Six-fingeredgloves have been sent to global leaders as a chilling reminder of AI dangers.
The gloves symbolise a disturbing digital problem: image generators giving peopleextra fingers.
The petrifying pictures have now been brought to life by Finnish startup Saidot.
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After stitching the gruesome garments, Saidot posted them to tech luminaries, politicians, and celebrities.
OpenAIs Sam Altman was sent a pair as a demand to align AI with human values.
But Saidot also applauded him fordelayingthe release of potent models.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, also received the creepy package.
Saidot said her gloves represent the need for effectiveregulation.
Another set was delivered to Scarlett Johansson.
Saidot sewed her gloves to illustrate the importance of digital rights.
A fourth pair was mailed to Mark Zuckerberg.
Saidot praised the Meta boss for supportingopen source models, but cautioned that training data must be sustainably sourced.
A message to AI leaders
The CEOs of Hugging Face and Klarna also received the six-fingered salutes.
So did British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, EU tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen, and AI researcherRishi Bommasani.
Saidot advised them to be wary of biased outcomes, copyright infringements, and false information.
The pitch is reminiscent of serial killers leaving calling cards at grisly crime scenes.
But in this case, the gloves provide a warning of horrors still to come.
Story byThomas Macaulay
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
