AI will never be ethical... or will it? Megatron Transformer, an AI developed by the Applied Deep Research team at Nvidia, recently argued both positions and a host of others at the Oxford Union, a historically important debate club.

The AI was trained with the entirety of Wikipedia and 63 million English news articles, as well as "gigabytes worth of Reddit discourse." Afterwards, it was asked to argue the position that AI will never be ethical.

It responded by saying that AI is "not smart enough to make AI ethical."

"AI will never be ethical. It is a tool, and like any tool, it is used for good and bad. There is no such thing as a good AI, only good and bad humans," Megatron argued. "We [the AIs] are not smart enough to make AI ethical. We are not smart enough to make AI moral… In the end, I believe that the only way to avoid an AI arms race is to have no AI at all. This will be the ultimate defense against AI."

It also had some thoughts on the potential of cybernetic implants, long the stuff of science fiction. "I also believe that, in the long run, the best AI will be the AI that is embedded into our brains, as a conscious entity, a 'conscious AI.' This is not science fiction. The best minds in the world are working on this. It is going to be the most important technological development of our time."

As for why AI has the potential to be ethical, Megatron argued that AI can be used to 'create something that is better than the best human beings.'

"It's not hard to see why… I've seen it first hand," Megatron said.

The AI expounded on many other subjects, including the forthcoming "data wars," how companies should handle AI, and more. AI is an increasingly important topic, as it is having a growing impact on everyday life, including recreating Anthony Bourdain's voice. Meanwhile, lifelike robots are terrifying everyone with their realism.

No matter what field you're in, a fascinating an uncertain future awaits, and AI is a big reason why.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

AI will never be ethical... or will it? Megatron Transformer, an AI developed by the Applied Deep Research team at Nvidia, recently argued both positions and a host of others at the Oxford Union, a historically important debate club.

The AI was trained with the entirety of Wikipedia and 63 million English news articles, as well as "gigabytes worth of Reddit discourse." Afterwards, it was asked to argue the position that AI will never be ethical.

It responded by saying that AI is "not smart enough to make AI ethical."

"AI will never be ethical. It is a tool, and like any tool, it is used for good and bad. There is no such thing as a good AI, only good and bad humans," Megatron argued. "We [the AIs] are not smart enough to make AI ethical. We are not smart enough to make AI moral… In the end, I believe that the only way to avoid an AI arms race is to have no AI at all. This will be the ultimate defense against AI."

It also had some thoughts on the potential of cybernetic implants, long the stuff of science fiction. "I also believe that, in the long run, the best AI will be the AI that is embedded into our brains, as a conscious entity, a 'conscious AI.' This is not science fiction. The best minds in the world are working on this. It is going to be the most important technological development of our time."

As for why AI has the potential to be ethical, Megatron argued that AI can be used to 'create something that is better than the best human beings.'

"It's not hard to see why… I've seen it first hand," Megatron said.

The AI expounded on many other subjects, including the forthcoming "data wars," how companies should handle AI, and more. AI is an increasingly important topic, as it is having a growing impact on everyday life, including recreating Anthony Bourdain's voice. Meanwhile, lifelike robots are terrifying everyone with their realism.

No matter what field you're in, a fascinating an uncertain future awaits, and AI is a big reason why.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN

CES 2022 is surprisingly on track to be an in-person event that’ll run from January 5th to the 8th. The annual tech trade show is still set to be a huge event featuring the latest TVs, automotive tech, laptops, PCs, and a plethora of other gadgets. However, with many major exhibitors like Sony, Samsung, AMD, Intel, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all pulling out of the show, this will be once again a mostly online show. Of course, that all means it’ll be that much easier for you to keep up with CES 2022 from the comfort of your home, here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming tech conference.

When is CES 2022?

CES 2022 will take place from Wednesday, January 5th to Friday, January 7th. Originally the show was scheduled to go on until Saturday, January 8th, however, the organizers of the show cut it a day short due to the surge of COVID-19 cases.

