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ChatGPT-rival Anthropic releases more powerful models to fuel its Claude AI chatbot
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ChatGPT-rival Anthropic releases more powerful models to fuel its Claude AI chatbot

[ad_1] Anthropic, a major player in generative artificial intelligence, announced new models to fuel its Claude AI chatbot, the company said on Monday, as ChatGPT faces more rivals.The company said three new AI models - called Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet and Haiku - were its most high-performing tools yet and were industry leading in terms of their ability to match human intelligence. Founded in 2021, Anthropic was created by former employees of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and has been funded by Google and partnered with Amazon to develop new technology. The company has made its hallmark to release AI models that seek to impose stricter guardrails than those behind ChatGPT and other chatbot rivals.But this approach has faced pushback after last month's release of Google's Gemini model ...
New Microsoft-Backed Startup Wants to Make AI Work As Intended
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New Microsoft-Backed Startup Wants to Make AI Work As Intended

[ad_1]  Artificial intelligence software doesn't always do what the people building it want it to do — a potentially dangerous issue that has consumed some of the largest companies working on the technology. Big companies like OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.'s Google are increasingly  directing workers, money and computing power toward the problem. And Anthropic, an OpenAI competitor, has put it at the heart of its development of Claude, a product it bills as a safer kind of AI chatbot.    Starting this month, a new company called Synth Labs is also taking aim at the issue. Founded by a handful of prominent AI industry names, the company is emerging from stealth this week, and has raised seed funding from Microsoft Corp.'s venture capital fund, M12, and Eric Schmidt's First Spark Ventures. Syn...
5 Things about AI you may have missed today: IIT Kanpur takes AI to telemedicine, big boost for AI skills in China, more
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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: IIT Kanpur takes AI to telemedicine, big boost for AI skills in China, more

[ad_1] AI roundup: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is currently on his Asia tour where he met LG Electronics executives in South Korea. The discussions included partnerships to expand mixed reality devices and AI development; in a move that has shocked the tech world, Apple makes AI a priority and abandons its plans for developing self-driving cars. Reports say many employees from the project will be shifted to the iPhone maker's artificial intelligence (AI) division. Mark Zuckerberg plans to develop mixed reality devices with LGToday, Mark Zuckerberg had a meeting with LG Electronics executives, CEO William Cho and parent company LG Corp COO Kwon Bong-seok in South Korea. The discussion was largely about building partnerships in expanding mixed reality devices. During the meeting, Cho express...
5 Things about AI you may have missed today: Qualcomm announces AI Hub, Krutrim rolls out AI chatbot and more
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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: Qualcomm announces AI Hub, Krutrim rolls out AI chatbot and more

[ad_1] AI roundup: As the Mobile World Conference (MWC) 2024 has commenced, Qualcomm made a major announcement with its introduction of an AI hub that empowers 75 AI models for the Snapdragon platform. On the other hand, Truecaller announced its new AI call recording feature which can translate and summarize audio. Know more about what happened in the world of AI today, February 26, 2024.1. Qualcomm AI Hub with 75 models unveiledQualcomm Technologies unveiled its new AI initiatives at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona. The new Qualcomm AI Hub is empowered by 75 pre-optimized AI models such as Whisper, ControlNet, Stable Diffusion, and Baichuan 7B. Durga Malladi, senior vice president and general manager, of technology planning and edge solutions, at Qualcomm Technologies...
IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Google’s Gemini AI chatbot violated India’s IT rules
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IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Google’s Gemini AI chatbot violated India’s IT rules

[ad_1] Google's Gemini AI chatbot came under scrutiny yesterday with the company temporarily halting image generation amid concerns over inaccuracies in historical depictions. Following this issue, the tech giant apologised for these inaccuracies. However, it now faces a new challenge in India as the country's IT Minister, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, flagged violations of IT rules and criminal code provisions by Gemini.Gemini AI's Political BiasThe controversy unfolded when a verified user shared a screenshot revealing biassed responses from the Gemini AI chatbot regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chandrasekhar, taking note of the issue, criticised the AI's response as a direct violation of IT rules and criminal code provisions. In a social media post, he emphasised the need for the Gove...
Worse than hallucinations! ChatGPT spews out nonsensical responses
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Worse than hallucinations! ChatGPT spews out nonsensical responses

