Palantir’s Reputation Stalks Its Bid for the UK’s National Health Data
These comments were made by Thiel in a private capacity, says Palantir’s McArdle. “Our CEO has made it clear he disagrees with them and that he wishes ‘we had a...
What an AI-Generated Medieval Village Means for the Future of Art
Where does art begin and end? The question is at the center of a debate that roiled X (formerly known as Twitter) this month after an AI-generated image of a...
OpenAI’s Dall-E 3 Is an Art Generator Powered by ChatGPT
This image, rendered by Dall-E 3, shows how using ChatGPT to fill in a prompt produces a more coherent and sophisticated image. It might normally require a huge amount of...
Amazon Upgrades Alexa for the ChatGPT Era
When Amazon launched the Alexa virtual assistant nine years ago, its ability to decode voice commands to set a timer or play a song seemed almost magical. Today, the bar...
DeepMind’s New AI Can Predict Genetic Diseases
About 10 years ago, Žiga Avsec was a PhD physics student who found himself taking a crash course in genomics via a university module on machine learning. He was soon...
The Fall of Babylon Is a Warning for AI Unicorns
But the US venture was also ultimately doomed. It was entering a very crowded market, and wasn’t ready to compete. “There are a lot of scaled telemedicine companies here that...
Get Ready for ChatGPT-Style AI Chatbots That Do Your Boring Chores
A couple of weeks ago, startup CEO Flo Crivello typed a message asking his personal assistant Lindy to change the length of an upcoming meeting from 30 to 45 minutes....
Universal Music Declares War on Streaming Noise
Under the new model, Deezer promises to separate professional artists from the musical clutter of hobbyists, functional music, and system-gaming bots, and to future-proof its platform. “The new model is...
ChatGPT Isn’t Coming for Your Coding Job
Software engineers have joined the ranks of copy editors, translators, and others who fear that they’re about to be replaced by generative AI. But it might be surprising to learn...
