OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices—but Won’t Release the Tech Yet
Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice. Now,...
How to Resist the Temptation of AI When Writing
Your local public library is a great source of free information, journals, and databases (even ones that generally require a subscription and include embargoed research). For example, your search should...
Here’s Proof the AI Boom Is Real: More People Are Tapping ChatGPT at Work
Ever since the rollout of ChatGPT in November 2022, many people in science, business, and media have been obsessed with AI. A cursory look at my own published work during...
The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI
The US government issued new rules Thursday requiring more caution and transparency from federal agencies using artificial intelligence, saying they are needed to protect the public as AI rapidly advances....
Inside the Creation of DBRX, the World’s Most Powerful Open Source AI Model
This past Monday, about a dozen engineers and executives at data science and AI company Databricks gathered in conference rooms connected via Zoom to learn if they had succeeded in...
Elie Hassenfeld Q&A: ‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
The organizations we recommend offer the best bang for the buck. That often means saving the lives of children under 5 who would otherwise die from preventable diseases. And look,...
Is AI the Future of NPCs?
Bloom, a non-player character with a face like a potato and a black beanie pulled tight around his ears, wants to know about my strategy and how I fare in...
A Deepfake Nude Generator Reveals a Chilling Look at Its Victims
Another image on the site showed a group of young teens who appear to be in middle school: a boy taking a selfie in what appears to be a school...
Large Language Models’ Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two years ago, in a project called the Beyond the Imitation Game benchmark, or BIG-bench, 450 researchers compiled a list...
