August 2024

The Download: a new AI risk database, and studying Jupiter’s mysterious moon

August 14, 2024
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A new public database lists all the ways AI could go wrong What’s new: Adopting AI can be fraught with danger. Systems could be biased, or parrot falsehoods, or even become addictive. And…

A new public database lists all the ways AI could go wrong

August 14, 2024
Adopting AI can be fraught with danger. Systems could be biased, or parrot falsehoods, or even become addictive. And that’s before you consider the possibility AI could be used to create new biological or chemical weapons, or even one day somehow spin out of our control.  To manage these potential risks, we first need to…