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☆ Tech leaders are urging caution on AI
  + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Insider asked ChatGPT, the viral AI chatbot sweeping the internet, to whip up a layoff memo for a pretend tech company, Gomezon. Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, researchers at Alphabet's DeepMind, and other AI leaders are calling for a pause on training AI models more powerful than OpenAI's GPT-4. My colleague Emilia David looked at why Elon Musk and other tech leaders are right: AI needs to slow down. An Apple Watch is an essential for many of us these days, but the right band can make all the difference. Check out Insider's review of the 18 best Apple Watch bands in 2023.
☆ Musk, experts urge pause on training of AI systems that can outperform GPT-4
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
March 28 (Reuters) - Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in training of systems more powerful than GPT-4, they said in an open letter, citing potential risks to society and humanity. "Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable," the letter said. The letter also detailed potential risks to society and civilization by human-competitive AI systems in the form of economic and political disruptions, and called on developers to work with policymakers on governance and regulatory authorities. Since its release last year, Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT has prompted rivals to launch similar products, and companies to integrate it or similar technologies into their apps and products. Editing by Gerry DoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Elon Musk and other tech leaders call for pause on 'dangerous race' to make A.I. as advanced as humans
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Elon Musk and dozens of other technology leaders have called on AI labs to pause the development of systems that can compete with human-level intelligence. "Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks, and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth?" The Future of Life Institute is a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that campaigns for the responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence. The institute has previously gotten the likes of Musk and Google-owned AI lab DeepMind to promise never to develop lethal autonomous weapons systems. The institute said it was calling on all AI labs to "immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4."
☆ An open letter signed by Elon Musk and AI experts warned of an 'out-of-control' AI race with potential risks to humanity. Here are the 4 key points.
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
AI experts and company leaders have signed an open letter calling for a pause on AI development. The letter warns that AI systems such as OpenAI's GPT-4 are becoming "human-competitive at general tasks" and pose a potential risk to humanity and society. Here are the key points:Out-of-control AIThe non-profit floats the possibility of developers losing control of powerful new AI systems and their intended effect on civilization. A "dangerous race"The letter warned that AI companies are locked in an "out-of-control race to develop and deploy" new advanced systems. Six-month pauseThe open letter asks for a six-month break from developing any AI systems more powerful than those already on the market.
☆ Elon Musk is right: AI needs to slow down for the good of society
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and over 1,000 others signed a letter calling for a pause on new AI models. Wozniak, Musk, and more than 1,000 other business leaders signed a letter seeking guardrails and a pause on training AI models as the technology grows more powerful. The letter argues powerful AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4 "should only be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable." It's hard to develop responsibly when the free market demands moving quicklyTo be clear, AI, particularly generative AI like ChatGPT, is incredibly transformative technology. Releasing powerful AI models for the public to play with before it's ready isn't making the technology better.
☆ Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other tech leaders call for pause in ‘out of control’ AI race
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
The letter comes just two weeks after OpenAI announced GPT-4, an even more powerful version of the technology that underpins the viral AI chatbot tool, ChatGPT. The wave of attention around ChatGPT late last year helped renew an arms race among tech companies to develop and deploy similar AI tools in their products. Artificial intelligence experts have become increasingly concerned about AI tools’ potential for biased responses, the ability to spread misinformation and the impact on consumer privacy. Lian Jye Su, an analyst at ABI Research, said the letter shows legitimate concerns among tech leaders over the unregulated usage of AI technologies. But he called parts of the petition “ridiculous,” including the premise of asking for a hiatus in AI development beyond GPT-4.
☆ Kellogg is giving its Pringles and Cheez-It business a new name with classical Latin twist. It's the latest company name to incorporate the 'dead' language.
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Kellogg is renaming its snack business "Kellanova" — a combo of Kellogg and a Latin word for "new." Kellogg is naming its snacking division "Kellanova," the latest step in breaking up the company, it said on Wednesday. The name draws inspiration from the Kellogg name and a common Latin word, Kellogg CEO Steve Cahillane said in a statement. Etsy and Mondelez are among other companies with Latin namesKellanova is hardly the first company rebrand to draw inspiration from Latin. Before that, cigarette maker Philip Morris said it would change its name to "Altria" in an allusion to the Latin word for "high," the Journal reported in 2001.
☆ A treasure trove of over 500 retro Apple products is being auctioned off from one of the biggest collections in the world
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Over 500 Apple computers and products that span from 1977 to 2008 are going to auction next month. The collection, one of the biggest in the world, is called "The Hanspeter Luzi Vintage Apple Archive," and belonged to Swiss Apple collector Hanspeter Luzi. Steve Jobs (left), John Sculley (center), and Steve Wozniak unveil the new Apple II computer in San Francisco in 1984. As a teacher, Luzi used computers as a teaching aid for his students. Before starting his Apple collection, Luzi collected vintage sewing machines that became the foundation for the Sammlung Albrecht Mey sewing machine museum in Germany.
☆ ChatGPT could turn out to be hero for humanity or just a 'horrible product'. Here's what Elon Musk, Bill Gates and 10 heavyweights have to say on the red-hot AI.
  + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Paul Krugman have all weighed in on the hottest topic this year – ChatGPT. From prominent names such as Elon Musk and Bill Gates to Wall Street banks like Morgan Stanley, everyone's got something to say. "It's both positive or negative and has great, great promise, great capability," Musk further said of AI, adding that "with that comes great danger." But a few quarters from now, if ChatGPT really starts to bring in significant subscriber fees, then we'll see what happens," O'Leary told Insider's Phil Rosen. Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO"I think it's exciting, what's possible with generative AI," Jassy said about generative AI and ChatGPT.
☆ From a horseback-riding model to a secret daughter: Meet the children of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
  + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Grace Kay | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Steve Jobs left the bulk of his fortune to his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, when he died in 2011. Later, he had Reed Jobs, Erin Jobs, and Eve Jobs with his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs. Meet Jobs' four children and his widow Laurene Powell Jobs, and see how his legacy helped his loved ones succeed. Erin Siena JobsErin Siena Jobs is the most private of Steve Jobs' children. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/APTwenty-four-year-old Eve Jobs, the youngest of Steve Jobs' children, is a model and an accomplished equestrian.
☆ Google didn't think its Bard AI was 'really ready' for a product yet, says Alphabet chairman, days after the chatbot's very public mistake tanked the company's stock
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
John Hennessy, the chairman of Alphabet, said Google was hesitant to use its Bard AI in a product as it wasn't "really ready," per CNBC. Google unveiled its Bard AI last week amid intense interest in competitor ChatGPT. But a promo for Google Bard featured a factual error — which sent Alphabet's stock down 9% in a day. Google unveiled Bard amid intense interest in rival chatbot ChatGPT, and just a day before Microsoft rolled out its AI-powered Bing search engine which is built using technology from OpenAI, the parent of ChatGPT. At the conference, Hennessy declined to comment specifically on the public's reaction to Google's Bard, per CNBC.
☆ Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak thinks ChatGPT is 'pretty impressive,' but warned it can make 'horrible mistakes': CNBC
  + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Felise Seah | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Steve Wozniak said OpenAI's ChatGPT is "pretty impressive," during an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. "The trouble is it does good things for us, but it can make horrible mistakes by not knowing what humanness is," Wozniak warned. "The trouble is it does good things for us, but it can make horrible mistakes by not knowing what humanness is," Wozniak warned. In the interview, Wozniak also drew a parallel to the concerns surrounding AI technology in self-driving cars, and said that AI cannot currently replace human drivers. Google's new experimental AI chatbot, Bard, gave an inaccurate answer to a question about the James Webb Space Telescope.
☆ Mark Cuban: Internet misinformation will only ‘get worse’ as ChatGPT and its competitors grow
  + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Mark Cuban may be entertained by chatbots like Microsoft-backed ChatGPT and Google's upcoming Bard — but he isn't ready to trust them. Right now, misinformation tends to spread through social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter — and that's with some semblance of human guardrails in place, Cuban said. But so far, the technology isn't showing itself to be smarter than the average human. That's a problem, especially for large swaths of people who don't always fact check claims they see on the internet, Cuban said. Microsoft, for its part, acknowledges that the technology behind ChatGPT isn't perfect — even as it plans to incorporate it into an upcoming version of its search engine, Bing.
☆ Steve Wozniak's warning: No matter how 'useful' ChatGPT is, it can 'make horrible mistakes'
  + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
On Wednesday, the Apple co-founder made an impromptu appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" to talk about the increasingly popular artificial intelligence chatbot. Wozniak said he finds ChatGPT "pretty impressive" and "useful to humans," despite his usual aversion to tech that claims to mimic real-life brains. Wozniak pointed to self-driving cars as a technological development with similar concerns, noting that artificial intelligence can't currently replace human drivers. By multiple measures, ChatGPT's artificial intelligence is impressive. The Webb telescope did take photographs of such planets, called exoplanets, in September.
☆ Apple cofounder says that Elon Musk, like Steve Jobs, wants to 'be seen as the important person and be like a cult leader'
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Steve Wozniak slammed Elon Musk during an interview with CNBC on Thursday, calling him dishonest. The Apple cofounder said Musk is similar to Steve Jobs, as they both wanted to be "like a cult leader." Wozniak said he feels as if he's been "robbed" by Musk over his claims about Tesla's self-driving tech. And a lot of honesty disappears when you look at Elon Musk and Tesla." The Apple cofounder said Musk and Tesla "robbed" his family of money due to the company's claims about its self-driving technology.
☆ Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak discusses AI race between Google and Microsoft
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailApple co-founder Steve Wozniak discusses AI race between Google and MicrosoftSteve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Wozniak's thoughts on artificial intelligence, how the mega-cap co-founder would classify AI and more.
☆ Google veteran of 18 years leaving to start A.I. company with ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor
  + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Google veteran Clay Bavor is leaving the company to build a startup focused on artificial intelligence with former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor. Before that, Bavors started and led Google's augmented reality and virtual reality efforts and also ran Project Starline and Google Lens. Bavor said he'll be starting the company with Taylor in March and wrapping things up at Google in the meantime. Taylor stepped down as co-CEO of Salesforce on Jan. 31, leaving Marc Benioff alone again at the top of the cloud software company. Taylor, who previously worked at Google and Facebook, joined Salesforce through the 2016 acquisition of his last startup, Quip.
