Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “godfathers” of AI, is adamant that AI will surpass human intelligence — and worries that we aren’t being safe enough about its development.

This isn’t just his opinion, though it certainly carries weight on its own. In an interview with the BBC’s Newsnight program, Hinton claimed that the idea of AI surpassing human intelligence as an inevitability is in fact the consensus of leaders in the field.

“Very few of the experts are in doubt about that,” Hinton told the BBC. “Almost everybody I know who is an expert on AI believes that they will exceed human intelligence — it’s just a question of when.”

At Microsoft’s AI press event, the company unveiled its latest Surface PCs with new AI Copilot features built-in. Check out all the highlights in our recap from Redmond, WA.

Everything Microsoft Just Announced: Copilot Plus PCs, Surface Pro and Laptop Running on Qualcomm https://bit.ly/3ynj8BQ

0:00 Intro.
1:05 Copilot+PC
2:30 Microsoft Copilot Update.
4:14 Microsoft Copilot with Minecraft.
6:33 Copilot+PC NPU
7:29 Copilot+PC Qualcomm Snapdragon X ELite.
8:10 Copilot+PC Surface Laptop and Surface Pro.
8:50 Copilot+PC Surface Laptop Specs.
10:54 Copilot+PC Surface Pro Specs.
12:01 Surface Pro Flex Keyboard.
12:35 Surface Slim Pin.
12:50 Copilot+PC Preorders and Availability.

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The International Energy Agency predicts that artificial intelligence will consume 10 times as much energy in 2026 as it did in 2023.

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Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems. They also face major obstacles.

In a path-breaking study, researchers have created artificial neurological junctions called synapses using a mix of water and salt, paving the way for the development of advanced computers that mimic the performance of a human brain. The artificial brain cells, developed by the team from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Sogang University in South Korea, use the same water and salt ingredients the brain uses.

The results of the study were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Scientists striving to develop energy efficient and high-performance computers often look up to human brains as a source of inspiration.

OpenAI has introduced GPT-4o, in the form of a digital personal assistant that can interact using text and visuals 🤖

Here, we look back at GPT-4’s performance in human exams from a year ago for comparison.

From the archive:

A new Winows 11 feature that will remember what you did in your PC.

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Microsoft has announced a new AI-powered feature for Windows 11 called ‘Recall,’ which records everything you do on your PC and lets you search through your historical activities.

Recall works like a photographic memory for your PC, letting you access everything you’ve seen or done on your computer in an organized way using queries in your native language.

With Recall, you can scroll through your timeline to find content from any app, website, or document you had opened. The feature utilizes snapshots to suggest actions based on what it recognizes, making it easy to return to specific emails in Outlook or the right chat in Teams.