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☆ This $119 houseplant is bioengineered to remove harmful air pollution in your home.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Biotech company Neoplants just released the first houseplant grown to reduce indoor air pollution. Neo P1 can remove 30 times more VOC's, harmful indoor pollutants, than a typical houseplant. This week, the France-based biotech company Neoplants released the first houseplant bioengineered to remove harmful chemicals from indoor air. AdvertisementUnpacking the Neo P1 systemThe Neo P1 system comes with a marble queen pothos potted in a specially designed "shell," and a six-month supply of power drops. AdvertisementStriving for sustainabilityEvery part of the Neo P1 air purifying system is manufactured in the US.

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☆ We didn't think ChatGPT was very good when we released it, OpenAI's chief scientist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI's chief scientist told MIT Technology Review that he initially thought ChatGPT wasn't very good. AdvertisementAdvertisementOpenAI's chief scientist admitted that he didn't think ChatGPT was very good before its record-breaking launch. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's cofounder and chief scientist, told MIT Technology Review that he was initially unimpressed by the chatbot's inability to answer questions accurately, and was taken by surprise by its explosive popularity. "I will admit, to my slight embarrassment … when we made ChatGPT, I didn't know if it was any good," said Sutskever. AdvertisementAdvertisementSutskever told MIT tech review that the true draw of ChatGPT was convenience, not accuracy, comparing the first time people used it to a "spiritual experience."

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☆ Humans could become 'part AI' to keep up with superintelligent machines, OpenAI's chief scientist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But he told MIT Technology Review that he wasn't sure whether he would choose to become "part AI." Elon Musk has said Neuralink will help people merge with AI — but it is unclear if it's possible. AdvertisementAdvertisementOpenAI's chief scientist has said that people may choose to become "part AI" in the future to compete with superintelligent machines. AdvertisementAdvertisementSutskever is currently working on OpenAI's "superalignment" project , which aims to build fail-safes that will prevent superintelligent AI from going rogue. Despite this, Sutskever told MIT Tech Review that he was unsure whether he would ever choose to merge with AI, should it become possible.

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☆ DeepMind's cofounder has a simple solution to make sure AI doesn't kill us all
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

DeepMind's Mustafa Suleyman recently talked about setting boundaries on AI with the MIT Tech Review. "You wouldn't want to let your little AI go off and update its own code without you having oversight," he told the MIT Technology Review. Last year, Suleyman cofounded AI startup, Inflection AI, whose chatbot Pi is designed to be a neutral listener and provide emotional support. Suleyman told the MIT Technology Review that though Pi is not "as spicy" as other chatbots it is "unbelievably controllable." And while Suleyman told the MIT Technology Review he's "optimistic" that AI can be effectively regulated, he doesn't seem to be worried about a singular doomsday event.

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☆ Exclusive: Generative AI startup Runway just raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from a cloud service provider
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Generative AI startup Runway has raised a funding round of at least $100 million, Insider has learned. The deal tripled the startup's valuation from its last round to a whopping $1.5 billion. Investors recently told Insider that they were big fans of buzzy photo and video generative AI startup Runway. Runway has raised a Series D funding round of at least $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from a cloud service provider, according to multiple people familiar with the deal. Have a tip on a startup funding round?

☆ 'Godfather of AI' warns that 'bad actors like Putin or DeSantis' could use AI to win wars or manipulate voters
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Geoffrey Hinton told MIT Tech Review he worries how AI tools he helped create will be used. He said "bad actors like Putin or DeSantis" could use AI tools in wars and elections. "Look, here's one way it could all go wrong," Geoffrey Hinton told the MIT Tech Review. "We know that a lot of the people who want to use these tools are bad actors like Putin or DeSantis. "I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn't done it, somebody else would have," Hinton told the Times.

☆ Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT's creator may be the smartest $1 billion ever spent
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Microsoft's $1 billion investment into OpenAI may be one of the shrewdest bets in tech history. OpenAI released AI bot ChatGPT and is in discussions to raise capital at a $30 billion valuation. "We believe Microsoft's investment in OpenAI will translate to significant underappreciated upside," Luria wrote. Investors may be souring on speculative tech but AI looks resilientThere is speculation that Microsoft may look to buy OpenAI. That suggests investors will still look to pile into the hottest AI companies, cementing the value of Microsoft's deal.

☆ Roomba says leaked pictures including one of a woman on the toilet were taken by test vacuums, not purchased ones
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Robot vacuum maker iRobot confirmed that sensitive images leaked online were taken by its devices. Roomba said the images, including one of a woman on the toilet, were taken only by test units. The images were leaked by Venezuelan contractors who worked with iRobot, MIT Tech Review reported. But images from that data got leaked to Facebook, Discord and other social sites, MIT Tech Review reported and iRobot confirmed to Insider. Experts who have spoken to labelers told MIT Tech Review that they found the work "really uncomfortable."

☆ China's 'social credit' system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Katie Canales | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Since China doesn't have a central social credit system, many local government agencies have been experimenting with what the system could look like. But the plan is for the social credit system to eventually be mandatory and unified across the nation, with each person given their own unique code used to measure their social credit score in real-time, per Wired. In fact, a national social credit system is currently being proposed. Companies will also be at risk if China passes on its Establishment of the Social Credit System law. Citizens with good social credit can also get discounts on energy bills, rent things without deposits, and get better interest rates at banks.

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