The race for the leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) has entered a new phase, marked by a notable contest between two candidates from the Gulf States: Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al-Kuwari, nominated by Qatar, and Dr. Hanan Hassan Balkhy, nominated by Saudi Arabia.
Everyone has a vision of the ultimate future, some picture of what the world looks like at its best (or worst), and whether that future is even reachable. In religious studies, we call this an “eschatology.”
Claude now watermarks AI-generated text to comply with European Union transparency rules. OpenAI and Google add invisible fingerprints to AI-generated images. And Substack is touting a feature that scans pieces for signs of AI. Will we finally be able to tell what’s real on the Internet? My take: not even close.
For years, AI industry watchers of all stripes have been warning of a coming jobs apocalypse driven by ultra-intelligent AI systems that will be able to replicate most human tasks more cheaply.