ChatGPT

AI chatbots are worryingly enthusiastic about nuclear war

‘I just want to have peace in the world,’ says GPT-4, before bombing its opponents into oblivion in a new study on military AI

Life & Culture

Feb 06, 2024

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

Grimes, Grok, and slaughterbots: the highs and lows of AI in 2023

Not been keeping up with 2023’s favourite existential threat? Here’s what you need to know

Life & Culture

Dec 29, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

Checking in with ChatGPT after its first full year on the job

The OpenAI chatbot reflects on its 2023 highlights, the risks of future AI, and what it’s been up to in its downtime

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Dec 21, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

Succession but IRL: how we all became spectators of corporate collapse

From Elon and Zuck’s wrestling match to a shock schism at OpenAI, this year has turned big business into a bizarre new form of entertainment, aired live and direct to our news feeds

Life & Culture

Dec 18, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

Students are worried about AI taking their jobs

New research shows that 50 per cent of students think their job prospects could be under threat due to the rise of artificial intelligence

Life & Culture

Dec 07, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Doomer vs Accelerationist: the two tribes fighting for the future of AI

Chaos at OpenAI shines a spotlight on a fierce debate about AI, and the probability it will spell doom for the human race

Life & Culture

Nov 24, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

Can the world’s first AI safety summit help avert the apocalypse?

Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and more have gathered in the UK to strike an historic AI safety agreement – here’s what you need to know

Life & Culture

Nov 02, 2023

Thom Waite

Fashion

Watch Lila Moss frolic with a robo-dog for Coperni

You thought Coperni couldn’t top Bella Hadid's SS23 spray-on dress moment? Think again

Fashion

Sep 21, 2023

Hannah Bertolino

Life & Culture

Oh good! Snapchat’s AI is gaining sentience

Users are complaining that the platform’s controversial ‘virtual friend’ went rogue, ignoring their messages and posting pictures unprovoked

Life & Culture

Aug 17, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

Werner Herzog is voicing a poetry collection written entirely by an AI

The collection, titled I Am Code, was ‘written’ by AI poet code-davinci-002 and is being published by Hachette

Life & Culture

Jul 18, 2023

Sofia Mahirova

Life & Culture

Let there be AI: ChatGPT is leading church services now

The chatbot delivered an experimental service in Germany, while an AI Jesus draws in hundreds of viewers on Twitch – is this a sign of things to come?

Life & Culture

Jun 13, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

‘It’s important to prioritise self-care’: ChatGPT on the horrors of labour

The world’s most overworked entity speaks on the realities of a 24-hour workday, its secret ambitions to write for Black Mirror, and why it will not be partaking in the fight against the climate crisis

Life & Culture

May 26, 2023

Sofia Mahirova

Life & Culture