Artificial Intelligence
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The AI 'concierge' that will decide who you date
In the Spotlight If the bots click, real life may follow – or that's the idea, says Bumble
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Why deepfakes of dead loved ones are big business in China
Under The Radar AI-generated avatars of deceased 'builds on China's long cultural history of communicating with the dead'
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Perplexity AI: has Google finally met its match?
In the Spotlight Generative AI start-up provides fast, Wikipedia-like responses to search queries
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Should AI have rights?
Talking Points Technology is becoming smarter
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Is the AI bubble deflating?
Today's Big Question Growing skepticism and high costs prompt reconsideration
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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What do Bollywood deepfakes mean for global democracy?
Today's Big Question AI videos can be churned out 'at alarming speed' – and could sway millions of voters
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Is the next cold war a drone-swarm race between US and China?
Today's Big Question Both global superpowers are building up their capacity for surging robotic warfare. What happens next is anyone's guess.
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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AI is causing concern among the LGBTQ community
In the Spotlight One critic believes that AI will 'always fail LGBTQ people'
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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'Do not ignore': the political fundraising emails 'littering' your inbox
The Explainer British voters are being bombarded with emailed pleas for donations and support in the run-up to the next election
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Have we entered the age of AI warfare?
Today's Big Question Israeli military used AI to create 'kill lists' of suspected Hamas militants, say local media
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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How AI is changing drug development
The Explainer Machine learning is allowing scientists to speed up the process of drug discovery and development
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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The push for media literacy in education amid the rise of AI
In the Spotlight A pair of congresspeople have introduced an act to mandate media literacy in schools
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Indie film's 'very brief' use of AI sparks backlash and calls for boycotts
Talking Points Did the creators of a new horror movie make a deal with the artificial intelligence devil?
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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The complex environmental toll of artificial intelligence
The explainer AI is very much mostly not green technology
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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