Helpful’ For The Movie

Steven Caple Jr. revealed how directing Creed II helped him prepare for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

Evening Standard

I outsourced my life to AI for a week, from making lunches to planning dates — here’s what I learnt

Groundbreaking new chatbots ChatGPT and Google Bard can write novels, generate code and ace the bar exam — but how much of our lives can we actually trust them with? Katie Strick investigates

The Guardian - AU

Robots, a barbershop and bagpipes: a Sydney school reinvents its tough past and what it means to love learning

Granville Boys high school was once known for violence and low attendance. An infusion of new programs has brought in happier students and record enrolments

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AI is coming for Hollywood scriptwriters – this is how they are going to do it

Artificial intelligence mashups of Lord of the Rings, Pixar and Wes Anderson are amusing novelties, but how long before the robots are generating whole screenplays – and can we be sure they’re not already?

Inverse

Inside Lamborghini's Hybrid Supercar, the Revuelto

The 1,001-horsepower Revuelto is pushing a classic manufacturer to mix the latest building techniques with classic craftsmanship.

France 24

No, this robot didn't collapse from exhaustion after 'a long day's work'

A video with nearly 5 million views on Twitter shows a robot collapsing to the ground after putting away some boxes. According to those who shared the post, the robot collapsed after a "long day's work" which caused it to deactivate itself from exhaustion. However, the scene actually took place…

ABC News

Philosopher Peter Singer weighs in on AI, robot rights and being kinder to animals

Australian ethicist Peter Singer believes as machines move closer to consciousness and become "capable of suffering or enjoying their lives", humanity will face incredibly difficult decisions.

Inverse

Intelligent “Plantoid” Robots Could Build a Mars Colony from the Ground Up

Barbara Mazzolai’s roboplants could analyze and enrich soil, search for water and other chemicals, or even be used to grow infrastructure from scratch.

France 24

Are fighting robots being manufactured in the United States? Nope, it’s special effects

Are there really robots ready to take over the world? The robot who appears in a viral video looks ready to do just that when he does a showy backflip and throws a few punches. A number of posts online claimed that the robot was made by Boston Dynamics, an…

Fortune

IBM CEO says we ‘work better together’ while announcing plans to cut jobs that A.I. can do

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna appears to imagine a world of harmony between robots and workers, at least in his office.

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