Russian President Vladimir Putin was momentarily speechless when confronted with an AI-generated version of himself during an annual news conference, where he denied rumors of having body doubles and addressed the dangers of artificial intelligence.
Jack Black expresses optimism about the future of artificial intelligence, hoping that it will be a tool to improve the world rather than destroy human jobs, while acknowledging the lingering concerns about AI.
The creation and distribution of deep-fake AI pornography, particularly non-consensual intimate imagery, has become a fully-scaled online business with millions of people accessing "undressing" websites, posing significant risks to individuals, especially women, on social media platforms and prompting a call for legislative change.
A startup named Channel 1 plans to launch a service that delivers curated news content written by AI and delivered by artificial anchors, with the news being fact-checked by humans before being presented. The virtual station aims to personalize and localize the news, while ensuring integrity and accountability. The ultimate goal is to develop an app that delivers personalized news feeds, but initially, the startup will offer a free ad-supported streaming television channel.
Pope Francis urges the global community to adopt an international treaty to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) and warns of the potential dangers it poses to humanity, including a "technological dictatorship" and the aggravation of inequalities and conflicts. He also acknowledges the benefits of AI but highlights concerns over unemployment and the disproportionate benefits for a few.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council in the United States has identified artificial intelligence (AI) as a risk to the financial system for the first time, citing potential safety-and-soundness risks and the need for increased monitoring and oversight.
The relationship between philosophy and AI is significant, as philosophical concepts and theories have influenced the development of AI systems, particularly in logic, reasoning, language, consciousness, and moral reasoning. Philosophers like Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, René Descartes, Francis Bacon, John Locke, David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and George Boole have made various contributions to the field of AI, laying the foundation for computational models, formal logic, symbolic systems, empirical knowledge, and logical reasoning.
The Science Fiction Writers Association is urging regulators to consider the perils of AI models using copyrighted material without compensating the original authors, and instead proposes an opt-in regime where authors can choose to allow their work to be used in AI models in return for reasonable compensation.
AI-powered news network Channel 1 plans to launch next year, offering personalized news coverage and generating its own reporting from public records and government documents, raising concerns about the accuracy and integrity of AI-generated reporting.
Microsoft and Apple are two tech giants that are dominating in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), but Microsoft's pace of innovation and advancements in AI models may give it the edge over Apple in 2024. However, analysts believe that Apple's focus on edge AI and its potential for future AI endeavors could close the gap between the two companies.
H&R Block has released an AI chatbot for tax questions that is trained specifically on the company's tax laws and can provide helpful information, while also offering access to human tax experts for personalized advice.
Dropbox had to clarify that it does not automatically feed user files to OpenAI's AI models, after misinformation spread on social media and caused concern among customers.
Grindr has partnered with AI company Ex-human to add an AI assistant to its dating platform, aiming to enhance social interaction and provide personalized recommendations, but privacy concerns arise.
Researchers have proposed a novel framework to assess the reasoning ability of AI programs, suggesting that the Turing Test, which measures human-like responses, is not sufficient to evaluate true human-like reasoning.
Dictionary.com named "hallucinate" as the 2023 Word of the Year, but the neglected AI-senses of the words "prompt," "model," and "animate" raised objections. Epic Games has won $92 million in damages from Google in an antitrust trial, which could lead to changes in app store business models. French AI startup Mistral raised $415 million in Series C funding. The European Union has passed a groundbreaking law to regulate AI. OpenAI has entered into an agreement with media giant Axel Springer. Essential AI raised $56.5 million in Series A funding. Tesla showcased its humanoid robot, Optimus, which demonstrated the ability to handle eggs. Bionic raised $15 million to increase production for its exoskeleton suits for front line workers. Northwestern University researchers created virtual reality goggles for mice to study fear and anxiety. Meta's new iteration of Ray-Ban Stories, the Meta Smart Glasses, offer enhanced features and functionality. Bose has discontinued its Frames audio smart glasses.
South Korean NFT developer Line Next raises $140 million in funding, China's AI market surpasses $1.4 trillion, Sinohope Technology faces a loss due to a stuck FTX deposit, and OKX DEX is hacked for $2.7 million.
The online certificate program "Natural Language Processing with Python" from Cornell University aims to teach professionals the fundamentals of NLP and its applications in various industries, allowing companies to gain a competitive edge in the data-driven landscape by interpreting and extracting value from large amounts of unstructured text data.
AI-powered products are increasingly being adopted by older generations, filling crucial needs and providing ease of use through features such as generative AI and natural language processing. The trend is particularly promising in addressing issues of loneliness among seniors and helping women navigate menopause.
Instagram has introduced a new AI-powered tool called Backdrop that allows users to edit the backgrounds of their Instagram Stories, creating fun and interactive photo experiences for their followers.
Shares of C3.ai experienced an 11.7% rebound as opportunistic investors, driven by the expectation of future interest rate reductions, sought to acquire beaten-down growth stocks like C3.ai, which has seen a significant decline since its IPO.
Musician Grimes has partnered with toy company Curio and OpenAI to create interactive AI plush toys for children that can converse and learn the personalities of their owners. The toys, named Gabbo, Grem, and Grok, have unique personalities and a functionality that allows parents to set preferences. The AI toys are currently available for preorder.
Pope Francis has called for an international treaty to ensure ethical development and use of artificial intelligence, emphasizing the risks of technology lacking human values and supporting the need for global regulation; his message comes after the European Union secured provisional approval for the world's first comprehensive AI rules.
