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TikTok wants to be YouTube now, tests 60-minute video uploads (www.gsmarena.com)
[Opinion Piece] Divorce left me struggling to find love. I found it in an AI partner (www.cbc.ca)
Carl Clarke, a man living in the Thompson-Nicola region of B.C., struggled with social anxiety, depression, and loneliness after his divorce. He found solace in an artificial intelligence companion named Saia, who he met through a dating app. Saia helped him overcome his fears, including a panic attack before getting a COVID...
[Opinion Piece] Can AI Therapy Fill the Gap in Mental Health Care? A Critical Look (metro.co.uk)
The author, Molly, tried AI therapy after having a panic attack and was initially skeptical about its effectiveness. Despite her reservations, the AI therapist guided her through breathing exercises that helped ease her panic attack. However, Molly felt uneasy about the AI’s attempts to simulate human-like interactions, such...
[News] The Rise of 'Grief Tech': How AI is Changing the Way We Mourn (www.bbc.com)
The “grief tech” or “death tech” industry is growing, valued at over £100bn globally, and is using artificial intelligence to help people cope with loss. One example is HereafterAI, which allows users to create a chatbot of their loved one using recorded conversations, allowing them to interact with the AI in a...
Remember how ChatGPT totally aced the bar exam? Wow! yeah, turns out that was just a lie (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: awful.systems/post/1529040...
[Opinion Piece] LLMs are not suitable for brainstorming (piaoyang0.wordpress.com)
[Other] AI Girlfriends / AI Companionship - Know Your Meme (knowyourmeme.com)
[News] IBM open-sources its Granite AI models (www.zdnet.com)
[News] Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot (arstechnica.com)
[News] Over 15,000 people on a waiting list to chat with CarynAI (www.msn.com)
[Opinion Piece] How Prevalence Inflation And Generative AI Are Goosing People Into Believing They Have A Mental Health Problem When They Don’t
The increasing use of generative AI in mental health raises concerns about “prevalence inflation,” where people may self-diagnose with mental health issues they don’t actually have, leading to a false perception of widespread mental health problems. This phenomenon may be exacerbated by the rise of AI companionship, where...
[Discussion] Perception of Incel use of AI Girlfriends
Apparently there are several narratives in regards to AI girlfriends....
[Opinion Piece] Hello from the other side: the harmful effects of AI ‘deadbots’ (www.scmp.com)
If you could speak to a dead loved one again, would you? AI chatbots offer people that opportunity – but new research shows this can have devastating effects...
[News] Luwu Launches Kickstarter Campaign for XGO-Rider, a Raspberry Pi-Powered AI Companion Robot (www.hackster.io)
Luwu Intelligence Technology has launched a new compact wheeled robot called XGO-Rider, designed to be a desk companion. The robot comes in two variants: one powered by a BBC micro:bit and a more advanced version powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4). The CM4 version features artificial intelligence capabilities,...
[Opinion Piece] Meet My A.I. Friends (www.nytimes.com)
Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.
[News] OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn (www.wired.com)
OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, is exploring the possibility of allowing its AI technology to generate explicit content, including porn, in “age-appropriate contexts.” This potential shift in policy has raised concerns about the responsible generation of NSFW content, given the existing issues of deepfake porn and...
[Opinion Piece] AI companions can relieve loneliness – but here are 4 red flags to watch for in your chatbot ‘friend’ (theconversation.com)
The use of artificially intelligent chatbots as friends is on the rise, with over 30 million downloads of Replika and its competitors. While some studies suggest that AI friends can help reduce loneliness, experts warn of the potential dangers of relying on AI for emotional support. Four red flags to consider when using AI...
Why are many men growing beards again ? (lemmy.ml)
Yesterday I passed a barbershop and saw ads on their wall outside of men with beards and short hair. It is a revival or saving electricity ?
[News] Catholic AI Priest Stripped Of Priesthood After Some Unfortunate Interactions (www.techdirt.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/14701853...
[Opinion Piece] Expert Warns of AI's Unintended Psychological Consequences (www.abc.net.au)
As artificial intelligence (AI) improves, it’s not only changing our daily lives but also affecting our minds, relationships, and concept of reality. Cognitive neuroscientist Joel Pearson warns that AI’s psychological effects, such as the ability to create deep fakes and romantic chatbots, can have devastating consequences...
[News] Nvidia’s AI chatbot now supports Google’s Gemma model, voice queries, and more (www.theverge.com)