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WEF 2024: AI won’t replace human care for each other: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

19Jan

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WEF 2024: AI won’t replace human care for each other: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

[ad_1] Amid concerns raised in various quarters about risks posed by AI, ChatGPT creator OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman on Thursday said artificial intelligence (AI) won't replace human care for each other, just like computers didn't kill the game of chess. Speaking at a session on 'Technology in a Turbulent World' at the World Economic Forum (WEF 2024) here, he said even with its very limited current capability and very deep flaws, people are finding ways to use this tool for great productivity gains or other gains and understand the limitations."People understand tools and the limitations of tools more than we often give them credit for. People have found ways to make ChatGPT super useful to them and understand what not to use it for, for the most part," he said. Altman said AI has been some...

Intel looks to bridge biggest gap in generative AI, spins out AI software firm – Articul8 AI

4Jan

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Intel looks to bridge biggest gap in generative AI, spins out AI software firm – Articul8 AI

[ad_1] Intel on Wednesday said it was forming a new independent company around its artificial intelligence software efforts with backing from digital-focused asset manager DigitalBridge Group and other investors. Intel executives would not comment on the value of the deal or whether it would retain a majority stake in the new venture, other than to say the firm would have an independent board of directors and the chipmaker would remain a shareholder. The new entity, which will not be publicly traded and will be called Articul8 AI (pronounced "Articulate AI"), is an outgrowth of work on corporate AI technology that Intel initially carried out with Boston Consulting Group (BCG). We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. Using one of its own supercomputers, Intel developed a generative AI ...

AI pioneer says public discourse on intelligent machines must give ‘proper respect to human agency’

26Dec

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AI pioneer says public discourse on intelligent machines must give ‘proper respect to human agency’

[ad_1] She's an important figure behind today's artificial intelligence boom, but not all computer scientists thought Fei-Fei Li was on the right track when she came up with the idea for a giant visual database called ImageNet that took years to build. Li, now a founding director of Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, is out with a new memoir that recounts her pioneering work in curating the dataset that accelerated the computer vision branch of AI. The book, “The World I See,” also portrays her formative years that abruptly shifted from China to New Jersey and follows her through academia, Silicon Valley and the halls of Congress as growing commercialization of AI technology brought public attention and a backlash. She spoke with The Associated P...

21Dec

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Digital people: Mourners use artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally resurrect the dead

[ad_1] At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son.They are words that the late student never spoke, but brought into being with artificial intelligence. "I know you're in great pain every day because of me, and feel guilty and helpless," intones Xuanmo in a slightly robotic voice. "Even though I can't be by your side ever again, my soul is still in this world, accompanying you through life."Stricken by grief, Wu and his wife have joined a growing number of Chinese people turning to AI technology to create lifelike avatars of their departed.Ultimately Wu wants to build a fully realistic replica that behaves just like his dead son but dwells in virtual reality."Once we synchronise reality ...

Meta says there’s been no downside to sharing AI technology

1Dec

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Meta says there’s been no downside to sharing AI technology

[ad_1] Meta Platforms Inc. executives, speaking at an event Thursday, said there's been no major drawbacks to openly sharing its AI technology, even as many peers take the opposite approach.Over the past few months, Meta has been releasing open-source versions of its large language models — the technology behind AI chatbots like ChatGPT. The idea is to keep those models free and then gain an advantage by building products and services on top of them, executives said at an event for the company's AI research Lab FAIR. “There is really no commercial downside to also making it available to other people,” said Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist. Meta has joined most of the world's biggest technology companies in embracing generative AI, which can create text, images and even video based...

AI images of white faces are now ‘hyper-real’: study

14Nov

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AI images of white faces are now ‘hyper-real’: study

[ad_1] Images of faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) can now appear more real than pictures of real people -- as long as they are white, a study said on Monday.AI is now so good at depicting white people that the images are "hyper-real", said the report in the journal Psychological Science. But AI tends to depict people of other ethnicities with white features because the data used to train the algorithms is biased, said lead author Amy Dawel from the Australian National University (ANU). We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join."If white AI faces are consistently perceived as more realistic, this technology could have serious implications for people of colour by ultimately reinforcing racial biases online," she said.The authors said it was vital to educate the public about the...

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition

7Nov

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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition

[ad_1] The artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT has invited hundreds of software developers to its first developer conference Monday, embracing a Silicon Valley tradition for technology showcases that Apple helped pioneer decades ago.The path to OpenAI's debut DevDay has been an unusual one. Founded as a nonprofit research institute in 2015, it catapulted to worldwide fame just under a year ago with the release of a chatbot that's sparked excitement, fear and a push for international safeguards to guide AI's rapid advancement. The San Francisco conference comes a week after President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will set some of the first U.S. guardrails on AI technology. Using the Defense Production Act, the order requires AI developers likely to include OpenAI, i...

5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI misinformation warning, AI to monitor wild salmon, and more

29Oct

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI misinformation warning, AI to monitor wild salmon, and more

[ad_1] Expert warns that AI's immediate risks; Police encouraged to increase AI-backed facial recognition searches; AI enhances security measures at public venues; AI employed to monitor wild salmon stock - this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look. 1. Expert warns about AI's immediate risksAidan Gomez, a key figure in AI development, warns against fixating on AI doomsday scenarios, arguing they divert attention from pressing issues like misinformation. While acknowledging long-term existential risks, he believes immediate, tangible dangers, like the large-scale spread of false information, need priority. Gomez, CEO of Cohere, urges the AI safety summit to address the real-world applications of AI, emphasising the significance of tools like chatbots and image generators, Th...

YouTube Working on Tool That Lets Creators Sing Like Drake

20Oct

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YouTube Working on Tool That Lets Creators Sing Like Drake

[ad_1] YouTube is developing a tool powered by artificial intelligence that would let creators record audio using the voices of famous musicians, according to people familiar with the matter.The video site has approached music companies about obtaining the rights to songs it could use to train this tool, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are confidential. Major record labels have yet to sign off on any deal, though discussions between the two sides continue. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. YouTube rolled out a new suite of tools last month that leveraged artificial intelligence, including one that creators can use to create backgrounds for their videos and another that allows for automatic dubbing into other languages. The company had hoped to rol...

PwC Offers Advice From Bots in Deal With ChatGPT Firm OpenAI

17Oct

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PwC Offers Advice From Bots in Deal With ChatGPT Firm OpenAI

[ad_1] PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has teamed up with ChatGPT owner OpenAI to offer clients advice generated by artificial intelligence as the Big Four audit firms look to cut costs and boost productivity.The accounting firm will use AI to consult on complex matters in tax, legal and human resources, such as carrying out due diligence on companies, identifying compliance issues and even recommending whether to authorize business deals. The tie-up makes PwC the first of the Big Four to partner with OpenAI, which is regarded as one of the companies at the forefront of generative AI technology with its ChatGPT chatbot. The major audit firms have been cutting costs to cope with a slowdown in professional services. PwC is freezing pay increases and bonuses for some of its 25,000 UK staff, Del...