Microsoft has one of the largest and most powerful collections of web servers on the planet. But even it might balk at the thought of a billion or so Windows users hitting data- and processor-intensive generative AI services 24-7. So perhaps it's not surprising that some new language in its online services user license agreement says that Microsoft will employ "temporary throttling of Customer's access to the Microsoft Generative AI service" for excessive use. Exactly what constitutes excessive use of generative AI (which allows a user to create text and images based on specific input, as seen with ChatGPT and DALL-E) is not specified. But as anyone who's tried out these tools knows, it's not an instant process and complex strings of text generation or intricate formatting might take several minutes for a remote server to complete.

Geneva – Biases embedded in artificial intelligence systems increasingly used in healthcare risk deepening discrimination against older people, the World Health Organisation warned. AI technologies hold enormous potential for improving care for older people, but they also carry significant risk, the UN health agency said in a policy brief. "Encoding of stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination in AI technology or their manifestation in its use could undermine… the quality of health care for older people," it said. The brief highlighted how AI systems rely on large, historical datasets with information about people collected, shared, merged and analysed in often opaque ways. The datasets themselves can be faulty or discriminatory, reflecting for instance existing biases in healthcare settings, where ageist practices are widespread.

The influx of hedonic online services (including video streaming, social media, video games) has created rather fierce competition for people's attention, in what is termed the "attention economy--in which every minute of attention and engagement tech companies can "squeeze" out of users counts. To compete in this environment, tech companies, intentionally or unintentionally, have adapted practices that have capitalized on varying features of human decision making and brain physiology to cultivate automatic, and uninterrupted use.4 There is a body of evidence--growing yet debated--suggesting that when some technologies are used excessively, the use can interfere with normal functioning, such as with sleep, physical activity, and school performance.12 What's more, populations such as children and adolescents may be susceptible to excessive use,2 although age related prevalence issues have not always been made clear. We say the evidence is debated because some studies suggest that excessive use may be related to prior mental illness rather than to the technology itself.6

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