Microsoft's AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions
Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions have increased instead of decreasing, as the company struggles to balance AI leadership with climate goals. [ more ]
Emmett Shear, the new head of OpenAI: A doomer' who wants to curb artificial intelligence
Emmett Shea, a self-proclaimed doomer who sees AI as a threat, has been chosen as the new leader of OpenAI, a prominent AI company partnered with Microsoft.
Shea believes that AI has the potential to bring about the apocalypse and advocates for slowing down its development to minimize risks.
He considers the risk of AI leading to universal destruction as terrifying and estimates the probability of doom to be between 5% and 50%. [ more ]