Why bigger is not always better in AI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In AI research, everyone seems to...
Popular Chinese EVs can listen to conversations, owners say
A popular brand of electric vehicle sold in Australia has a hidden backdoor allowing the manufacturer to listen into conversations, users have claimed. After witnessing an explosive month showcasing the...
This Startup Wants YouTube Creators to Get Paid for AI Training Data
So far, when AI companies have trained on YouTube’s invaluable stash of videos, captions, and other content, they’ve done so without permission. An AI-focused content licensing startup called Calliope Networks...
AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?
In 1994, Florida jewelry designer Diana Duyser discovered what she believed to be the Virgin Mary’s image in a grilled cheese sandwich, which she preserved and later auctioned for $28,000. But...
A tiny new open-source AI model performs as well as powerful big ones
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), a research nonprofit, is releasing a family of open-source multimodal language models, called Molmo, that it says perform as well as top proprietary...
Trump threatens to prosecute Google if he wins for pushing only ‘bad stories’ about him
Former President Donald Trump has vowed that his administration will seek to prosecute Google if he wins in November, claiming that the company’s search engine only promotes “bad stories” about...
Chat Podcasts Rule the Market—and Always Will
Nearly every survey of the podcast industry in 2024 agrees on one point: Chat podcasts are king. As video rises in popularity (33 percent of US podcast listeners prefer to...
MIT launches new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program
A new, multidisciplinary MIT graduate program in music technology and computation will feature faculty, labs, and curricula from across the Institute. The program is a collaboration between the Music and Theater...
Want AI that flags hateful content? Build it.
Humane Intelligence, an organization focused on evaluating AI systems, is launching a competition that challenges developers to create a computer vision model that can track hateful image-based propaganda online. Organized...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s grand ambitions on eye-popping T-shirt
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is known for his passion, including for ancient Rome, and on Wednesday he wore a shirt that played on his own ambitions as his company launched what...
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati resigned on Wednesday, saying she wants “the time and space to do my own exploration.” Murati had been among the three executives at the...
3 Questions: Should we label AI systems like we do prescription drugs?
AI systems are increasingly being deployed in safety-critical health care situations. Yet these models sometimes hallucinate incorrect information, make biased predictions, or fail for unexpected reasons, which could have serious...
OpenAI released its advanced voice mode to more people. Here’s how to get it.
OpenAI is broadening access to Advanced Voice Mode, a feature of ChatGPT that allows you to speak more naturally with the AI model. It allows you to interrupt its responses...
Elon Musk seeks dismissal of Don Lemon’s lawsuit over canceled X deal
Elon Musk and X asked a federal judge to dismiss former CNN anchor Don Lemon’s lawsuit claiming they defrauded him by canceling a partnership on the social media platform following a contentious...
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now, thanks to a deal with Microsoft, the reactor will start running again...
