The long read: Autonomous machines capable of deadly force are increasingly prevalent in modern warfare, despite numerous ethical concerns. Is there anything we can do to halt the advance of the killer robots? (more…)

McDonald’s has been accused of illegally collecting and processing customers' voice recordings without their consent in the US state of Illinois. (more…)

BY CLAY FORSBERG When my daughter Alex was in third grade she had the reigning Marin County (California) Teacher of Year. Her name escapes me (I’ll blame it on the chemo brain). The parents of all … (more…)

Good morning,Here’s your weekly Middle East AI News!A few major partnership announcements made this week.Firstly, Oxford University and King AbdulAziz University have agreed to create a joint global Centre for AI in Precision Medicines, which will use AI ... (more…)

Fully Sharded Data Parallel (FSDP) makes training larger, more advanced AI models more efficiently than ever using fewer GPUs. (more…)