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Why Google, Bing and other search engines’ embrace of generative AI threatens...
Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better than ever for users. For example, rather than having to wade...
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California startup to ‘sponge’ CO2 from the atmosphere
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air is imperative if humanity is to limit global warming, experts say, and a California startup says it can do just that, using limestone as a carbon-sucking sponge....
View ArticleA Google Slides extension can make presentation software more accessible for...
Screen readers, which convert digital text to audio, can make computers more accessible to many disabled users—including those who are blind, low vision or dyslexic. Yet slideshow software, such as...
View ArticleAI image generators can be tricked into making NSFW content
A new test of popular AI image generators shows that while they’re supposed to make only G-rated pictures, they can be hacked to create not suitable for work (NSFW) content. Most online art generators...
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack...
ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors. “The board...
View ArticleForget dystopian scenarios – AI is pervasive today, and the risks are often...
The turmoil at ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, sparked by the board of directors firing high-profile CEO Sam Altman on Nov. 17, 2023, has put a spotlight on artificial intelligence safety and concerns about the...
View ArticleAmazon launches Q, a business chatbot powered by generative artificial...
Amazon finally has its answer to ChatGPT. The tech giant said Tuesday it will launch Q—a business chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence. The announcement, made in Las Vegas at an annual...
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AI chatbot’s success says as much about humans as technology
ChatGPT was launched on Nov. 30, 2022, ushering in what many have called artificial intelligence’s breakout year. Within days of its release, ChatGPT went viral. Screenshots of conversations snowballed...
View ArticleA management expert explains how this model works − and how it fueled the...
The board of OpenAI, creator of the popular ChatGPT and DALL-E artificial intelligence tools, fired Sam Altman, its chief executive officer, in late November 2023. Chaos ensued as investors and...
View ArticleBoosting faith in the authenticity of open source software
Open source software—software that is freely distributed, along with its source code, so that copies, additions, or modifications can be readily made —is “everywhere,” to quote the 2023 Open Source...
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AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they...
Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favor. That’s not to say they all want...
View ArticleMeta, IBM launch alliance to keep AI’s future open
Meta, IBM and dozens of startups and researchers have launched an alliance defending a more open and collaborative method to develop artificial intelligence, setting up a clash with OpenAI and Google...
View ArticleGoogle launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race
Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the...
View ArticleTraining algorithm breaks barriers to deep physical neural networks
EPFL researchers have developed an algorithm to train an analog neural network just as accurately as a digital one, enabling the development of more efficient alternatives to power-hungry deep learning...
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The year we played with artificial intelligence—and weren’t sure what to do...
Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023—it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people’s science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a...
View ArticleAlexa, am I happy? How AI emotion recognition falls short
Is the fear of public speaking the same as being chased by a bear? Does raising an eyebrow convey amusement or confusion? In 1995, Rosalind Picard, a scientist and inventor, introduced the idea of...
View Article4 essential reads that puncture the hype
Within four months of ChatGPT’s launch on Nov. 30, 2022, most Americans had heard of the AI chatbot. Hype about – and fear of – the technology was at a fever pitch for much of 2023. OpenAI’s ChatGPT,...
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Researchers use AI chatbots against themselves to ‘jailbreak’ each other
Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have managed to compromise multiple artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, including ChatGPT, Google Bard and...
View ArticleIt’s time to talk about our digital afterlives
Should the deceased be digitally resurrected by grieving friends, lovers and relatives? A new study captures current attitudes and highlights the need for urgent research and policy work. In a 2014...
View ArticleHow aviation could steer regulation of AI in health
What is the likelihood of dying in a plane crash? According to a 2022 report released by the International Air Transport Association, the industry fatality risk is 0.11. In other words, on average, a...
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