Tag: Ai
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Perspective: Behind the AI curtain at Anthropic
Earlier this month, I was invited to look behind the curtain. Not at Oz, but at Anthropic, one of the companies building some of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems in the world. Along with a small group of theologians, ethicists, pastor, and educators from various traditions, I was invited to San Francisco for a two-day summit…
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Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements
As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several campuses, graduates have interrupted speakers with stadium-wide boos when the topic turned to AI. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced repeated jeers this month during his keynote address to about 10,000 University of Arizona graduates…
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‘Doing something’ on AI will backfire | Jimmy Sengenberger
In its zeal to “do something” about artificial intelligence, as one Republican state senator put it, the Democrat-dominated legislature couldn’t resist the urge to pass a flurry of AI regulations. And they scored Republican votes in the process, particularly in the Senate — Republicans who are supposed to distrust government meddling where it doesn’t belong. So much for that. Sen. Lynda Zamora Wilson, of Colorado…
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EDITORIAL: A flawed AI bill Polis might have to sign
Well, here’s another fine mess ruling Democrats at the legislature have gotten us into — this time, thanks to their bungled attempts at regulating artificial intelligence. Their latest such effort is now on its way to the governor’s desk. It likely will do more harm than good for Colorado. Indeed, the state would have been…
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GUEST COLUMN: Don’t let our schools become software
The Chicago Tribune recently asked, in light of a new teacher-free AI school coming to Chicago and to big cities around the country: “What is lost from the traditional classroom?” The article suggested that what disappears is boredom, inefficiency, and lack of mastery. But that answer reveals the deepest problem with this new educational vision. It assumes that the…
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Douglas County approves AI system for sheriff’s investigations
Douglas County commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of an artificial intelligence system to assist the Sheriff’s Office with investigative analysis. The system is designed to help investigators process large volumes of data more efficiently and turn it into usable investigative leads, officials said. “This system dramatically improves how we process large and complex databases, turning…
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Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say
As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every sector of the economy, experts at this year’s Colorado Climate Week gathering in Boulder said it is also reshaping local physical infrastructure. From grid demand and water use to data center construction, scaling the necessary framework to support AI, they said, will be a challenge as experts and policymakers…
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Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI as core US military system
NEW YORK – Palantir’s Maven artificial intelligence system will become an official program of record, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg said in a letter to Pentagon leaders, a move that locks in long-term use of Palantir’s weapons-targeting technology across the U.S. military. In the March 9 letter to senior Pentagon leaders and U.S. military…
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Potential clues? Palantir shares several risks of doing business in Colorado
When Palantir announced it moved its headquarters from Denver to Miami, it gave little reason for its decision. All it sent out was a short post on X. It came as a shock that the major company known for its federal contracts with U.S. military and immigration forces had been preparing a new place to…
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10th Circuit orders lawyer to pay $1,000 for faulty AI citations
The Denver-based federal appeals court ordered a lawyer on Monday to pay $1,000 to the opposing side for submitting a legal filing with fake case citations generated by artificial intelligence. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit acknowledged Kusmin Linda Amarsingh had expressed remorse over using unverified ChatGPT citations.…