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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Govt’s warning over deepfakes, Ant Group to launch AI products, and more
6Nov By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Govt’s warning over deepfakes, Ant Group to launch AI products, and more

[ad_1] AI Roundup: Karnataka's Mysore Sales International Ltd (MSIL) is set to introduce a groundbreaking AI-powered platform to enhance its chit-fund business. In a separate development, Alibaba's Ant Group received Chinese government approval to deploy AI products based on its Large Language Model (LLM) called Bailing. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar also issued a warning for social media platforms about their responsibility in countering AI-powered deepfakes and misinformation.All this, and more in today's AI roundup. 1. MSIL to get AI-powered platformOn Monday, Karnataka Industries Minister M B Patil announced that Mysore Sales International Ltd (MSIL) will get a first-of-its-kind AI-powered platform soon. According to a PTI report, the state-run company could scale up its chit-...
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Actor Scarlett Johansson slaps lawsuit on Lisa AI app for cloning her voice in ad
2Nov By adminNo Comments
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Actor Scarlett Johansson slaps lawsuit on Lisa AI app for cloning her voice in ad

[ad_1] The signs of AI making trouble were there to see ever since the song ‘Heart on my sleeve' came out and immediately began ranking on streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. It was an AI-generated song that used the cloned voices of artists Drake and The Weeknd. While it was soon taken down from the platforms, it showed the world how closely an AI-generated voice could sound. Now, in a recent incident, Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson has decided to take legal action against an AI app for using her voice for an online ad without her consent. This lawsuit marks the latest event in a series of growing frustration among singers and actors over the misuse of their identity through deepfakes.According to a report by Variety, Johansson appeared in a 22-second ad posted on X b...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI deepfakes, Google to invest $2 Bn in Anthropic, more
28Oct By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI deepfakes, Google to invest $2 Bn in Anthropic, more

[ad_1] We have entered the weekend, and yet, artificial intelligence developments are happening at full throttle. In the first incident, a new report has found that due to the possibility of AI-based deepfakes, people online are questioning even genuine videos and photos that are coming from the ground zero in Gaza. In other news, Google has committed to invest $2 billion in the AI company Anthropic, solidifying its relationship with the startup. The move is seen as similar to Microsoft investing in OpenAI. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.AI muddies Hamas-Israel conflictAI is making it harder for people to trust the images and videos they see online, reports The New York Times. A disturbing image of a charred body initially believed to be a deceased child,...
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Rishi Sunak’s AI Guest List Risks Falling Short as Leaders Hold Back
22Oct By adminNo Comments
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Rishi Sunak’s AI Guest List Risks Falling Short as Leaders Hold Back

[ad_1]  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was hoping his AI summit next month would bring heads of the most powerful nations face-to-face with executives to guard against the technology's “catastrophic” potential. With less than two weeks to go, the guest list is thin on world leaders. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join US President Joe Biden in skipping the Nov. 1-2 gathering at Bletchley Park, according to people familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity because plans aren't finalized. With French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese premier Fumio Kishida yet to decide that makes Italian premier Giorgia Meloni the sole Group of Seven leader other than the host to sign up so far.  We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. Although there's...
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Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes
6Oct By adminNo Comments
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Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes

[ad_1] Deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence are having their moment this year, at least when it comes to making it look, or sound, like celebrities did something uncanny. Tom Hanks hawking a dental plan. Pope Francis wearing a stylish puffer jacket. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the Capitol steps in a red bathrobe.But what happens next year ahead of a U.S. presidential election? Google was the first big tech company to say it would impose new labels on deceptive AI-generated political advertisements that could fake a candidate's voice or actions. Now some U.S. lawmakers are calling on social media platforms X, Facebook and Instagram to explain why they aren't doing the same. Two Democratic members of Congress sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda ...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Zomato launches AI chatbot, Israel’s AI-powered plane and more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Zomato launches AI chatbot, Israel’s AI-powered plane and more

[ad_1] AI Roundup: Zomato launched its own AI chatbot today that will assist users in placing orders, while Google DeepMind co-founder emphasized that the US should only allow those buyers access to Nvidia's AI chips who agree to use this technology ethically. In a separate development, the Israeli Defense Ministry unveiled a surveillance plane equipped with AI-powered sensors.All this, and more in our today's AI roundup. 1. Zomato launches AI chatbotKeeping up with the latest trends, Zomato announced the launch of its AI chatbot on Friday. The chatbot, called Zomato AI, will assist users in placing orders. In a blog post, Zomato announced that one of the chatbot's standout features is its multiple-agent framework which empowers it with a variety of prompts for different tasks. Zomato A...
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AI DANGER! Artificial intelligence being used to carry out malware attacks, warns FBI
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AI DANGER! Artificial intelligence being used to carry out malware attacks, warns FBI

[ad_1] The generative artificial intelligence revolution has brought new avenues of growth and potential for massive advancements, but along with that have come new threats to security and privacy. Recently we have seen instances of cybercrimes emerge where criminals and bad actors have been leveraging generative AI for malicious purposes. Just last month, a man in Thiruvananthapuram was scammed of Rs. 40,000 after the scammer used deepfakes to impersonate someone the victim knew. These crimes, which now use advanced AI malware, have risen so much that even the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the USA had to issue a warning to the public to raise awareness of such crimes.According to a report by PCMag, The US agency held a meeting with journalists to discuss how generative AI ma...
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Stability AI launches Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, its latest image generator; Know all about it
27Jul By adminNo Comments
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Stability AI launches Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, its latest image generator; Know all about it

[ad_1] With each day passing, we are seeing more generative AI platforms being introduced. As these tools are made easily accessible the competition within the market has grown with competitors like Midjourney and Adobe. Keeping the ever-growing user demand in mind, Stability AI has launched its improved version of the image generation model, Stable Diffusion XL 1.0. The company claims that the current model is its most advanced offering in the segment. However, there are some ethical issues still persistent in the model.According to a Tech Crunch report, Stability AI launched a text-to-image model called Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, which it claimed to be the “most advanced” tool released now. The platform is available in open source in GitHub alongside Stability's API and consumer apps, C...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Bill Gates on AI risks, Wipro launches ai360, more
12Jul By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Bill Gates on AI risks, Wipro launches ai360, more

[ad_1] Yesterday, July 11, was dominated by the incident where Suumit Shah, the founder of the ecommerce startup Dukaan tweeted about replacing 90 percent of the company's customer support staff with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, and netizens began condemning the founder for his lack of empathy. Today, things take a different turn as Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates posted a blog where he talked about the risks AI poses and how to manage it. In a separate incident, IT major Wipro launched its new service called ai360. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look. Bill Gates talks about the risks of AIGates wrote a long post on his blog GatesNotes about the existing and potential risks AI poses, and how to manage it. In a tweet, posting about the blog, he said, “T...
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Generative AI comes to Nasdaq, winning over engineers before lawyers
12Jul By adminNo Comments
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Generative AI comes to Nasdaq, winning over engineers before lawyers

[ad_1] Months into the advent of more powerful artificial intelligence, a split is emerging inside the corporate world: engineers and marketers are embracing it, while lawyers less so, Nasdaq's chief technology and chief information officer said Tuesday.Inside Nasdaq, which operates stock exchanges and sells technology for global markets, workers across different departments are exploring how to use more novel AI, Brad Peterson said at the Reuters MOMENTUM conference in Austin. One unit ran a "hackathon," or collaborative engineering event, of so-called generative AI, technology that produces text, images or other new content based on past data. The division, Verafin, was exploring how to imbue such AI into its product for fighting financial crime, he said, adding the technology could c...
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