Less than three hours after the stabbing attack on Monday that led to the death of three children, an AI-generated image was shared on X by an account called Europe Invasion. It depicted bearded men in traditional Muslim dress outside the Houses of Parliament, one waving a knife, behind a crying child in a union jack T-shirt. The tweet, which has since been viewed 900,000 times, was captioned: "We must protect our children!" and shared by one of the most potent accounts for misinformation about the Southport stabbings. AI technology has been used in other ways, including an anti-immigration Facebook group that illustrated a call to attend a rally in Middlesbrough by generating an image of a large crowd at the town's cenotaph. Platforms like Suno – which employs AI to generate music complete with vocals and instruments – have been used to create online songs combining references to Southport with xenophobic content.

Concerns regarding artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation have recently received a considerable amount of attention. Do these advancements pose a threat that will destroy the jobs created in the post-industrial revolution at best or at worst leave us all as physically passive creatures reclining on lounge chairs in the world anticipated by "The Matrix"? Unquestionably, however, recent advances in artificial intelligence appear all-encompassing and more rapid than previous workplace disruptions. At times, we are guilty of believing that all things are new and unique to the present. Fears of the dehumanization of the workers of the world are at least as old as the industrial revolution and Charlie Chaplin's character in "Modern Times." They probably predate recorded history with early man wondering if the invention of the wheel would lead to unemployment and the moral decay of subsequent generations.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cerego, an AI-driven platform that optimizes how people learn, today announced the launch of Cerego Insights, as well as a Cerego skill for Amazon Alexa, onstage at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Summit 2018. Cerego Insights uses machine learning models to objectively understand learners' cognitive and behavioral strengths, and predict future performance. The new Cerego Insights offering goes beyond the company's core competency of knowledge acquisition and memory management. Instructors and managers can now instantly access each individual and group's cognitive and behavioral profile. These attributes include specific, validated scores for Agility, Diligence, and Knowledge.

A new app for Google Glass claims to be able to tell you exactly how someone is feeling. Called Emotient, is can tell whether a person is happy, sad angry or confused - and can monitor an entire room of people at once. The firm says the technology could even be used by advertisers to gauge reactions to their products. The Emotient software processes facial expressions and provides an aggregate emotional read-out, measuring overall sentiment (positive, negative or neutral); primary emotions (joy, surprise, sadness, fear, disgust, contempt and anger); and advanced emotions (frustration and confusion). The Emotient software detects and processes anonymous facial expressions of individuals and groups that the Glass wearer sees to determine an aggregate sentiment read-out; it does not store video or images.