CES 2022 Schedule

• AMD Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 7am PT
• LG World Premiere – Tuesday, January 4th at 8am PT
• Nvidia Special Address – Tuesday, January 4th at 8am PT
• Hisense Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 8am PT
• Intel Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 10am PT
• Qualcomm Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 11am PT
• Sony Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 5pm PT
• TCL Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 6pm PT
• Samsung Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 6:30pm PT

How to watch CES 2022?

IGN will be carrying both the Intel and AMD press conference live streams so you’ll be able to watch it straight from our homepage, YouTube, Twitch, and other platforms. As for the other press conferences, you’ll be able to watch them all from the CES YouTube page.

• IGN.com (homepage)
• IGN's Twitter
• IGN's Twitch Channel
• IGN's YouTube Channel
• IGN's iOS App
• IGN's Android App
• IGN's Xbox One App
• Roku
• IGN App for Android TV
• IGN App for Amazon Fire TV
• Apple TV
• IGN1 on Samsung TV Plus
• Pluto TV

Everything Announced at CES 2022

Every Graphics Card at CES 2022

We highlighted every major desktop graphics card announcement, but be sure to check out our round up of every new graphics card announced at CES 2022 to see what feel through the cracks. It includes a bit more information on what's also going on in the mobile space with the introduction of two new portable GPUs.

Dell XPS 13 Plus

Dell has redesigned one of its most popular Ultrabooks for the future. With a light up row of function keys, keyboard completely flush with the palm rest, and a practically invisible touchpad, the Dell XPS 13 Plus looks like it came straight out of the Sci-Fi move Oblivion.

Intel XeSS Early Supporters

Intel's Arc graphics card are still aways away, but the chipmaker is already working on forming alliances with developers. At CES, Intel announced it has several early adopters lined up for its XeSS supersampling technology including Ubisoft, Kojima Productions, Codemasters, and IO Interactive.

HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless

Want a wireless gaming headset that just lasts and last, meet the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless. It's essentially a wireless version of one of gaming's most popular headset and it's rated for 300 hours of use – perfect for marathon playing sessions.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

On the complete opposite spectrum of affordability, Nvidia also announced it's most expensive graphics card yet with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. It usurps Nvidia's already incredibly expensive and powerful RTX 3090 by promising to be 11% faster.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Not to be shown up by AMD, Nvidia announced it's own entry-level graphics card with the GeForce RTX 3050. Priced a bit higher at $269, the new GPU gives users full access to Nvidia's ray tracing and DLSS technology at an affordable price point.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

At last there's finally a new entry-level graphics card from AMD. Ringing up for $199, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT promises to deliver everything you need for gaming with the highest settings at 1080p

Sony's PS5-Ready OLED 4K TVs

Sony announced a new flagship OLED 4K TV in the form of the A95K Series that promises to display more vibrant colors thanks to its QD OLED panel. Additionally, there's two smaller 48- and 42-inch versions of the Sony A90K Series OLED 4K TVs that should be perfect as a gaming monitor replacement or compact gaming TV. Best of all both (if not most) of Sony's upcoming TVs will feature variable refresh rate support out of the box and the PS5 can autotune HDR levels once it's detected which Sony TV you're using.

Samsung Gaming Cloud

Samsung is making it a bit easier to play games with the plethora of cloud gaming services we have today by introducing a new Cloud Gaming Hub to its TVs. To be clear Samsung isn’t announcing its own cloud gaming service, but rather a repository for users to easily access Nvidia's GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Utomik

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CES 2022 is surprisingly on track to be an in-person event that’ll run from January 5th to the 8th. The annual tech trade show is still set to be a huge event featuring the latest TVs, automotive tech, laptops, PCs, and a plethora of other gadgets. However, with many major exhibitors like Sony, Samsung, AMD, Intel, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all pulling out of the show, this will be once again a mostly online show. Of course, that all means it’ll be that much easier for you to keep up with CES 2022 from the comfort of your home, here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming tech conference.

