AI Reading for Wednesday September 18

Larry Ellison's AI-Powered Surveillance Dystopia Is Already Here - 404 Media

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OpenAI's o1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of AI's Latest Brainchild - Decrypt - Decrypt

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I guess we doin’ medium risk to create bioweapons now - Firstpost

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“Deep doubt” and the liar's dividend in the era of deepfakes. - Ars Technica

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How A.I., QAnon and Falsehoods Are Reshaping the Presidential Race - NY Times

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ChatGPT helps students perform better with less work but less understanding. - PsyPost

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Reminiscent of this - students who used ChatGPT solved the problem but didn't recall anything. - ACM

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Newsom Says He’s Concerned About ‘Chilling Effect’ of SB 1047 AI Bill. - Bloomberg

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Gavin Newsom signs election ‘deepfake’ ban, calls out Elon Musk's bizarre Harris posts. - Politico

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Google Lens 'About this image' will tell you if it might be AI-generated. - ZDNET

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Forget ChatGPT: why researchers now run small AIs on their laptops - Nature

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Weird AI-generated Hitler videos proliferate on TikTok. - Media Matters for America

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IATA AI: If you are ticked off about a snarky or passive aggressive email you can ask for a second opinion from ChatGPT if you are the asshole - Upworthy

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Using Bland.ai to make an AI chatbot to call a bunch of hotels and ask for room availability and a better deal than what is posted. I'm sure they can't wait to receive these calls. - BoingBoing

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