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Why an AI 'godfather' is quitting Meta after 12 years

BBC News

Why an AI'godfather' is quitting Meta after 12 years Just a couple of weeks ago, one of the godfathers of artificial intelligence was in St James's Palace being handed an award from King Charles for his work in artificial intelligence (AI). Professor Yann LeCun was being honoured along with six other recipients for his contributions to the field, which have been credited as advancing deep learning. But Mr LeCun is at odds with some of the AI world over the future of the generation-defining technology. And now he is going all-in on his idea of advanced machine intelligence after announcing he is leaving his role as Meta's chief AI scientist to start a new firm. During his 12 years at the company, Prof LeCun won the prestigious Turing Award and witnessed several flurries of excitement around AI - not least the most recent boom in generative AI accelerated by rival OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT in late 2022.


Why a classical education may be the key to humanity's future in the AI era

FOX News

NVIDIA CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang commends President Donald Trump's A.I. agenda and outlines what the country's job future will look like on'Special Report.' Classical and character-based education may seem to some antiquated concepts in the new AI-driven world. However, two recent and prominent AI developments definitively prove the opposite to be true. Going back to our nation's founding, great minds were universal in the belief that the survival of the Republic depended on an educated and virtuous public. Now, if AI experts are to be believed, classical and character education is fundamental to the very survival of humanity.


Chatbots will be able to teach children TWICE as fast as teachers in the next 10 years, says the 'godfather of AI'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Chatbots will be able to teach children more than twice as fast as teachers can within the next decade, the so-called godfather of AI has predicted. Geoffrey Hinton, who won a Nobel Prize for his work on the technology, also claimed AI personal tutors would'be much more efficient and less boring'. Speaking at Gitex Europe, the British computer scientist said: 'It's not there yet, but it's coming, and so we'll get much better education at many levels.' AI personal tutors are already being trialled in UK schools, with the technology now able to talk directly to the student and adapt lesson plans to their knowledge level. The government has already funnelled millions of pounds into AI education initiatives – though it has claimed the technology will'absolutely not' replace teachers.

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'Godfather of AI' reveals the startling odds that artificial intelligence will take over humanity

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Scientist and physicist Geoffrey Hinton believes there could be a one in five chance that humanity will eventually be taken over by artificial intelligence. Hinton, a Nobel laureate in physics who's been dubbed the'godfather of AI', made the startling prediction in an April 1 interview with CBS News that was aired on Saturday morning. 'I'm in the unfortunate position of happening to agree with Elon Musk on this, which is that there's a 10 to 20 percent chance that these things will take over, but that's just a wild guess,' Hinton said. Besides his cost-cutting responsibilities in the federal government, Musk is the chief executive of xAI, the company that made the AI chatbot Grok. Musk has said AI will become smarter than the entire human race by 2029.


Sylvester Stallone putting money into artificial intelligence after 'Godfather' warning

FOX News

Sylvester Stallone is the latest celebrity embracing artificial intelligence. The "Rocky" star invested, along with several others, in Largo.ai, an AI-driven analytics platform for film, TV and advertising, raising 7.5 million in financing for the company. "We are very happy to have a cinema legend like Sylvester Stallone supporting our journey. Stallone's story in cinema and the disruption that he created is truly very inspiring for any entrepreneur like me and his support in the new era of cinema with AI by being a partner in Largo.ai is truly encouraging for us," Largo.ai CEO and co-founder Sami Arpa told Fox News Digital in a statement.


AI 'godfather' predicts another revolution in the tech in next five years

The Guardian

One of the "godfathers" of modern artificial intelligence has predicted a further revolution in the technology by the end of the decade, and says current systems are too limited to create domestic robots and fully automated cars. Yann LeCun, the chief AI scientist at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, said new breakthroughs are needed in order for the systems to understand and interact with the physical world. LeCun spoke as one of seven engineers who were awarded the 500,000 Queen Elizabeth prize for engineering on Tuesday for their contributions to machine learning, a cornerstone of AI. Recent breakthroughs in the sector, led by the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, have heightened expectations – and fears – of systems gaining human levels of intelligence. However, LeCun said there was some way to go before AIs matched humans or animals, with the current cutting-edge technology excelling at "manipulating language" but not at understanding the physical world.


Oh, I'm sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress Marina Hyde

The Guardian

I once saw an episode of America's Dumbest Criminals where a man called the cops to report his car stolen, only for it to turn out he'd stolen it from someone else in the first place. I couldn't help thinking of him this week while watching OpenAI's Sam Altman wet his pants about the fact that a Chinese hedge fund might have made unauthorised use of his own chatbot models, including ChatGPT, to train its new little side project. This is the cheaper, more open, extremely share-price-slashing DeepSeek. As news of DeepSeek played havoc with the tech stock market, OpenAI pressed its hanky to its nose and released a statement: "We are aware of and reviewing indications that DeepSeek may have inappropriately distilled our models, and will share information as we know more," this ran. "We take aggressive, proactive countermeasures to protect our technology."


Sylvester Stallone warns fake 'Godfather' movie trailer using AI is 'not to be taken seriously'

FOX News

President-elect Donald Trump touted his recent Cabinet picks as he prepares his White House return. The Fox & Friends co-hosts react. Sylvester Stallone is warning his fans after a fake trailer for "The Godfather Part 4" went viral online. Stallone, 78, took to social media to comment on the fan-made video creation. Lol this is definitely not to be taken seriously!" the Hollywood actor laughed and wrote on Instagram. His post included two photos of Stallone, one of him smoking a cigar and the second of the actor holding a gun. Sylvester Stallone sent a message to his fans after a fake trailer for "The Godfather Part 4" went viral online. The creator of the fake "Godfather 4" video trailer sent a message to viewers explaining how it was made. "Please note that this video is a concept trailer created solely for artistic and entertainment purposes.


'Godfather of AI' shortens odds that new technology will wipe out human race over the next 30 years

Daily Mail - Science & tech

The British-Canadian computer scientist dubbed the'Godfather of AI' has shortened the odds of artificial intelligence (AI) wiping out humans over the next 30 years, warning the technology could one day'take control'. Professor Geoffrey Hinton said we need to be'very careful' and'very thoughtful' about the development of AI which he says is'potentially very dangerous'. He had previously said there was a 10 per cent chance of the technology causing the extinction of the human race - but now predicts that figure to be '10 per cent to 20 per cent', because of the rapid pace at which AI is developing. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Professor Hinton said: 'You see, we've never had to deal with things more intelligent than ourselves before.' He continued: 'And how many examples do you know of a more intelligent thing being controlled by a less intelligent thing?


'Godfather of AI' shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years

The Guardian

The British-Canadian computer scientist often touted as a "godfather" of artificial intelligence has shortened the odds of AI wiping out humanity over the next three decades, warning the pace of change in the technology is "much faster" than expected. Prof Geoffrey Hinton, who this year was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his work in AI, said there was a "10% to 20%" chance that AI would lead to human extinction within the next three decades. Previously Hinton had said there was a 10% chance of the technology triggering a catastrophic outcome for humanity. Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme if he had changed his analysis of a potential AI apocalypse and the one in 10 chance of it happening, he said: "Not really, 10% to 20%." Hinton's estimate prompted Today's guest editor, the former chancellor Sajid Javid, to say "you're going up", to which Hinton replied: "If anything. You see, we've never had to deal with things more intelligent than ourselves before."

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