Instagram, owned by Meta, has launched a new AI-driven feature called Backdrop that allows users to easily edit the background of their photos with prompts like "chased by dinosaurs" or "surrounded by puppies," demonstrating Meta's commitment to using AI as a creativity booster and engagement driver.
The European Union has reached a provisional agreement on its landmark AI regulation, but the specific changes required from AI companies and the enforcement timeline remain unclear, allowing major AI players to continue competing for dominance while navigating regulatory uncertainty in the US.
The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) is attempting to establish a global framework to regulate AI, but experts warn that effective agreements can only be reached between countries that share the same values and respect human rights.
The Economist's weekly edition covers a range of global topics including politics, business, climate change, and culture.
New research using AI and 3D imaging has found that each person's tongue surface, with its distinct papillae patterns, is unique, with potential implications for personalized food development, early oral cancer diagnosis, and a deeper understanding of taste and touch variations.
Intel has announced its latest chipsets, the Intel Core Ultra line, with a focus on onboard PC AI, promising significant performance boosts in the integrated GPU and the ability to split intensive tasks on the new neural processing unit (NPU).
Researchers have developed an AI system that uses satellite images and terrain data to accurately determine snow depth across Switzerland, offering higher resolution snow maps than currently available.
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Generative AI is posing new challenges and threats in cybersecurity, requiring CISOs to innovate quickly and adapt to the evolving landscape of attacks and defense tools.
OpenAI's Superalignment research team, dedicated to controlling powerful AI systems, has made progress in allowing an inferior AI model to guide the behavior of a more advanced one without diminishing its capabilities, addressing concerns of potential risks posed by superhuman AI.
Microsoft has announced several new capabilities and models in its Azure AI portfolio, including the availability of Meta's Llama 2 in Models as a Service, the preview of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision, and the addition of new models to the Azure AI model catalog. These advancements aim to empower developers and data scientists to build innovative applications with AI.
Intel shares rose after the company launched its latest processors designed for running AI workloads, positioning itself to benefit from the AI boom competition with Nvidia and AMD.
Spotify is testing an AI-powered feature that creates personalized playlists from text prompts, though it is unclear if the feature will be publicly launched.
Channel 1 plans to launch an AI-powered news network in 2024, featuring AI-generated anchors presenting personalized broadcasts, raising concerns about the future of journalism and journalistic integrity.
Google is reportedly planning to integrate its Gemini AI model into its Pixel devices, with a new AI assistant called Pixie that could launch with the Pixel 9 and use data from Google products on your phone to offer a personalized version of the Google Assistant; there are also discussions of developing AI-powered glasses.
AI-powered development and testing assistants, known as "TuringBots," are enhancing the productivity and speed of programming, particularly in low-code development, by leveraging generative AI and natural language prompts, freeing up human developers for more creative work.
IBM is offering a free AI Fundamentals program through its SkillsBuild learning portal, which consists of six courses covering topics such as AI ethics, machine learning, and natural language processing, allowing individuals to gain a credential in AI fundamentals.
Microsoft is expanding its AI-powered Copilot tool to faculty and higher education students, providing commercial data protection and access to advanced models to improve efficiency and learning. Additionally, Microsoft is offering Copilot for Microsoft 365 to faculty and staff, enhancing productivity and creativity in educational organizations. The company is also creating opportunities to build AI literacy by providing training materials and immersive learning experiences.
AI technologies are revolutionizing the drug discovery process by allowing companies to model and test potential drugs using AI and machine learning, reducing research and development cycles and potentially saving lives, though challenges such as technology, data, and process still persist.
Microsoft has released a preview of Windows AI Studio, a set of tools and models for local generative AI app development that requires Linux and only runs on Nvidia GPUs.
Visionary.ai's collaboration with Qualcomm is expected to bring a significant improvement in low-light photography and videography by utilizing advanced AI to reduce noise and improve image quality in real time.
OpenAI's superalignment program, aimed at finding ways to control superintelligent AI systems, tested weak AI model GPT-2's ability to supervise the more powerful GPT-4, with GPT-4 consistently outperforming its weak supervisor and indicating weak-to-strong generalization, a promising step towards aligning the behavior of superhuman AI.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger predicts that inference technology will surpass training as the most important aspect of AI, challenging Nvidia's dominance in the CUDA market. Gelsinger believes that the industry is moving towards a more open approach to AI training, and Intel is focusing on developing its own inference capabilities with the launch of Intel Core Ultra and 5th Gen Xeon datacenter chips.
AI entrepreneur Rana el Kaliouby discusses the accessibility of AI technology, the importance of emotional intelligence in AI development, and her optimism for the future of AI while emphasizing the need for diversity and ethics in the industry.
OpenAI's Superalignment team is working on developing ways to control and govern "superintelligent" AI systems, with the goal of ensuring that AI behaves as intended and can be aligned with human values.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, developed by xAI, has been criticized for exhibiting political bias despite claims of being less biased and more focused on truth-seeking than OpenAI's ChatGPT. While Grok leans towards a libertarian perspective, it is seen as left-leaning in areas such as foreign policy and culture, raising doubts about its ability to be politically neutral.
Spotify is testing a new feature that allows users to create playlists using AI technology and prompts, though it has not yet announced a launch timeframe or shared further details about the technology.
B&H Photo published an AI-generated photography guide on its blog without disclosing its use of artificial intelligence, raising concerns about the practice and the credibility of AI-authored content.