By Mathiew LEISER MONTREAL, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – Canadian artist and academic Sandra Rodriguez, by hacking artificial intelligence, hopes to demystify the novel technology topping the news of late, while showcasing its power and potential to brighten but also disrupt our lives. In a dimly lit Montreal art space, visitors interact with her exhibit — an AI trained on millions of online searches for erotica that generates a mosaic of pornographic videos that eventually […]
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How cyber scammers are trying to make AI tools pay
By Jules BONNARD Proponents of artificial intelligence say its potential is limitless. But cyber scammers could also use it to their advantage. Analysts explained to AFP how the technology could increase the risk from online crime. – Phishers of emails – Chatbots are the best-known of all AI tools thanks to the rampant success of ChatGPT and many that have come afterwards, not least Google’s Bard. Phishing is the most ubiquitous form of cyber scam, […]
UN calls for age limits for AI tools in schools
The United Nations called on Thursday for strict rules on the use of AI tools such as viral chatbot ChatGPT in classrooms, including limiting their use to older children. In new guidance for governments, the UN’s education body UNESCO warned that public authorities were not ready to deal with the ethical issues of rolling out “generative” Artificial Intelligence programs in schools. The Paris-based body said relying on such programs rather than human teachers could affect […]
AI, do my homework! How ChatGPT pitted teachers against tech
by Jules BONNARD Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Know-it-all chatbots landed with a bang last year, convincing one engineer that machines had become sentient, spreading panic that industries could be wiped out, and creating fear of a cheating epidemic in schools and universities. Alarm among educators has reached fever pitch in recent weeks over ChatGPT, an easy-to-use artificial intelligence tool trained on billions of words and a ton of data from the web. […]





