A survey of 69 economists, 52 AI specialists, and 38 superforecasters found that faster AI progress correlates with lower employment rates. Under a rapid AI scenario, economists expect U.S. labor force participation to fall to 59.3% by 2030, below 60% for the first time in over five decades.
Meta is developing a photorealistic AI version of CEO Mark Zuckerberg to converse with and offer feedback to employees, the Financial Times reports. The project is part of a broader push into AI avatars and comes amid layoffs and pressure to adopt AI tools.
President Donald Trump said Monday that DeepSeek's release should be a 'wake-up call' for US industries, calling its low cost a positive development. The Chinese startup's open-source R1 model, built for under $6 million, has rattled US tech stocks and raised questions about spending on AI infrastructure.
The University of Chicago Law School will ban phones, tablets, and laptops in first-year classes as part of an 'AI-resilient' curriculum. Exams will be in-class without internet access, and students will discuss research papers orally with professors, though the school still encourages some AI use for studying.
Nikkei Asia found 17 English-language papers on arXiv from 14 institutions in eight countries containing hidden prompts designed to trick AI review tools into giving positive assessments. Authors' responses ranged from remorse to defense, highlighting unresolved questions about AI's role in peer review.
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigned after a Coldplay concert Jumbotron showed him with Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot. The board accepted his resignation, named cofounder Pete DeJoy interim CEO, and Byron negotiated an exit package, according to Axios.
Robot ethics professors Alan Winfield and Marina Jirotka propose fitting robots with an 'ethical black box' to record decisions and sensory data, modeled on aviation flight recorders. The call comes amid broader concerns about AI oversight and industry efforts to establish ethical standards.
Deep learning pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber predicted at WIRED2016 that by 2050 self-replicating robot factories will operate in the asteroid belt, with AI eventually colonizing the galaxy. He cited current deep learning capabilities in speech, image recognition, and medical diagnosis as evidence.
Google has acquired Eyefluence, an eye-tracking interface startup, according to an announcement on Eyefluence's website. The deal comes as Google prepares to launch its Daydream VR platform and Daydream View headset in November, potentially enabling VR control through eye movements.