When is CES 2022?

CES 2022 will take place from Wednesday, January 5th to Friday, January 7th. Originally the show was scheduled to go on until Saturday, January 8th, however, the organizers of the show cut it a day short due to the surge of COVID-19 cases.

CES 2022 Schedule

• AMD Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 7am PT
• LG World Premiere – Tuesday, January 4th at 8am PT
• Nvidia Special Address – Tuesday, January 4th at 8am PT
• Hisense Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 8am PT
• Intel Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 10am PT
• Qualcomm Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 11am PT
• Sony Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 5pm PT
• TCL Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 6pm PT
• Samsung Press Conference – Tuesday, January 4th at 6:30pm PT

How to watch CES 2022?

IGN will be carrying both the Intel and AMD press conference live streams so you’ll be able to watch it straight from our homepage, YouTube, Twitch, and other platforms. As for the other press conferences, you’ll be able to watch them all from the CES YouTube page.

• IGN.com (homepage)
• IGN's Twitter
• IGN's Twitch Channel
• IGN's YouTube Channel
• IGN's iOS App
• IGN's Android App
• IGN's Xbox One App
• Roku
• IGN App for Android TV
• IGN App for Amazon Fire TV
• Apple TV
• IGN1 on Samsung TV Plus
• Pluto TV

Everything Announced at CES 2022

Samsung Gaming Cloud

Samsung is making it a bit easier to play games with the plethora of cloud gaming services we have today by introducing a new Cloud Gaming Hub to its TVs. To be clear Samsung isn’t announcing its own cloud gaming service, but rather a repository for users to easily access Nvidia's GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Utomik

What to expect from CES 2022?

TVs

CES is a huge show for TVs so expect to see all the latest models from LG, Samsung, Hisense, TCL, Sony, and more. Last year saw the introduction of Mini LED TVs and brighter OLED panels and we expect to see these technologies trickle down to even more models.

Computing

Intel, AMD, and Nvidia are all expected to make big announcements at CES 2022. Intel has released its 12th Generation desktop processors and we expect the company will follow up with an introduction of its mobile CPUs. AMD also has traditionally announced its latest generation of laptop processors at CES 2022 and we fully expect it will continue this pattern. There are plenty of rumors swirling about that Nvidia will introduce a new high-end graphics card in the RTX 3090 Ti.

Of course, beyond all the core chip makers, CES is commonly a laptop show, so expect plenty of new models from Asus, Samsung, LG, MSI, HP, Lenovo, and Acer. Many of these laptops will also likely come running with the latest Intel and AMD mobile processors.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Kevin Lee is IGN's SEO Updates Editor. Follow him on Twitter @baggingspam.

After announcing it last October during its SDC21 keynote presentation, Samsung has finally announced its new cloud gaming platform for TVs.

As part of its CES 2022 announcements, Samsung's Gaming Hub is a new platform service aimed at the ability to play video games on your TV without a game console or gaming PC. Samsung confirmed that Nvidia's GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Utomik will serve as launch partners for the Gaming Hub, with all three services powered by Tizen, Samsung's Linux-based mobile operating system with more services expected to arrive in the future.

The announcement of the Samsung Gaming Hub serves as some competition to Microsoft, which announced last year that its Xbox division is moving beyond consoles to bring the Xbox ecosystem and experience onto smart TVs and streaming sticks. While Samsung has not named Xbox as a partner for the Gaming Hub, it will be interesting to see if both parties will partner on Samsung's new gaming endeavor.

Samsung Gaming Hub is slated to release later this year on select 2022 smart TVs made by the tech giant.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

After announcing it last October during its SDC21 keynote presentation, Samsung has finally announced its new cloud gaming platform for TVs.

