Chasing the Technology - 'Autonomous Agents' reach critical mass

Chasing the Technology - 'Autonomous Agents' reach critical mass

Author: Ampel December 12, 2023 Duration: 24:15

Autonomous agents - computer programs that can think and act for themselves - have been an impossible dream for almost forty years. Suddenly, they're easy to create - and being weaponised as agents of mass disinformation. In this final of our three-part miniseries on AI, we look at the power - and peril - of autonomous agents, a technology that will play a huge role in our NEXT BILLION SECONDS.

On this final episode of a three-part miniseries, we explore how ChatGPT rose to become the fastest growing app in history, then found itself the weapon of choice in the longest running war in the technology industry - the feud between Microsoft and Google.

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Duration: 16:41
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RNZ Nine to Noon Replay: Anthropic vs. the Department of War [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:19
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Duration: 29:55
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