Glass Wings Blog: AI

The ‘dead internet theory’ makes eerie claims about an AI-run web. The truth is more sinister
1 in 3 people are lonely. Will AI help, or make things worse?
2023: The Year Of AI Panic
2023 was the year of generative AI. What can we expect in 2024?
71% of Australian uni staff are using AI. What are they using it for? What about those who aren’t?
A critique of Cara.app: the 'No AI' Instagram and Artstation copycat child.
‘A fork in the road’: laundry-sorting robot spurs AI hopes and fears at Europe’s biggest tech event
A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem
A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine
A world-first law in Europe is targeting artificial intelligence. Other countries can learn from it
A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world
Adults Are Losing Their Shit About Teen Mental Health On Social Media, While Desperate Teens Are Using AI For Mental Help
AI affects everyone – including Indigenous people. It’s time we have a say in how it’s built
AI and Trust
AI "art" and uncanniness
AI art has no anti-cooption immune system
AI can make up songs now, but who owns the copyright? The answer is complicated
AI can now generate entire songs on demand. What does this mean for music as we know it?
The AI chat app being trialled in NSW schools which makes students work for the answers
AI Checkers Forcing Kids To Write Like A Robot To Avoid Being Called A Robot
AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study
AI could revolutionise environmental planning – if we don’t get trapped in the ‘iron cage of rationality’
AI datacentres to strain Australia’s energy supply, spike prices without change, expert says
AI does stand-up: ‘cruise ship comedy material from the 1950s, but a bit less racist’
AI Doomerism Is Just Marketing
AI for life: how sovereign Wiradyuri ways of knowing can transform technology for good
AI Hype: “Billions of dollars will be incinerated” Business Analysts Warn
The AI industry is on the verge of becoming another boys’ club. We’re all going to lose out if it does
AI is a multi-billion dollar industry. It’s underpinned by an invisible and exploited workforce
AI is coming for our jobs! Could universal basic income be the solution?
AI is creating fake legal cases and making its way into real courtrooms, with disastrous results
AI is creeping into the visual effects industry – and it could take the human touch out of film and TV
AI is everywhere – including countless applications you’ve likely never heard of
AI is fuelling a deepfake porn crisis in South Korea. What’s behind it – and how can it be fixed?
AI Is Helping Indigenous Teens in Brazil Keep Their Mother Tongue Alive
A.I. Is Helping Scholars Decipher the Epic of Gilgamesh
AI Is Hitting A Hard Ceiling It Can't Pass
AI is making smart devices – watches, speakers, doorbells – easier to hack. Here’s how to stay safe
AI is not a magic wand – it has built-in problems that are difficult to fix and can be dangerous
AI is set to transform science – but will we understand the results?
AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?
AI laser that reads heartbeat through the throat could replace stethoscopes
AI ‘nudify’ sites are being sued for victimising people. How can we battle deepfake abuse?
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
AI propaganda campaign in Rwanda has been pushing pro-Kagame messages – a dangerous new trend in Africa
The AI Revolution and the Economy Have Killed My Highly-Skilled Job
AI Safety for Fleshy Humans
The AI That Stole $25,000,000
AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?
AI tutors could be coming to the classroom – but who taught the tutor, and should you trust them?
Air pollution in South Africa: affordable new devices use AI to monitor hotspots in real time
Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?
An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge
An AI-driven influence operation is spreading pro-China propaganda across YouTube
An Only Slightly Modest Proposal: If AI Companies Want More Content, They Should Fund Reporters, And Lots Of Them
An Post releases ‘Imagine Ireland’ AI stamp that’s also an NFT — in 2024
Animals in the machine: why the law needs to protect animals from AI
Artificial intelligence is already in our hospitals. 5 questions people want answered
Artificial intelligence is taking the consulting industry by storm – should we be concerned?
As AI and megaplatforms take over, the hyperlinks that built the web may face extinction
Australia has led the way regulating gene technology for over 20 years. Here’s how it should apply that to AI
Australian writers have been envisioning AI for a century. Here are 5 stories to read as we grapple with rapid change
Australians say AI shouldn’t produce political news, but it’s OK for sport: new research
Australia’s privacy regulator just dropped its case against ‘troubling’ facial recognition company Clearview AI. Now what?
