"It's only a matter of time before some fake text or audio or video or image disrupts I don't know democracy how are Microsoft and open AI and Google responding to fears over that distinct possibility they're not doing nothing," he asks. A group of AI experts including Elon Musk believe so and have signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause on advanced AI development. "I really believe that these companies are not doing enough especially when it comes to chatbots at the moment", says Mark Zuckerberg.
An AI-generated image of Cool Pope in immaculate drip went viral over the weekend and most everyone thought it was real. The Verge’s James Vincent explains how we should navigate our new internet reality.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Avishay Artsy and Siona Peterous, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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