New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests ways to prevent artificial intelligence from being visually deceived. Research from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) suggests new ways to prevent artificial intelligence (AI) from being visually deceived. Experiments by JHU's Zhenglong Zhou and Chaz Firestone involved showing people a broad range of adversarial images and having them select which object AIs would wrongly claim to identify from a list of up to 48 options. Across six different image types, 81% to 98% of participants picked the correct wrong image at above-chance rates. Auburn University's Anh Nguyen says this "suggests that humans are able to decipher these images in the same way as the poor victim machines do."

Researchers have developed a way to prevent artificial intelligence from thwarting human control. Artificially intelligent machines can learn from the outcomes of their actions to improve their own abilities – but, experts say this characteristic could lead to AI that'can't be stopped.' Now, a team of AI researchers has developed a system they've likened to the memory-erasing'neuralyzer' from the Men in Black films, to essentially interrupt the AI by deleting parts of its memory, without disrupting the way it learns. Researchers developed a system they've dubbed'safe interruptibility.' The researchers developed a system they've dubbed'safe interruptibility.'

Musk and other tech giants are joining forces to fund research that will halt artificial intelligence from overtaking mankind. Elon Musk's contributions to society know no bounds: his latest scheme is intended to save humanity from being destroyed by artificial intelligence (AI). The billionaire, known for garnering a massive amount of wealth and attention with his revolutionary projects of PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, has consistently warned against AI, recently calling it humanity's greatest existential threat. His belief of the detriment AI may cause has led him to pool forces with other well-known tech entrepreneurs to establish an investment fund intended for researchers to pursue actions with a positive social impact. The 1 billion fund is slated to assist humans in staying at least one step ahead of technology.