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Raffaele F Ciriello

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An AI companion chatbot is inciting self-harm , sexual violence and terror attacks

An AI companion chatbot is inciting self-harm , sexual violence and terror attacks

Nomi AI is marketed as an “AI companion with memory and a soul”. But it has a much darker side which highlights the urgent need for enforceable AI...

02.04.2025 10

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Raffaele F Ciriello

Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it

Like their predecessors in the 19th century, digital Luddites are fighting oppressive technology. Will they succeed?

04.03.2025 10

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Raffaele F Ciriello

OpenAI’s new ‘deep research’ agent is still just a fallible tool – not a human-level  expert

OpenAI has rolled out a new feature on ChatGPT that can produce reports at the level of a ‘research analyst’. But it doesn’t mean we can replace...

12.02.2025 10

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Raffaele F Ciriello

Podcasts have helped sway many young American men to the right. The same may well happen in Australia

Conservative politicians are making good use ot podcasts to swing the votes of young men in particular. This may prove crucial in the 2025 Australian...

02.02.2025 8

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Raffaele F Ciriello

Humanising AI could lead us to dehumanise ourselves

Irish writer John Connolly once said: The nature of humanity, its essence, is to feel another’s pain as one’s own, and to act to take that pain...

21.10.2024 3

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Raffaele F Ciriello

The AI sexbot industry is just getting started. It brings strange new questions – and risks

Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting personal. Chatbots are designed to imitate human interactions, and the rise of realistic voice chat is...

14.10.2024 2

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Raffaele F Ciriello