OpenAI’s Newest Models Promise Better Reasoning, But With Hallucination At All-Time High, They Seem To Be Making A Lot Up
One popular theory floating around AI circles? The more a model tries to “think,” the more likely it is to lose the plot.
Mediclinic Freezes Hiring And Cuts Costs As AI Takes The Wheel
South Africa’s biggest private hospital group is betting big on bots, slashing jobs and chasing R2bn in savings. But can AI really cure the cost-cutting blues without flatlining patient care?
Tuesday Morning Spice
What happens next after a pope dies, the EFF want to march against Orania, AI slop is distorting reality, the Marañón River has been declared a legal person, and Tesla has been accused of committing odometer fraud.
AI’s Dirty Little Secret: OpenAI’s New Image Generator Can Forge Docs Like A Pro
Fraudsters are happy to know that OpenAI’s new 4o model is dangerously good at faking real-world documents with pixel-perfect precision.
Q-Day Is Coming: The Quantum Computer That Will Break All The World’s Secrets Wide Open
One day, in a secretive lab, the world’s digital walls could crumble. Emails, bank accounts, military secrets – all laid bare. The question isn’t if it will happen, but when, and who will control the fallout.
Cape Town Considers Using AI To Alleviate Traffic Nightmare
Good. Driving to the waterfront shouldn’t involve packing an overnight bag and padkos.
Australian Publisher Criticised For Asking Writers To Sign AI Agreements
According to the agreement, the publisher wants to give an unnamed AI company “the right to reproduce or use, adapt and exploit the work”.
“His Whole Life Is From A Position Of Insecurity”: Sam Altman Ridicules Elon Musk After Rejecting Offer To Buy OpenAI [Video]
“I feel for the guy. I don’t think he’s, like, a happy person.”
Ex-Google Engineer Accused Of Being A Tech Spy, Stealing AI Secrets For Chinese Companies
Leon Ding, the former Google engineer also known as Linwei Ding, was initially hit with four trade secrets theft charges back in March.
Thursday Morning Spice
Kick in the teeth for rhino poachers at top South African game reserve, Tech titans bicker over $500bn AI investment announced by Trump, South Africans paying up to R240,000 more for the cheapest Audi, BMW, and Mercedes, and Why is small art so big right now?
Why Only Asking AI For Answers Is Not A Good Idea
The problem with prompting an AI large language model with a question is that the results frequently contain fabricated information.
French TV Show Pulled After Mocking Woman Who Got Scammed For R16 Million By AI Brad Pitt
For a year and a half, scammers used fake social media and WhatsApp accounts, as well as artificial intelligence image-creating technology to send her what appeared to be selfies and other messages, including poems and songs.
Get Ready For Generation Beta: The AI-Driven Kids Set To Take Over In 2025
Don’t worry, you’re not the only one with severe whiplash.
AI Uncovers Hundreds Of Previously Unknown Ancient Symbols In Peru’s Nazca Desert
Assisted by artificial intelligence, archaeologists have discovered 303 unknown giant symbols including birds, plants, spiders, humanlike figures with headdresses, decapitated heads and an orca wielding a knife.
Yuval Noah Harari Has A New Book About The Power Of Networks With A Warning About AI Hacking Humanity
The intellectual author Yuval Noah Harari who brought ‘Sapiens’ and Homo Deus’ to the world’s consciousness has yet another disruptive book up his sleeve.
It Didn’t Take Long For Elon Musk’s New AI Startup To Generate Fake Images Of Donald Trump Kissing Obama, Stroking Kamala’s Belly And Flying The 9/11 Plane
Musk’s xAI’s chatbot Grok is already exactly as chaotic as you might expect.
This Creepy AI Necklace Eavesdrops On You So That It Can Better Become The Friend You Didn’t Know You Needed [Trailer]
When the promo for ‘Friend’ was posted, hype grew fast, probably because the video presented a bleak vision of our AI future that only a tech bro could find appealing.
They’re Now Talking About Brain Implants Using ChatGPT
A top implantable brain-computer-interface (BCI) company is testing out ChatGPT integration to help people with paralysis control their devices more easily.
Monday Morning Spice
Carlos Alcaraz blows Novak Djokovic out the Wimbledon window, Shannen Doherty known for her role in ‘Charmed’ has died, Baby boomers won’t be the wealthiest generation for very long, and Trump survives a shot to the ear.
Why You Should Take Google’s New ‘AI Overviews’ With A Hefty Pinch Of Salt
Google’s AI advises eating one rock a day and putting some glue mix into your pizza to help keep the cheese intact, proving how wrong the robots can be.
Disturbing Video Shows AI-Powered Head Transplant System
Honestly, this video alone might make you lose your head all together.
Demo Video Of New ChatGPT Will Leave You Speechless – Like Scarlett Johansson From ‘Her’ Talking To You
“The system is uncanny to behold.”
How Much Of This Year’s Electioneering In SA Is Backed By AI?
One might giggle about load-shedding being put on pause while political parties try to get into voters’ good books, but we need to be aware of some electioneering techniques that are lingering in the proverbial dark.
Siri’s Glow-Up – Apple Could Be Bringing AI To iPhones Soon
Apple is widely expected to unveil new AI features for the iPhone this year at its Worldwide Developers Conference on 10 June.
Creepy Demo Of OpenAI-Powered Robot Is Like ChatGPT With A Body [Video]
You would be mistaken if you thought this creepy demo video of ‘Figure 01’ – a humanoid, conversational robot packed with OpenAI-tech – is a deleted scene from I, Robot.
‘Just A Game’ – These Scientists Built An AI Drone That Can Hunt And Kill People
At least these scientists are being transparent and responsible with the terrifying tech that they’re capable of building, warning us all how easy it is to configure a small, commercially available drone to hunt down a target by itself.
Apple Scraps Multibillion-Dollar Electric Car Ambitions, Doubles Down On AI
Apple will reportedly allocate more resources to generative AI initiatives, including transferring researchers and engineers from the automotive endeavour to its special projects department.
Hulu Airs Ad Claiming Gaza Would Be A ‘Tourist Destination if Not for Hamas’ [Video]
Whether we like it or not, we live in an era where history is told by whoever has the best Generative AI.
Three Students Decoded A 2,000 Year-Old Scroll With AI For A Whopping R13 Million Prize
The general subject of the text is pleasure, which, properly understood, is the highest good in Epicurean philosophy.
Watch Out For Those AI-Generated News Anchors [Video]
Looks like the days of the human news presenter are numbered.