AI could transform healthcare, the workplace, filmmaking and education — but its power could also be destructive in the wrong hands.Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt elaborated on the risks of AI in a Monday episode of The Prof G Pod podcast with NYU professor, entrepreneur and author Scott Galloway. Though Schmidt highlighted that AI improves productivity for nearly everyone, he also acknowledged that the technology could be used to hurt human beings in the future.”The most obvious one is their use in biology,” Schmidt stated. “Can these systems, at some point in the future, generate biological pathogens that could harm…
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Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images In 1818, Mary Shelley invented a technology that has been used for both good and ill in the centuries since. It is called science fiction. You may not think a literary genre counts as technology, but sci-fi stories have long been tools for predicting and critiquing science. Shelley’s Frankenstein, regarded by many as the first true sci-fi novel, was powerful enough for South Africa to ban it in 1955. It set the formula with a tale that serves even today as a warning of unintended consequences. The precise science employed by the eponymous Victor Frankenstein in his…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states.The man’s attorneys celebrated Monday’s verdict, saying they are hopeful it will prevent other men from falling victim to a scheme that involved fraud and what they described as dangerous penile injections. They said the punitive and compensatory damages total the largest amount to ever be awarded by a jury in a medical malpractice case in the U.S.“It’s a national record-setting case and it’s righteous because I don’t think there’s…
Uber is facing an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into its flagship subscription plan, the company has said.As first reported by Bloomberg, the US consumer watchdog was probing the ride-hailing giant over the enrolment and cancellation procedures of the service.Uber One, which has more than 25 million subscribers around the world, offers fee-paying members discounts on rides and deliveries.The FTC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BBC News.“We will continue to answer any questions the FTC may have about our cancellation policies,” said an Uber spokesperson.“The Uber One cancellation process follows both the…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldThe Bank of Korea on Thursday cut interest rates unexpectedly in a rare back-to-back move reflecting concern over the impact of Donald Trump’s second presidency on Asia’s fourth-largest economy.The BoK lowered the benchmark rate by a quarter-point to 3 per cent amid falling inflation and slowing growth. The move came as the central bank cut this year’s estimated growth rate to 2.2 per cent from 2.4 per cent and next year’s to 1.9 per cent from 2.1 per cent.“Our decision…
Tim Walz says he’s friends with school shooters. Wow! Do you remember Chris Cillizza? He used to write for CNN but got cut a few years ago. He is still active on Twitter/X and other platforms. He recently wrote a thread about the Kamala Harris campaign and her choice of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Now that the election is over, it seems Cillizza is willing to examine some of the tougher questions about the 2024 Democratic ticket and where things went wrong. Take a look below: 1/ The election ended 3 weeks ago. Enough time has…
Tom Brady is reportedly spending Thanksgiving without his children.The ex-footballer’s former wife, Gisele Bündchen, is said to have gone on vacation with their kids and her boyfriend, Joaquim Valente.Tom Brady himself will be “tied up with work” that day, calling the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants.Article continues below advertisementTom Brady Will Spend Thanksgiving WorkingMEGAThis Thanksgiving, Tom Brady will reportedly celebrate the holiday without his kids or his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen.The Fox Sports NFL broadcaster divorced the model in October 2022. During their marriage, they welcomed two children, Benjamin and Vivian. Brady also has a son,…
ASYLUM CLAIMS Waves of Canadian citizenship applications from distraught Democrats may be unlikely, but experts agree Canada could face more refugee claims. Sean Rehaag, director of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies, has noted the number of US citizens who sought asylum in Canada spiked when Trump first took office. In 2016, 129 Americans made refugee claims in Canada. That jumped to 869 in 2017 and 642 in 2018. Rehaag has written that those 1,500 were “mainly the children of people fearing deportation due to a change of their immigration status after spending years in the United States”. Given Trump’s…
A computer game that allows users to recreate aspects of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel has been removed from the popular gaming platform Steam in the United Kingdom at the request of counterterrorism police, according to emails and the game’s creator. Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, released in 2022, lets gamers play as the fictional character “Ahmad al-Falastini,” a young Palestinian student, as he takes revenge on Israeli soldiers who tortured him and killed his family. An updated version of the game called Operation al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas uses for its October 7, 2023 attack,…
It did not take long for Daniel Jones to find a new home after parting ways with the New York Giants on Monday. On Wednesday, Fox Sports NFL Insider Jordan Schultz confirmed that Jones is signing with the Minnesota Vikings. The announcement comes just two days after Jones officially became a free agent on Monday.While the deal with the Vikings is a one-year, $375,000 deal through the remainder of the 2024 season, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, he will start on the Vikings practice squad. Despite losing rookie J.J. McCarthy for the season with a meniscus injury in his right knee,…