Google is finally taking action to curb non-consensual deepfakes
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Elon Musk’s X to reportedly shutter San Francisco office
Elon Musk reportedly plans to ditch X’s San Francisco office — weeks after announcing he will move the social media company’s headquarters to Texas in his clash with California Gov....
Zoom Is Going After Google and Microsoft With AI-Driven Docs
Starting Monday, Zoom users will have the option to open a document tool from within their video calling app and create sharable files based on their meetings—but they’ll also be...
Method prevents an AI model from being overconfident about wrong answers
People use large language models for a huge array of tasks, from translating an article to identifying financial fraud. However, despite the incredible capabilities and versatility of these models, they...
OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT bot that you can talk to
OpenAI is rolling out an advanced AI chatbot that you can talk to. It’s available today—at least for some. The new chatbot represents OpenAI’s push into a new generation of...
Five reasons the future of AI has already arrived
Artificial intelligence has shaken the windows and rattled the walls of nearly every business, government and institution since it exploded into mainstream consciousness following the launch of ChatGPT less than...
A New Trick Could Block the Misuse of Open Source AI
When Meta released its large language model Llama 3 for free this April, it took outside developers just a couple days to create a version without the safety restrictions that...
Precision home robots learn with real-to-sim-to-real
At the top of many automation wish lists is a particularly time-consuming task: chores. The moonshot of many roboticists is cooking up the proper hardware and software combination so that...
Reimagining cloud strategy for AI-first enterprises
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing, and computer vision has sparked lofty predictions: AI will revolutionize business operations, transform the nature of knowledge work, and boost...
Facebook parent Meta delivers strong quarter, sending shares soaring
Meta Platforms beat market expectations for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday and issued a rosy sales forecast for the third quarter, signaling that robust digital-ad spending on its social media platforms can cover...
Google Cracks Down on Explicit Deepfakes
A few weeks ago, a Google search for “deepfake nudes jennifer aniston” brought up at least seven high-up results that purported to have explicit, AI-generated images of the actress. Now...
MIT researchers advance automated interpretability in AI models
As artificial intelligence models become increasingly prevalent and are integrated into diverse sectors like health care, finance, education, transportation, and entertainment, understanding how they work under the hood is critical....
Google DeepMind’s new AI systems can now solve complex math problems
AI models can easily generate essays and other types of text. However, they’re nowhere near as good at solving math problems, which tend to involve logical reasoning—something that’s beyond the...
Apple delays highly-touted AI features until after initial iPhone, iPad upgrades: report
Apple’s upcoming artificial intelligence features will arrive later than anticipated and will miss the initial launch of upcoming iPhone and iPad software overhauls, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. The iPhone...
Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing
Many of yesterday’s talks were littered with the acronyms you’d expect from this assemblage of high-minded panelists: YC, FTC, AI, LLMs. But threaded throughout the conversations—foundational to them, you might...
