Amazon Joins the Artificial Intelligence Race, Launches Q AI Assistant 

Global retail giant Amazon has entered the highly competitive artificial intelligence market with a virtual assistant of its own called Q. 
The firm announced Q in a company blog on November 28. It has now entered the artificial intelligence race alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft.

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Vitalik Cautions Over AI Totalitarian Future, Offers Alternative Approach

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin had published a lengthy blog post on artificial intelligence and its potential dangers. The modest mathematician offered his own perspective on the recent debates around techno-optimism and AI risks. 
On Nov.

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‘Blade Runner’ Director Ridley Scott Calls AI a ‘Technical Hydrogen Bomb’ – Decrypt

The rapid proliferation of disruptive AI tools has led many to compare the rapid development of artificial intelligence to a nuclear arms race. Hollywood is one industry furiously fighting against its encroachment, and prominent high-level voices form a chorus of apocalyptic prophets.

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US, Britain and other countries ink ‘secure by design’ AI guidelines

The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and 15 other countries have released global guidelines to help protect AI models from being tampered with, urging companies to make their models “secure by design.”
On Nov.

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Role of AI on the Battlefield Debated as Putin Stakes New Policy Position – Decrypt

As world leaders band together to shape shared policies around the development of artificial intelligence, policymakers are looking to leverage the technology on the battlefields of the future—including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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What is Q* and Q-Learning? OpenAI Could Have Imploded Over AI Fears – Decrypt

It was a corporate espionage story even a real human screenwriter couldn’t have dreamed up. OpenAI, which sparked the global obsession with AI last year, found itself in the headlines with the sudden dismissal and eventual reinstatement of Sam Altman, the company’s CEO.

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Amid Mainstream Boom, AI Skeptics Say the Tech is Over Hyped – Decrypt

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have “unequivocally gone mainstream” in 2023, according to a new survey of over 1,500 professionals working in technology and related fields. Yet, despite rapid adoption, most respondents still view AI as overhyped.

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