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Deepfake audio of Sadiq Khan could have caused serious disorder
14 February 2024
London Mayor Sadiq Khan highlighted the potential dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence (AI) after a deepfake audio clip, imitating his voice making inflammatory remarks, nearly incited serious disorder before Armistice Day.
OpenAI researchers warned execs that Project Q* had the power to ‘endanger humanity’
24 November 2023
Researchers working on the OpenAI team warned Board members of a powerful discovery on Project Q*.
Yuval Noah Harari says AI has potential to cause ‘catastrophic’ financial crisis
10 November 2023
Yuval Noah Harari, author and historian, says that the sophistication of artificial intelligence makes predicting future dangers difficult as there is not one “big, dangerous scenario” that everyone understands – unlike when…
AI bot plays role in encouraging man to attempt murder of the late Queen
6 July 2023
A 21-year-old man who attempted to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow was encouraged by a computer-programmed chatbot which he believed to be in a relationship with.
AI will soon be powerful enough to “kill many humans”, adviser warns
6 June 2023
The Prime Minister’s adviser on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has warned that AI systems might be powerful enough to “kill many humans” within just two years, and has suggested countries need to work…
Artificial Intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn
31 May 2023
Experts, including the CEO of OpenAI and Google Deepmind, have warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the extinction of humanity.
