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Earlier in the week at a Nato conference in London, the cabinet office minister Pat McFadden said that Russia and other adversaries of the UK are trying to use artificial intelligence to enhance cyber-attacks against British infrastructure. He announced the creation of a research programme, called the Laboratory for AI Security Research, to keep on top of emerging threats.
Tech & Science Daily spoke to Dr Ben Goertzel, CEO of the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance and founder of Singularity.Net, who discusses AI cyberattacks in war and a new grants scheme to accelerate the emergence of human-level artificial general intelligence and ‘superintelligence’.
Plus, Happy birthday ChatGPT, National Trust picks 49 good causes to receive Sycamore Gap saplings, Australia passes world-first law banning under-16s from social media accounts.
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- Three-year-old ‘chef’ becomes viral TikTok sensation
- Judy Garland’s iconic ruby slippers go on display in London