Climate, Pandemics and Artificial Intelligence: The Global Dangers Facing Humanity Can Humanity Avoid Catastrophe? Scientists Map 17 Threats to the Year 2100 Artificial intelligence, nuclear conflict and climate change are among 17 major threats identified in a new Lancet assessment, warning that decisions made today could shape humanity’s health, and, in the worst-case scenarios, […] Read more
EY CEO Carmine Di Sibio has suggested that the main threat to businesses under the Biden administration will be the possibility of higher corporate taxes. Di Sibio told Karen Tso that he thought U.S. President Joe Biden, who was sworn into office last Wednesday, would “listen to business.” “I think he’s a centrist,” Di Sibio […] Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) lab DeepMind has shifted its focus from climate change to other areas of science and is pursuing its original mission of creating artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is widely seen as the holy grail of the nascent technology, according to several people familiar with the matter. While DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014 for $600 […] Read more