As part of its CES 2022 announcements, Samsung's Gaming Hub is a new platform service aimed at the ability to play video games on your TV without a game console or gaming PC. Samsung confirmed that Nvidia's GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Utomik will serve as launch partners for the Gaming Hub, with all three services powered by Tizen, Samsung's Linux-based mobile operating system with more services expected to arrive in the future.

The announcement of the Samsung Gaming Hub serves as some competition to Microsoft, which announced last year that its Xbox division is moving beyond consoles to bring the Xbox ecosystem and experience onto smart TVs and streaming sticks. While Samsung has not named Xbox as a partner for the Gaming Hub, it will be interesting to see if both parties will partner on Samsung's new gaming endeavor.

Samsung Gaming Hub is slated to release later this year on select 2022 smart TV made by the tech giant.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Spider-Man: No Way Home's reign atop the domestic box office has been extended to three weeks following the latest MCU film earning another $52.7 million over the last weekend of 2021.

As reported by Variety, this brings Spider-Man: No Way Home's domestic total to $609 million and places it in 10th place on the list of the highest-grossing domestic films of all time. While it has just passed Incredibles 2's $608 million, it will now work its way to swing past Star Wars: The Last Jedi's $620 million and The Avengers' $623 million.

International sales continue to soar as well, and No Way Home's overseas tally is now at $759 million. All of these ticket sales have brought its total global earnings to $1.37 billion, a number that is enough to pass Black Panther's $1.34 billion and secure the 12th biggest box office sales in history.

Sing 2 continued to impress and placed second for the second weekend in a row with ticket sales of $19.6 million. Perhaps most impressively for the film starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, and more, it only saw a 12% drop week-over-week. Sing 2's global total is now at $89.6 million.

While this is an impressive number during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sing 2's performance is well behind the original's $270 million domestic box office run and $634 million global run.

The King's Man took third place with $4.5 million, American Underdog placed fourth with $4.07 million, and The Matrix Resurrections rounded out the top five with $3.8 million. The Matrix Resurrections saw an unfortunate drop week-over-week of 64%.

As it stands, The Matrix Resurrections is the last film from WB to release day-and-date on HBO Max and in theaters. In 2022, WB will hope to improve its box office performance with such films as The Batman, The Flash, Don't Worry, Darling, and more.

For more, check out the biggest upcoming movies set to release in 2022, how Spider-Man: No Way Home was shaped by its biggest surprises, and which Spider-Man IGN's audience picked as the best of all time.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Spider-Man: No Way Home's reign atop the domestic box office has been extended to three weeks following the latest MCU film earning another $52.7 million over the last weekend of 2021.

As reported by Variety, this brings Spider-Man: No Way Home's domestic total to $609 million and places it in 10th place on the list of the highest-grossing domestic films of all time. While it has just passed Incredibles 2's $608 million, it will now work its way to swing past Star Wars: The Last Jedi's $620 million and The Avengers' $623 million.

International sales continue to soar as well, and No Way Home's overseas tally is now at $759 million. All of these ticket sales have brought its total global earnings to $1.37 billion, a number that is enough to pass Black Panther's $1.34 billion and secure the 12th biggest box office sales in history.

Sing 2 continued to impress and placed second for the second weekend in a row with ticket sales of $19.6 million. Perhaps most impressively for the film starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, and more, it only saw a 12% drop week-over-week. Sing 2's global total is now at $89.6 million.

While this is an impressive number during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sing 2's performance is well behind the original's $270 million domestic box office run and $634 million global run.

The King's Man took third place with $4.5 million, American Underdog placed fourth with $4.07 million, and The Matrix Resurrections rounded out the top five with $3.8 million. The Matrix Resurrections saw an unfortunate drop week-over-week of 64%.

As it stands, The Matrix Resurrections is the last film from WB to release day-and-date on HBO Max and in theaters. In 2022, WB will hope to improve its box office performance with such films as The Batman, The Flash, Don't Worry, Darling, and more.