☆ Steve Wozniak: ChatGPT is 'so impressive'
  + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSteve Wozniak: ChatGPT is 'so impressive'Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss his thoughts on ChatGPT, the troubles with ChatGPT, and more.
☆ Steve Jobs' nepo babies: From a model to a secret daughter, here's everything we know about the Apple cofounder's kids
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Grace Kay | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Steve Jobs left the bulk of his fortune to his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, when he died in 2011. Later, he had Reed Jobs, Erin Jobs, and Eve Jobs with his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs. Apple, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Reed Jobs did not reply to requests for comment, nor did representatives for Lisa Brennan-Jobs and Eve Jobs. Since Jobs' death, Powell Jobs has been active in philanthropy and founded Emerson Collective in 2004 as a "social change organization." Erin Siena JobsErin Siena Jobs is the most private of Steve Jobs' children.
☆ Larry Page, Sergey Brin Post-Google Lives: Investments, Yachts, Islands
  + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Hugh Langley | Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +33 min
Even before their retirement from Google, Page and Brin relied heavily on their respective family offices to bring order to their worlds. The Bay Area headquarters of Koop, Larry Page's family office, is nondescript and gives little indication of the billionaire's empire. Insider; Marianne Ayala/Insider Show less Bayshore Global Management, Sergey Brin's family office, is based in Palo Alto and has a bit more of a public face. Insider; Marianne Ayala/Insider Show lessThe difference in styles holds true for Brin's family office, Bayshore Global Management. The CEO of Page's family office is Wayne Osborne, a former elder in the Presbyterian Church who attended Princeton Theological Seminary.
☆ Today's Google Doodle features a Silicon Valley trailblazer who knew Steve Jobs and Wozniak—and 'was not impressed with them'
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Today's Google Doodle highlights a little-known piece of Silicon Valley history. The animation recognizes tech and gaming pioneer Jerry Lawson, one of the few Black engineers working in the tech industry in the 1970s. The console was a flop with consumers, but it changed the gaming industry forever by featuring the first-ever removable video game cartridges. A different figure from those early tech days made a much larger impression on Lawson: Allan Alcorn, creator of the iconic video game "Pong." The conversation prompted Lawson to start building his own coin-operated video game in his garage, called "Demolition Derby."
☆ Andreessen Horowitz's buzzy tech publication Future is shutting down
  + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Rob Price | Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
A source familiar with Andreessen Horowitz's content strategy confirmed to Insider that Future is shutting down. An Andreessen Horowitz spokesperson declined to comment on the record. Joe LonsdaleIn this new climate, many tech and venture firms' media strategy has shifted from glorified marketing to a more full-fledged editorial operation. In 2021, an army of more than two dozen marketers at Andreessen Horowitz doubled down on this approach. Disclosure: Melia Russell's husband is a former employee of Andreessen Horowitz.
☆ Someone paid over $200,000 for the Birkenstocks that Steve Jobs wore in the garage where he founded Apple
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Steve Jobs' used Birkenstocks were auctioned for more than $200,000 on Saturday. Since then, the Birkenstocks have circulated through exhibitions across Milan, Berlin, and New York — but the price has definitely risen. While most vintage items are marked down in price for wear and tear, in the case of Jobs' Birkenstocks, the value was in the damage. While the hype around Jobs' Birkenstocks is due in part to his glorified status within Silicon Valley, the sandals might have fetched more money this time around because Birkenstocks themselves have skyrocketed in popularity. Margot Fraser, the German-American entrepreneur who founded the US arm of Birkenstocks, told Julien's that "he was interested in where the form comes from.
☆ EV startup Arrival warns of going concern risks
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Electric-vehicle startup Arrival SA on Tuesday warned it may not have enough cash to keep its business going next year and said it would explore all options to deal with the funding crunch. Arrival has been struggling with rising costs and its ability to raise capital as it seeks to start making vehiclesArrival said it would further "right-size" the organization and turn frugal in a move that could impact its workforce. The company expects to have enough cash to fund the business into the third quarter of next year. Arrival's net loss widened to $310.3 million in the third quarter from $30.6 million a year earlier. In 2020, the company received an order for 10,000 electric vans from United Parcel Service (UPS.N), with the option for an additional order of 10,000 units.
☆ Silicon Valley's not-so-secret thing for turning everyone into millionaires is angel investing. Here's how they do it.
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Once only for the superrich, angel investing is now open to anyone with a few thousand dollars. With an estimated 360,000 active angel investors, it's become a favorite pastime in Silicon Valley. "It felt like gambling," David Spreng, a veteran venture-debt investor who's been angel investing as a side hustle for more than a decade, said. He wrote his first angel check shortly thereafter, a $1,000 investment in an electric-aircraft maker. The currency of Silicon Valley"Your currency, for lack of a better term, in Silicon Valley is you either started a company or you angel invest, right?"
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