[ad_1] ChatGPT is considered the pioneer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and is certainly one of the most popular ones around. However, that does not mean it is not susceptible to errors. While there have been reports about the AI chatbot hallucinating on certain issues in the past, several users faced a new problem, with the AI chatbot spewing nonsensical responses to prompts.ChatGPT troublesOn February 20, several users reported running into issues on ChatGPT. The AI chatbot reportedly switched languages on its own, got stuck in loops, corrected itself on occasions and even spewed nonsensical replies. On the ChatGPT subreddit, one user wrote, “I was asking ChatGPT for some javascript code advice (we were talking bit back and forth since the suggested solutions didn't work) wh...
Slack AI update rolled out! Get thread summaries and channel recaps now
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Slack AI update rolled out! Get thread summaries and channel recaps now

[ad_1] Slack is one of the most popular work management tools among businesses. It not only helps teams stay connected but also enables them to collaborate in an efficient manner. With every productivity tool integrating artificial intelligence into its platform, Slack has also joined the race to introduce AI features. Now, the Slack update has been rolled out after a planning and testing period that lasted for over a year. This Slack AI update now empowers users in many ways and the company says it will bring more AI features soon. Know what Slack AI update has in store for users. Slack AI featuresAccording to a Slack blog post, the work management platform has announced a set of three features: search answers, channel recap and thread summaries. The platform also highlighted that the ...
Otter AI chatbot now comes to group chats with the AI Chat in Channels feature; learn all about it
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Otter AI chatbot now comes to group chats with the AI Chat in Channels feature; learn all about it

[ad_1] Otter is an AI-powered voice-to-text transcription tool that helps users transform spoken words into text that is easy to read and understand. It is an app that aims to increase your productivity. It includes processing audio through an AI algorithm to generate text. The otter.ai app can be used in various ways such as through the mobile app version, users can record the meeting and upload the audio or video to the app which can later be transcribed into text. It also features an Otter Bot which can join the video meeting with you and can automatically transcribe spoken words. Using the Otter Bot, users can record audio, write notes, capture action items, and generate summaries. Now, Otter is bringing its AI chatbot to group chats via a feature called AI Chat in Channels.Otter AI...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: Assam launches AI flood app ‘RAHAT’, Chinese youths turn to new AI game
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Assam launches AI flood app ‘RAHAT’, Chinese youths turn to new AI game

[ad_1] Assam launches AI flood app 'RAHAT' for disaster relief; Young Chinese turn to AI game for lunar new year family prep; Half believe AI to amplify hacker attacks: Report; OpenAI CSO touts India's AI potential at Global Business Summit 2024- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. Assam launches AI flood app 'RAHAT' for disaster reliefAI-powered app "RAHAT" launched in Assam's Cachar district to combat floods, facilitating connectivity among people, security forces, and government. It shares critical information for early warning, evacuation, and supply distribution in remote areas. With heavy rainfall patterns, the app aids in disaster risk prevention, response, and recovery, ensuring efficient dissemination of information even in data shadow areas. 2. Young Chin...
AI Tool Helps Fix Faulty Trades Amid Shift to Faster Settlement Times
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AI Tool Helps Fix Faulty Trades Amid Shift to Faster Settlement Times

[ad_1] As the financial industry grapples with the shift to shorter settlement times, banks and broker-dealers will soon have a new artificial-intelligence tool to fix and prevent trades that go awry during the settlement process.Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. is rolling out OpsGPT, a chat-bot that uses generative AI and large language model technology to analyze and resolve operational issues such as failed trades, and offer insight on the cause of the issue and suggestions for how to resolve it and prevent it from happening again. The product was developed to help firms deal with added stress and costs as the market moves to a so-called T 1 requirement later this year, speeding up settlement times for securities trades to one day from two.  “The need for operational efficiencies ...