The Real Danger May Be AI as Dumb as Us
Talk of "super intelligence" distracts from frequent screwups.


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Talk of "super intelligence" distracts from frequent screwups.

Crypto lending has risen by 55% since July, but now has to deal with the dangers of AI assisted hacks, and risks cascading through interlinked protocols. Here'…

From their dorky parties to their weird walks, the movie holds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other stakeholders with contempt, while demonstrating their recklessne…

Israel's conduct in Gaza shows the danger of using AI in warfare. Humans must remain at the center of wartime decisions. As tech leaders warn about the threats…

WASHINGTON - For the first time in over two decades, the Department of War is increasing pay for service members who are engaged in "hostile fire" or "imminent…

According to the U.N., more than 1,000 humanitarian aid workers have been killed in the last three years, while violent incidents affecting aid workers have gr…

Israel and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is here. In recent weeks, concer…

Activists gathered outside the OpenAI offices on Monday during climate week in New York CityOn Monday evening, protesters gathered outside the unmarked Manhatt…

Clocktower's Eric Wallerstein believes stocks are headed for trouble next year, and safety-seeking investors could drive gold to $6,000 an ounce.
Sitting on the sidelines and allowing China to take AI over poses a greater risk than anything.

Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism - and worry - as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.

Judge Judy Sheindlin says there's a "danger" in not retrying Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children.

The king asked attendees, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Google DeepMind Chair Demis Hassabis, to consider the "fundamental principles" that should guid…

'All of these failures placed Mr. Kirk in danger.'

Socialism is usually sold to people through things that sound good: free healthcare, free college, free childcare, affordable housing. But when you listen to s…

Oil prices were at their highest levels in months, and disappointing wholesale-inflation data have sent benchmark 10-year yields closer to the key 5% level.
Latest modeling shows high risks of floods, drought and extreme heat persisting until February 2027.

An unrelenting rout has global bond yields touching their highest levels since 2008, driving up borrowing costs for households, businesses and world government…
In 2022, families spoke with 60 Minutes about the impact of social media on their children. On Wednesday, Meta reached an agreement with dozens of states, sett…

Cloud-linked hazard warnings in the Volvo EX60, EX90 and ES90 flag animals, cyclists and roadworks in real traffic instead of relying on one car alone.

Goldman Sachs is embracing AI, but one of its senior tech leaders warns that it comes with an unintended risk: weakening the reasoning skills of future bankers.

'It will not stop there'

Cost-of-living worries are eroding the GOP's image as economic managers, giving Democrats an advantage.
For Greece, the danger carried grim resonance: a 2018 wildfire at the seaside community of Mati, near Athens, killed 104 people.

The heat that baked the South earlier this week moved west under a so-called heat dome. More than 70 million people are under alert for life-threatening heat c…

António Guterres says strengthening El Niño will help push the world's climate crisis into 'uncharted territory'India's monsoon is in danger and hotter, drier…

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Research shows AI accounts are gaining millions of views on TikTok by spreading dubious health advice. Misleading health claims online pose a "huge danger to p…

An invisible risk stalks construction workers, especially in the summer months. And it's causing a cancer that disproportionately affects those in the sector T…

The war in Ukraine is exposing the dangers of prolonged tourniquet use. US special operations medics are adapting.
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