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Summary: Could AI Chatbots influence a Government's Decisions?
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (496+ words) Algorithm Watch Summary: Could AI Chatbots influence a Government's Decisions? What does it mean for democracy, if our political leaders and government officials allow AI to shape their decisions? This is a summary of a longer text. Find the full…...
Could AI Chatbots influence a Government's Decisions?
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (1046+ words) What does it mean for democracy, if our political leaders and government officials allow AI to shape their decisions? We have focused mainly on governments in Germany and Switzerland, the countries in which Algorithm Watch and Algorithm Watch CH are…...
Where the army does not use AI
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (495+ words) Algorithm Watch Where the army does not use AI Wargames allow military officers to explore scenarios and teach them how to make decisions as if they were in combat. Although specialists have thought about it, so far they are not…...
AI probably does lead to more computer security disasters
2+ week, 6+ day ago (308+ words) Anecdotes abound of people losing data after trusting a chatbot to look after their computer. But does that constitute a trend? And is AI to blame, or or are those who blindly trust chatbots simply the sort of people who…...
Maybe there is no AI bubble
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (523+ words) Algorithm Watch Maybe there is no AI bubble Despite AI companies" utter incapacity to generate profits, investors continue to pour capital into data centers. If the financial bubble does not burst, perhaps it is no bubble at all, but classical…...
The EU's empty promises on sustainable border AI
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1033+ words) EU-funded projects claim to make automated border surveillance environmentally sustainable, but the Commission admitted to Algorithm Watch that it lacks rigorous definitions, standards and methods to translate these claims into measurable outcomes. As a result, a more ubiquitous "Green" border…...
Large language models as attributes of statehood
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (264+ words) As governments champion AI, the development and control of large language models are becoming matters of state. European countries are investing heavily in language resources, with geopolitics casting a large shadow over this endeavor. What many speakers of French or…...
Algorithm Watch's guideline to use generative AI responsibly
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (322+ words) Whether you use Chat GPT, Claude or Gemini, Copilot or Perplexity " generative AI poses massive problems: many results are inaccurate and politically problematic, the systems" energy and water consumption is enormous. At the same time, they have become an integral…...
What artificial butter tells us about Artificial Intelligence
3+ mon, 12+ hour ago (265+ words) Last year, I finished my Ph D at the university of Regensburg. My dissertation, published this month, examines in detail artificial butter in the early 20th century. Some might argue that the topic is remote from Artificial Intelligence. I beg to…...