SAG-AFTRA has sent its latest TV animation agreement, which includes artificial intelligence protections for voice actors, to its members for a vote.
Shares of Super Micro Computer surged 13.5% after it was announced that the AI-optimized server seller will join the S&P 500.
A satirical website called Mouse Trap News used artificial intelligence to generate a fake photo of Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World burning down, highlighting the power of AI-generated content to deceive and spread misinformation.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could arrive within the next five years, depending on how AGI is defined, with the ability to pass human tests being a key factor in determining its arrival. However, there is still disagreement among scientists on how to define the workings of human minds, making it challenging to achieve AGI as an engineer. Huang also mentioned that while more chip factories will be needed to support the expansion of the AI industry, improvements in algorithms and processing will also limit the number of chips required.
This week in Apple news: leaked iPhone 17 details, improvements to iPhone 15 reactions, Apple's promise regarding AI, long-term support for iOS, MacBook Pro repair program, Car Play's success, the uncertain future of Apple Arcade, and the potential development of an iRing.
IBM, often overlooked and misunderstood as a "legacy tech" company, has significant growth potential in the AI sector, particularly in financial services and healthcare, with its AI platform Watson. The company's revenue is projected to grow at a modest 4.72% annually over the next five years, and a DCF valuation suggests a fair share price of $214.48, implying a 15.9% upside from current levels. Despite the risks of competition, IBM's strategic partnerships and relative valuation compared to its peers make it an attractive investment.
Former Google software engineer, Mike Wacker, criticizes Google's company culture and reveals bias in the company's AI systems, emphasizing that the flaws are deeper than just the algorithm.
Machine learning and genetic algorithms can effectively optimize peptide modifications for peptide design, particularly in cases where traditional approaches lack sufficient data, and the introduction of positive charge amino acids strategically instead of cumulatively can greatly influence the inhibitory activity of LPS-binding peptides.
Amazon Bedrock has announced the general availability of Knowledge Bases, which include a new feature called hybrid search that combines semantic search with keyword search to enhance the relevance of search results and improve accuracy in generating responses.
Semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia's investment in voice-recognition software developer SoundHound AI has caused the company's stock to gain 347% in February, highlighting the growing demand for voice-powered AI and positioning SoundHound AI as a potential long-term winner in the market.
Technologies must be accompanied by popular understanding, good habits, and shared responsibility for their consequences in order to be effectively and responsibly used. Without this societal context, technologies can be misunderstood and misused, as seen with the mRNA vaccines during the COVID pandemic. Therefore, it is important to have simplified explanations, or "cartoons," that help people understand how technologies work and how they can be used in the human world. This is particularly relevant in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), where the current narratives often perpetuate unhelpful ideas and create an atmosphere of human obsolescence and doom. By developing a new way of explaining AI that does not suggest human obsolescence or replacement, we may be able to bring it more effectively into society. The author proposes a metaphorical cartoon to explain large-model AI, breaking it down into four steps: trees, the magic forest, forest products, and phantom trees. Each step represents a simplification of the technology and emphasizes how it modifies and relies on human input. This alternative explanation aims to make AI more accessible and useful to a wider audience.
The stock market bulls argue that the current AI-bubble is similar to the environment in 1995, but the macro environment more closely resembles 2000, suggesting that the AI bubble is near its peak and will likely burst with the Fed's hawkish turn.
US stock markets closed at record highs driven by investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI), with the Nasdaq reaching its highest level since 2021 and Nvidia surpassing a $2tn market value for the first time.
The "world's environment parliament" adopted bold action plans, including promoting sustainable lifestyles and taking smarter, greener steps towards sustainability, to address the triple planetary crisis of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change.
Director James Gunn shuts down a fake photo of David Corenswet as Superman, highlighting flaws in the AI-generated image and maintaining secrecy about the upcoming film's costume fittings.
AI startup Rewind's founder, Dan Siroker, is charging investors $100 for meetings to conserve his time and ensure serious interest, highlighting the frothy and potentially insane state of the AI startup market.
Adobe has introduced "Project Music GenAI Control," an AI tool that allows users to create and edit music simply by typing in text prompts, raising concerns about the potential impact on music creation and employment in the industry.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a restrictive ban on children using social media, expressing concerns that the bill did not allow parents to supervise teens' online activity, and instead plans to develop a different plan that balances child protection and parental rights.
Mistral AI models, Mistral 7B and Mixtral 8x7B, are now available on Amazon Bedrock, providing users with high-performing foundation models for tasks such as text generation, summarization, question answering, text classification, and code generation.
ChatGPT-4 outperformed human participants in divergent thinking tasks, showcasing higher creativity in generating unique and elaborate responses, suggesting that AI has potential as a tool to enhance human creativity but raises questions about its role and integration in creative processes.
Ari Juels, security expert and chief scientist at Chainlink, explores the intersection of technology, blockchain, and AI in his new novel "The Oracle," focusing on the potential risks and escape vectors posed by AI-controlled financial systems. He emphasizes the importance of designing guardrails and implementing safeguards, such as blockchain-based oracles, to prevent AI-related threats in the future.
The world of startups is increasingly dominated by AI technologies and applications, with various AI-driven ventures receiving significant investments, while AI is being used for tasks ranging from coding to news reading to website building. Additionally, there is a growing trend of startups providing services to assist other startups in their shutdown processes. In other news, Google faced criticism for an AI-generated depiction that inaccurately represented historical figures, Apple abandoned its self-driving car project, and Byju Raveendran clarified that he remains the CEO of Byju's despite rumors of his removal.
