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Apple is right about the wild west of AI, and the growing backlash

Apple is right about the wild west of AI, and the growing backlash | A disturbing exhibit of floating human faces at San Francisco's Exploratorium

Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak didn’t hold back when he described the most ambitious figures in the AI race as the “lunatic fringe” of Silicon Valley. The piece suggested that the iPhone maker is hoping to position itself as being on the right side of a growing AI backlash.

Given the pace of development, trying to predict the future of AI is a risky business, but I do think Apple is absolutely right about the dangers …

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Yeah, don’t give Meta’s Muse app access to your Mac

Yeah, don't give Meta's Muse app access to your Mac | Photo shows a keep out sign attached to a fence

The ability of AI systems to act as agents, carrying out tasks on our behalf, is the single biggest development in the technology. This is the headline capability Siri AI introduces to Apple devices, and I’m inclined to trust the privacy and safety safeguards Apple has put into place.

But Siri AI isn’t the only agent you can give full access to your Apple devices, with Meta’s Muse app the latest example – and one tech writer’s experience really underlines why you absolutely don’t want to do this …

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Apple planning to sell AI servers powered by M8 Ultra chips, says report

Apple planning to sell AI servers powered by M8 Ultra chips, says report | Server network setup shown

Apple is working on plans to make enterprise servers powered by M8 Ultra chips, according to a new report. The report specifically says that the company plans to offer the AI-focused servers for sale, not just use them internally.

Two versions are said to be in development, with Apple considering incorporating Nvidia networking tech in the machines …

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Four ways to prevent AI killing us all within 10 years

Princeton experts weigh in on whether AI will kill us all within 10 years | Photo shows a faceless robot

Two high-profile computer scientists from Princeton University, and coauthors of the book AI Snake Oil, have weighed in on the question of whether AI will kill us all by the end of the decade.

The pair have become well known for their work in separating fact from fiction in the AI world, and have now responded to an admission by Anthropic that there is a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans within the next ten years …

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