Baltimore Athletic Director Arrested Over AI 'Recording' of School's Principal
Beware businesses claiming to use trailblazing technology. They might just be ‘AI washing’ to snare investors
Black Teens’ Schoolwork Twice As Likely To Be Falsely Flagged As AI-Generated
Bricked into a corner: LEGO® AI art debacle is worse than the Willy Wonka AI disaster
Can AI help boost accessibility? These researchers tested it for themselves
Can I take your order – and your data? The hidden reason retailers are replacing staff with AI bots
Canada warns of AI-driven Russian 'bot farm' spreading disinformation online
Catholic AI Priest Stripped Of Priesthood After Some Unfortunate Interactions
CES 2024: AI pillows and toothbrushes - is it all getting a bit silly?
Character.ai: Young people turning to AI therapist bots
Chatbots offer cops the “ultimate out” to spin police reports, expert says
ChatGPT Cheating Fears Seem Overstated
ChatGPT Dreams Up Fake Studies, Alaska Cites Them To Support School Phone Ban
ChatGPT is changing the way we write. Here’s how – and why it’s a problem
ChatGPT is now better than ever at faking human emotion and behaviour
ChatGPT, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
ChatGPT predicts tremendous role for ChatGPT in UK government
Chinese social media users hilariously mock AI video fails
Clap Or AI Gets It
Clones in the classroom: why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven teaching tools
Clue in the windscreen may be key in legal challenge to Queensland’s AI traffic fine system
Come to sunny Melbourne! Don’t worry about the AI mutants invading the parks
The Coming AI Bust
Composing music with AI isn't new, but recent advances have serious implications for the music industry
‘Computer says no’: more employers are using AI to recruit, increasing the risk of discrimination
Cosmos Magazine publishes AI-generated articles, drawing criticism from journalists, co-founders
Could AI help save the planet? Four ways it’s already making a world of difference
The Cult of AI
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators
The Death of Critical Thinking Will Kill Us Long Before AI.
Deepfake of U.S. Official Appears After Shift on Ukraine Attacks in Russia
Deepfakes of Australian politicians including Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher used in investment scams
The ‘digital divide’ is already hurting people’s quality of life. Will AI make it better or worse?
Disinformation and deepfakes played a part in the US election. Australia should expect the same
Editor-In-Chief Of RT, Russia’s Main Propaganda Network, Says Many Of Its Presenters Are AI-Generated – If You Can Believe Her
Effective Altruism’s Bait-and-Switch: From Global Poverty To AI Doomerism
Elon Musk Doesn't Understand AI
Emory University Suspends Students Over AI Study Tool The School Gave Them $10k To Build And Promoted
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real
FCC bans robocalls using deepfake voice clones − but AI-generated disinformation still looms over elections
Ferrari exec foils deepfake attempt by asking the scammer a question only CEO Benedetto Vigna could answer
For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. But an AI-powered Auslan avatar can help
Four ways AI is making the power grid faster and more resilient
Freedom of information laws are key to exposing AI wrongdoing. The current system isn’t up to the task
From besting Tetris AI to epic speedruns – inside gaming’s most thrilling feats
From climate change to landfill, AI promises to solve Earth’s big environmental problems – but there’s a hitch
Generative AI hype is ending – and now the technology might actually become useful
Generative AI in the classroom risks further threatening Indigenous inclusion in schools
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal: And Generative AI Does The Marketing For Both
The government says more people need to use AI. Here’s why that’s wrong
Government test shows humans far outperforming AI because they understand the task better
GraphCast: AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting
The Grimy Residue of the AI Bubble
Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI
Honest Government Ad | AI
How Allowing Copyright On AI-Generated Works Could Destroy Creative Industries
How hard is it to cheat in technical interviews with ChatGPT? We ran an experiment.
