Published on: 2025-08-06 12:07:00
In brief: Geoffrey Hinton, one of the three legendary computer scientists who have become known as the Godfathers of AI, is once again warning that the rapidly developing and lightly regulated AI industry poses a threat to humanity. Hinton said people don't understand what is coming, and that there is a 10 to 20 percent chance of AI eventually taking control away from humans. Speaking during an interview earlier this month that was aired on CBS Saturday morning, Hinton, who jointly won the Nobe
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It has been investigated for fudging similar data in the past. Tesla is facing a proposed class action suit over allegations that it has been speeding up odometers so its vehicles will fall out of warranty faster, according to a report by Reuters . This would make it easier for the company to get out of paying for repairs. Nyree Hinton, the plaintiff in the case , alleges that Tesla odometer readers are designed to change with energy consumption, driver behavior and mysterious predictive algor
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Tesla is facing a new scandal that once again sees the electric automaker accused of misleading customers. In the past, it has been caught making "misleading statements" about the safety of its electric vehicles, and more recently, an investigation by Reuters found Tesla EVs exaggerated their efficiency. Now, a lawsuit filed in California alleges that the cars are also falsely exaggerating odometer readings to make warranties expire prematurely. The lead plaintiff in the case, Nyree Hinton, bou
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A hot potato: Tesla is being sued over allegations it alters the odometers of customers' cars. According to the lawsuit, the automaker does this to increase the money it makes on repairs, avoid warranty obligations, and force customers to purchase warranty extensions early. Nyree Hinton brought the suit after he bought a 2020 Tesla Model Y in December 2022 with 36,772 miles on the clock, which meant it was still covered under the 50,000-mile warranty. The California financial analyst says he h
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University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton, center, and graduate students Ilya Sutskever, left, and Alex Krizhevsky, right, in 2013. Johnny Guatto/University of Toronto There are many stories of how artificial intelligence came to take over the world, but one of the most important developments is the emergence in 2012 of AlexNet, a neural network that, for the first time, demonstrated a huge jump in a computer's ability to recognize images. Thursday, the Computer History Museum (CHM), in
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In Brief The Trump Administration has fired a number of National Science Foundation employees who had been handpicked for their expertise in AI, threatening the agency’s ability to sustain key AI research, Bloomberg reported. One of the affected departments inside NSF, called the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships, was instrumental in funneling government grants focused on AI. Many review panels have been postponed or canceled as a result of the layoffs, stalling funding
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