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AI and Personal Privacy: Navigating the Fine Line Between Convenience and Surveillance

As Artificial Intelligence continues to evolve, it is integrated into almost every aspect of our lives, bringing a new level of convenience and efficiency. From smart assistants and chatbots that perform a range of tasks on our command to facial recognition software and predictive policing, AI has undoubtedly made our lives easier. But, this convenience […]

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Navigating the AI Era: The Imperative for Internet Digital IDs

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a dual-edged sword, offering unprecedented opportunities while introducing complex challenges, particularly in the realm of digital security. At the heart of these challenges is the pressing need for effective internet identification systems capable of distinguishing between human and AI interactions. We will explore the vital importance of […]

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Data privacy: Why it should be the next step in AI regulation

In the current stage of development in Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is nothing more important than data. It’s the fuel of any statistical-based AI method. The most popular classes of models ingest enormous amounts of data to be trained, such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, PaLM. However, in many models, the users do not explicitly give […]

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AI weapons: Ban them before they strike

Would you believe it if we told you that completely autonomous weapon systems are already being used to kill people? Well, they are. And it needs to stop before disaster strikes. It’s no secret that companies like Lockheed Martin “have been delivering advanced autonomous systems to the U.S. military and allies” for decades, but this […]

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Companies developing LLMs should be held liable for the damages caused by them!

Ask yourself: would you board an airplane knowing that half of its engineers believe there is a 10% chance of a catastrophic failure? This is the reality in the AI landscape right now, where 50% of AI researchers believe that there is a 10% or more chance that AI will lead to human extinction, due to […]

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The Era of Polarization: How Social Media’s Hidden Algorithms are Tearing Society Apart

Have you ever heard the phrase “we are what we eat”? The truth is that this saying does not only apply to the physical world but also to our digital lives. Every day, we feed our brains with the content that we consume online, particularly on social media. Our reality is constantly being shaped by […]

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Embracing Unleashed Intelligence: A Call for Unregulated AI 

INTRO Recent developments in AI have seen subfields of this technology, such as generative AI and deep learning, explode in terms of popularity, innovation, and investments. These advancements are happening at such a rapid pace that it is nowadays difficult to imagine a field in which some forms of AI cannot or will not be […]

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Social media is not your living room, its a public square governed by AI

Today’s social media is saturated with internet bots, cyberbullying, and fake news which are intricately tied to real-world consequences. With artificial intelligence (AI) largely governing interactions on these platforms, the influence of social media on politics, human interactions and societal perspectives has become much more apparent, especially in causing a public divide. To combat this, […]

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Targetted by the algorithm – advantages of predictive policing.

Raise of predictive policing In today’s world, a lot of different aspects are run by data gathered by the world around us. The advertisements seen on different websites are chosen based on previous searches, financial models predict what will happen with a certain stock in the coming days or the weather forecasters predict if it […]

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Unlocking Artificial Intelligence: Giving Wings to Europe’s Future

Introduction As we stand at the crossroads of technological change, the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has sparked widespread concern and worry around the world. How should we respond to this concern? Should we succumb to public panic and impose various restrictions on the development of AI, or should we bravely remove obstacles and […]

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