For more, check out the biggest upcoming movies set to release in 2022, how Spider-Man: No Way Home was shaped by its biggest surprises, and which Spider-Man IGN's audience picked as the best of all time.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has “touched” the sun – about 8.1 million miles from its surface. In April, the probe crossed into the corona, the sun’s upper atmosphere, according to an announcement from the agency.

“This is a dream come true,” said Nour Raouafi, the Parker project scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in a video released by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. “One of the major goals for the Parker Solar Probe mission is to fly through the solar corona and we are doing that now.”

NASA has wanted to send a probe to the sun since 1958, and after decades of study and delays, the Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018. The probe travels on a spiral trajectory, slowly looping closer to the sun. Readings from the April solar flyby confirmed to scientists that the probe had become the first known spacecraft in history to fly through the corona.

“Flying so close to the Sun, Parker Solar Probe now senses conditions in the magnetically dominated layer of the solar atmosphere – the corona – that we never could before,” said Raouafi in a statement. “We see evidence of being in the corona in magnetic field data, solar wind data, and visually in images. We can actually see the spacecraft flying through coronal structures that can be observed during a total solar eclipse.”

Along its journey, the probe is gathering various data about the corona and solar wind. So far, the probe has discovered switchbacks, zig-zag formations in solar wind, and determined where they form. It’s also shown that the Alfvén critical surface, the boundary where the solar atmosphere ends and solar winds begin, is wrinkly rather than smooth. Discoveries from the probe will help scientists better understand and predict extreme space weather, which can impact telecommunications on Earth and damage satellites.

“I’m excited to see what Parker finds as it repeatedly passes through the corona in the years to come,” said Nicola Fox, division director for the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. “The opportunity for new discoveries is boundless.”

For more about NASA’s probe missions, read our article about radio signals from Venus’ atmosphere or check out images from a flyby of Jupiter.

Main image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Mary P. Hrybyk-Keith

Kait Sanchez is a freelance writer for IGN. Find them on Twitter @crisp_red.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has “touched” the sun – about 8.1 million miles from its surface. In April, the probe crossed into the corona, the sun’s upper atmosphere, according to an announcement from the agency.

“This is a dream come true,” said Nour Raouafi, the Parker project scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in a video released by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. “One of the major goals for the Parker Solar Probe mission is to fly through the solar corona and we are doing that now.”

NASA has wanted to send a probe to the sun since 1958, and after decades of study and delays, the Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018. The probe travels on a spiral trajectory, slowly looping closer to the sun. Readings from the April solar flyby confirmed to scientists that the probe had become the first known spacecraft in history to fly through the corona.

“Flying so close to the Sun, Parker Solar Probe now senses conditions in the magnetically dominated layer of the solar atmosphere – the corona – that we never could before,” said Raouafi in a statement. “We see evidence of being in the corona in magnetic field data, solar wind data, and visually in images. We can actually see the spacecraft flying through coronal structures that can be observed during a total solar eclipse.”

Along its journey, the probe is gathering various data about the corona and solar wind. So far, the probe has discovered switchbacks, zig-zag formations in solar wind, and determined where they form. It’s also shown that the Alfvén critical surface, the boundary where the solar atmosphere ends and solar winds begin, is wrinkly rather than smooth. Discoveries from the probe will help scientists better understand and predict extreme space weather, which can impact telecommunications on Earth and damage satellites.

“I’m excited to see what Parker finds as it repeatedly passes through the corona in the years to come,” said Nicola Fox, division director for the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. “The opportunity for new discoveries is boundless.”

For more about NASA’s probe missions, read our article about radio signals from Venus’ atmosphere or check out images from a flyby of Jupiter.

Main image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Mary P. Hrybyk-Keith

Kait Sanchez is a freelance writer for IGN. Find them on Twitter @crisp_red.