Thomas Claburn

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is worried that AI could eliminate half of entry-level white collar jobs in five years. There are many other potential labor risks lurking about, such as the threat of massive tariffs on imported goods in the US, layoffs intended to undo pandemic-era overhiring, and policies that empower employers at the expense of labor. But Amodei appears to believe that policymakers are "sugar-coating" the possibility of major AI-driven employment disruption.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

The European Commission (EC) this week released the full text of its decision that found Apple in violation of its digital competition rules, known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The ruling [PDF] makes clear that Apple's App Store rules still fall short of DMA requirements. If it doesn't comply within the next 30 days, it risks having to make additional periodic penalty payments for as long as it remains out of compliance.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday announced that the Dubai-based messaging service will make unspecified Grok models from Elon Musk's xAI available to users. "This summer, Telegram users will gain access to the best AI technology on the market. @elonmusk and I have agreed to a 1-year partnership to bring xAI’s @grok to our billion+ users and integrate it across all Telegram apps," Durov wrote in a post on Musk's social media service.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims that threatening generative AI models produces better results. "We don't circulate this too much in the AI community – not just our models but all models – tend to do better if you threaten them … with physical violence," he said in an interview last week on All-In-Live Miami. This may come as something of a surprise for all the people who address AI models politely, adding "Please" and "Thank you" to the prompts they submit.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

AI is not ready to make clinical diagnoses based on radiological scans, according to a new study. Researchers often suggest radiology is a field AI has the potential to transform, because visual or multimodal models can recognize images quite well. The assumption is that AI models should be able to read X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans as accurately as medical professionals, given enough training.