How to Raise Your Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Alison Gopnik and Melanie Mitchell
I am tired of AI
I assure you, an AI didn't write a terrible "George Carlin" routine
I got generative AI to attempt an undergraduate law exam. It struggled with complex questions
I had no photos of my mother’s pregnancy and migration, so I found a way for AI to help fill in the gaps
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again
If Creators Suing AI Companies Over Copyright Win, It Will Further Entrench Big Tech
I'm Now Terrified of AI, And You Should Be Too
I’m watching ‘AI upscaled’ Star Trek and it isn’t terrible
In a new manifesto, OpenAI’s Sam Altman envisions an AI utopia – and reveals glaring blind spots
Is OpenAI A Ponzi Scheme?
Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law
‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators?
Judge Experiments With ChatGPT, And It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds
Juicy Licensing Deals With AI Companies Show That Publishers Don’t Actually Care About Creators
Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’
Layoffs and AI sour annual Game Developers Conference: ‘The vibe is rancid’
Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare
LJ Hooker branch used AI to generate real estate listing with non-existent schools
LLMs can solve any word problem! As long as they can crib the answer
LLMs have a strong bias against use of African American English
Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities – with a little help from AI
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot
Most Australians are worried about artificial intelligence, new survey shows. Improved media literacy is vital
No people, no problem: AI chatbots predict elections better than humans
Noam Chomsky turns 95: the social justice advocate paved the way for AI. Does it keep him up at night?
The NY Times Lawsuit Against OpenAI Would Open Up The NY Times To All Sorts Of Lawsuits Should It Win
Pivot to AI: Hallucinations worsen as the money runs out
Pluralistic: AI's "human in the loop" isn't
Power-hungry AI is driving a surge in tech giant carbon emissions. Nobody knows what to do about it
Proton Mail goes AI, security-focused userbase goes ‘what on earth’
The real AI fight
Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers
The Real Threat AI Poses to Writers and Artists
Reality Hits AI Very Hard Again
Researchers jailbreak AI robots to run over pedestrians, place bombs for maximum damage, and covertly spy
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
Rice Farming Gets an AI Upgrade
The rise of the ‘machine defendant’ – who’s to blame when an AI makes mistakes?
Robot Vacuums That Collect Photos, Videos And Audio Of Users To Train AI Models Start Yelling Obscenities And Chasing Dogs
Rural Kenyans power West’s AI revolution. Now they want more
Russia shares AI images of Hurricane Milton as disinformation abounds in US
Scholars: AI isn’t “hallucinating” — it’s bullshitting
Senator David Pocock creates AI deepfakes of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton to call for ban ahead of election
‘Side job, self-employed, high-paid’: behind the AI slop flooding TikTok and Facebook
Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs That Persist Through Safety Training
Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future
So, you’ve been scammed by a deepfake. What can you do?
Social robot or digital avatar, users interact with this AI technology as if it’s real
SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your posts
Spam, junk … slop? The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’
Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
Stable Video AI Watched 600,000,000 Videos!
Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI
Survey finds generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators
Taylor Swift deepfakes: new technologies have long been weaponised against women. The solution involves us all
TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English
Ten Ways AI Will Change Democracy
They Praised AI at SXSW—and the Audience Started Booing
This Fatal Flaw Could Kill The AI Industry
Thom Yorke and Julianne Moore join thousands of creatives in AI warning
Turning Trash Into Treasure: How AI Is Revolutionizing Waste Sorting
Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help
The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human
Until now, sellers have used AI to get the best deal for themselves – those tables are about to turn
Use of AI in property valuation is on the rise – but we need greater transparency and trust
We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy development
What Do AI Companies Want With the Media?
What happens when we outsource boring but important work to AI? Research shows we forget how to do it ourselves
What I Learned When My AI Kermit Slop Went Viral
What is ‘model collapse’? An expert explains the rumours about an impending AI doom
What kind of bubble is AI?
What makes a good tree? We used AI to ask birds
Why an ‘AI health coach’ won’t solve the world’s chronic disease problems
Why We Don’t Know AI's True Water Footprint
Worried About AI Voice Clone Scams? Create a Family Password
‘You’re Fighting AI With AI’: Bots Are Breaking the Hiring Process
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