Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) As federal regulations loom for the AI industry, Meta’s top AI guy seems to be attempting an interesting strategy to dissuade regulators from cracking down: tell them that, actually, AI isn’t all that impressive so how about just don’t bother with any new laws, alright? Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI … Read more
Photo: jamesonwu1972 (Shutterstock) Silicon Valley has bet big on generative AI but it’s not totally clear whether that bet will pay off. A new report from the Wall Street Journal claims that, despite the endless hype around large language models and the automated platforms they power, tech companies are struggling to turn a profit when … Read more
Headlines This WeekMeta’s AI-generated stickers, which launched just last week, are already causing mayhem. Users swiftly realized they could use them to create obscene images, like Elon Musk with tits, ones involving child soldiers, and bloodthirsty version of Disney characters. Ditto for Microsoft Bing’s image generation feature, which has set off a trend in which … Read more
Headlines This WeekOpenAI rolled out a number of big updates to ChatGPT this week. Those updates include “eyes, ears, and a voice” (i.e., the chatbot now boasts image recognition, speech-to-text and text-to-speech synthesization capabilities, and Siri-like vocals—so you’re basically talking to the HAL 9000), as well as a new integration that allows users to browse … Read more
Artificial intelligence has proved a costly endeavor—well, yes, in terms of money, but AI requires massive amounts of energy, and water consumption to operate at scale. That hasn’t stopped big tech companies such as Google and Microsoft from putting that energy-hungry AI into practically every single one of their user and enterprise end-products. Big daddy … Read more
Authors are suing Meta for allegedly utilizing their works to coach its Llama synthetic intelligence software program, in line with a category motion lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Chabon is among the many plaintiffs listed within the lawsuit, which accuses Meta of infringing on their mental property. Why is Everybody Suing AI … Read more
The Related Press is placing its foot down on journalists utilizing any form of AI program to jot down articles, although that isn’t stopping the corporate itself from making a fast buck in alternate for coaching generative AI on older AP content material. Why is Everybody Suing AI Corporations? | Future Tech In a Wednesday … Read more
Prosecraft.io, a web site that used novels to assist energy a data-driven venture to show phrase rely, passive voice, and different rather more subjective, writing-style markers akin to vividness, shut down right this moment after authors protested the venture. Prosecraft used the total textual content of over 25,000 books—which is fully copywritten materials—with a view … Read more
Photograph: Win McNamee (Getty Photographs) Ever because it debuted final yr, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been the most well liked product in tech. It kicked off the so-called “AI revolution,” launched droves of recent companies, and has skilled explosive development on a world scale. Nonetheless, it seems that the honeymoon section could lastly be over. Netflix … Read more