Meta claims its AI has cracked translation
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Boffins say what they meant to say was that the claim is lost in translation

Facebook claims that its AI tools have cracked translation and can translate 204 different languages, twice as many as ever before attempted, at a higher quality than previously achieved.

Chinese AI used to monitor party loyalty
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1984 anyone?

A new artificial intelligence tool has been developed in China that helps authorities monitor how loyal members of the Communist Party are to the government.

Sentient AI causing huge problems
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But not the ones you think

Sentient AI is starting to cause problems for humanity, but only because people are dumb enough to believe it actually exists.

Brits say that AI cannot invent stuff yet
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IPO decides that AI still needs too much human assistance

The UK's Intellectual Property Office has decided artificial-intelligence systems cannot patent inventions for the time being.

AI robots are sexist, racist, and jumps to conclusions about people’s faces
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Pretty much like humans

A robot operating with a popular Internet-based AI consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps to conclusions about peoples’ jobs after a glance at their face.