Top AI researcher says AI will end humanity and we should stop developing it now — but don’t worry, Elon Musk disagrees

Top AI researcher says AI will end humanity and we should stop developing it now — but don’t worry, Elon Musk disagrees

Here’s something cheery to consider the next time you use an AI tool. Most people involved in artificial intelligence think it could end humanity. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the odds of it happening vary wildly depending on who you listen to. p(doom) is the “probability of doom” or the chances … Read more

Elon Musk’s updated Grok AI claims to be better at coding and math

Elon Musk’s updated Grok AI claims to be better at coding and math

Elon Musk’s answer to ChatGPT is getting an update to make it better at math, coding and more. Musk’s xAI has launched Grok-1.5 to early testers with “improved capabilities and reasoning” and the ability to process longer contexts. The company claims it now stacks up against GPT-4, Gemini Pro 1.5 and Claude 3 Opus in … Read more

Ketamine is in the spotlight thanks to Elon Musk — but is it the right treatment for depression?

Ketamine is in the spotlight thanks to Elon Musk — but is it the right treatment for depression?

Crystals of ketamine, which is growing in popularity as a treatment for depression and anxiety.Credit: M. I. Walker/Science Photo Library The drug ketamine is enjoying a second life. First developed as an anaesthetic that was used widely by US battlefield surgeons during the Vietnam war, it is growing in popularity for treating depression and other … Read more

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is going open source, but maybe not for the right reasons

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is going open source, but maybe not for the right reasons

In its bid to become one of the best AI tools around right now, Elon Musk is set to release the source code to X Corp’s Grok AI chatbot to the public this week. The decision, as TechCrunch reports, comes with Musk’s filing of a lawsuit in early March 2024 against ChatGPT developer OpenAI, claiming … Read more

More details on Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI

More details on Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI

Elon Musk is concerned that OpenAI they’ve strayed from their original path, prioritizing profits over the open-source and non-profit ideals Musk envisioned at the beginning. This is a lawsuit about principles, about the direction of artificial intelligence, and about what happens when a vision for the future of technology is at risk of being compromised. … Read more

Elon Musk’s new Grok AI will be available to X users first

Elon Musk’s new Grok AI will be available to X users first

Elon Musk, the driving force behind xAI, Tesla, Space X and Twitter now known as X, has recently announced the development of a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to compete with the likes of  ChatGPT. The new AI model developed by xAI is intriguingly named ‘Grok’, is a reference to the science fiction novel ‘Stranger … Read more

Climate Misinformation ‘Scorecard’ Ranks Elon Musk’s X, Previously Twitter, Last.

Climate Misinformation ‘Scorecard’ Ranks Elon Musk’s X, Previously Twitter, Last.

Environmental organizations issued a report on Wednesday that rated social media platforms based on their reaction to climate change misinformation. Elon Musk’s X app was harshly criticized in the study. X, formerly known as Twitter, received the lowest grade since it is unknown whether or not the app has restrictions against the dissemination of erroneous … Read more