Artificial intelligence can replicate perfumes based on chemical compositions, potentially preserving rare and vanishing scents, and may contribute to developing cheaper and more sustainable fragrance recipes for the perfume industry.
In the midst of increasing interest in artificial intelligence, some investors are turning to value stocks, which have been left behind by the growth-focused tech sector, as gains in value-heavy sectors like industrials and materials suggest a broader market rally.
A decline in North Pacific Ocean humpback whale populations of about 20% over the past decade has been attributed to a climate change-related heat wave, according to researchers who used an AI photo-scanning tool to analyze over 200,000 photographs of humpback whales.
BigBear.ai, a company known for its effective artificial intelligence, is being discussed by Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian in terms of its potential stock performance in the coming two years.
Python-related inquiries dominate Stack Overflow, accounting for approximately 13% of all questions, making it a popular choice for entry-level data scientists and developers in various industries.
AI has generated realistic-looking images of The Simpsons characters, unsettling many fans who find the humanized versions of the animated family creepy and disturbing.
NEC and Sumitomo Corp. are collaborating on an AI-driven agricultural support service to enhance crop yields and conserve resources, starting with sugar cane and later expanding to other crops like wheat and soybeans, with operations set to begin in Brazil, India, and Thailand this year.
Five U.S.-based companies raised nine-figure funding rounds in various sectors, including biotech, energy, AI, and agtech, in the past week, with the largest round of $244 million raised by geothermal developer Fervo Energy.
AI is predicted to contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, and Python is the most relevant and sought-after programming language for AI, according to industry experts.
Researchers have discovered that code uploaded to the AI developer platform Hugging Face installed malware on end-user machines, including backdoors that granted full control of the device, raising concerns about the security risks posed by AI models.
Start-up Groq has announced the formation of a new division called Groq Systems, focused on expanding its customer and developer ecosystem, with a particular emphasis on serving government agencies and enterprises looking to integrate Groq's chips into their data centers. The company has also acquired Definitive Intelligence, a firm offering AI solutions, with its CEO Sunny Madra now leading GroqCloud, Groq's cloud platform.
Alibaba's Institute for Intelligent Computing has developed EMO, an AI video generator that can create animated avatar videos with facial expressions and poses using a single still image and vocal audio. The system can sync lips in the video clip with real audio, supports songs across multiple languages, and works with different artistic styles. While there are still some imperfections, the overall accuracy of the lip movements in response to the input audio is impressive.
AI language models, such as chatbots, perform better on math questions when framed with positive thinking, including pretending to be on Star Trek, according to a study by software company VMware.
Artificial intelligence (AI) made a significant impact at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, with the introduction of AI-powered devices such as wearable AI badges and smartphones with on-device generative AI capabilities.
Dell's share price soared as the company focused on its strong AI-optimized server momentum and increased backlog, despite overall declining sales in fiscal 2024.
The lack of diversity in motion-capture technology design poses safety concerns and flawed assumptions for AI-based applications, as many standards and benchmarks are based on a narrow representation of body types and movements, according to a study published by researchers from the University of Michigan, Cornell University, Intel, and the University of Virginia. These biases and inaccuracies from past studies can result in technologies that are not safe or effective for individuals who do not fit the preconceived "typical" body type.
A ransomware attack by the ALPHV gang on UnitedHealthcare Group's Change Health business unit has disrupted prescription processing for millions of Americans, leading to increased prices and difficulties in accessing life-saving medication.
The Federal Reserve may be hesitant to cut interest rates due to concerns over the surging stock market, particularly the rise of AI-driven stocks, which could lead to an asset bubble reminiscent of the late 1990s.
Google has officially brought the math problem-solving app, Photomath, under its app umbrella, allowing users to scan math problems and receive step-by-step solutions and explanations using AI.
Dell's stock surged to a record high after reporting better-than-expected sales and profit due to increased demand for information technology equipment for artificial intelligence work.
Spanish online bank Openbank, a unit of Santander Group, is offering its customers free access to an AI tool that uses over 2,000 variables to determine prices for stocks in the Stoxx Europe 600 and S&P 500 indices, with an average success rate of 56% for stock picking across various time horizons.
Machine learning uses algorithms and data to teach computer systems how to make accurate predictions, and it can be applied to various tasks such as mood-based playlists, market trend prediction, and sentiment analysis, with different approaches including supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, and reinforcement learning. The integration of quantum computing with machine learning has the potential to further enhance its capabilities.
The lack of a current AI standard for software and confusion over the components of an AI PC could lead businesses to purchase the wrong technology, increasing the risk of obsolescence and compatibility issues.
AMD and Nvidia are discussed in a video, with AMD being named one of the top 10 stocks to invest in and potential stock price growth for both companies.
Authors are facing increasing challenges from knockoff books generated by artificial intelligence on Amazon, with the problem becoming more prevalent and difficult to address for the e-commerce platform.
Shares of Dell Technologies soared 24% in premarket trading after the company released better-than-expected Q4 results, driven by strong momentum in AI-optimized servers, surpassing analyst expectations with adjusted earnings per share of $2.20 on revenue of $22.32 billion.
The Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index has gained 7% in the first two months of 2024 and is expected to continue rising due to the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly with companies like Nvidia and Meta Platforms experiencing strong gains and anticipated future success.
Professionals should consider learning or brushing up on skills such as process improvement, data literacy, two-factor authentication, AI, knowledge sharing, building and managing teams, machine learning and generative AI, storytelling, cybersecurity, listening and empathy, assessing the quality of data, critical thinking, written and verbal communication, email marketing, prompt engineering, adaptability, self-guided research and learning, deep reasoning, creative thinking, and prioritization to future-proof their careers in the digital era.