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Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
A Stunning New AI Has Supposedly Achieved Sentience
But just how self-aware is the tool we call Claude 3 Opus?
Science & Technology | Tech
Filmmakers say AI will change the art — perhaps beyond recognition
One of the first topics tackled was the impractical nature of today's video generators.
News | News
Adobe Stock Getting New Tools to Protect Real Artists From AI-Generated Harm
Adobe Stock has benefits and costs associated with generative AI, and Adobe is trying to improve how it handles the inevitable issues.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
ChatGPT just (accidentally) shared all of its secret rules – here's what we learned
Saying 'hi' revealed OpenAI's instructions until the company shut it down, but you can still find them
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
Employees Turn to AI in a Seismic Shift | Workplace Coach Blog
AI in the workplace: employees turn to AI in a seismic shift; the reality, the trends, the implications and the fears
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram Photos Are Being Labeled 'Made With AI' When They're Not
Instagram’s “Made with AI” labels are creating confusion as photos are slapped with the tags depsite even when no or minimal AI was used.
Science & Technology | Tech
3 SEO Trends Every CEO Should Know
AI has caused many changes in SEO. Here's how the changes are impacting your online visibility and what you can do to maximize your business growth.
Science & Technology | Technology
Former Google employee: How a ‘code red’ meeting and ChatGPT led execs to take 'shortcuts' in Gemini AI launch
A former high-level Google employee detailed significant structural issues at the company and said they cut corners to compete with ChatGPT and launch Gemini.
Science & Technology | Tech News
Apple’s AI ambitions could include Google or OpenAI
Apple has reportedly held discussions with Google to bring its Gemini generative AI technology to the iPhone and has also considered using OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Politics | Free Speech
We're Sorry, WHAT?? British AI Firm To Suppress Speech They Deem 'Misinformation' Ahead of 2024 Elections
The left truly seems to be completely hellbent on creating an Orwellian nightmare for the rest of us, and a British AI firm is just the latest example. 'Logically.AI' has been in talks with various states and DHS to expand its social media surveillance for the 2024 presidential election.
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
Addressing equity and ethics in artificial intelligence
Algorithms and humans both contribute to bias in AI, but AI may also hold the power to correct or reverse inequities among humans.
Business & Finance | Business
Duolingo lays off staff as language learning app shifts toward AI
Educational technology app Duolingo laid off around 10% of its contractors as the company moves to rely more heavily on artificial intelligence, the company told CNN Tuesday.
Music | Music News
Elvis Presley to Return Via AI Concert in London
The late "king of rock 'n' roll" Elvis Presley is reportedly set to return for another concert via artificial intelligence (AI) in London, where he will appear onstage as a hologram.
Entertainment | William Shatner
William Shatner, Star Trek's Captain Kirk, takes on an AI chatbot
Legendary "Star Trek" actor William Shatner has been spending time exploring the new frontier of artificial intelligence.
Entertainment | Miscellanneous Trek
Is Star Trek falling behind in future tech predictions?
Star Trek has always been "forward thinking", predicting our real future, but have we reached a point predicting new technologies might be too hard?
Music | Music News
ALICE COOPER Says The Only Person Who Should Be Allowed To Use AI In Music Is PAUL MCCARTNEY
In a new interview with Australia's Studio 10, legendary rocker Alice Cooper weighed in on a debate about people using an AI (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on artificial intelligence (AI)
Science & Technology | Technology
Woman claims she got a callback from every company she applied to using AI-generated resume
After impulsively quitting her last job, she decided to seek help from an AI writing tool to build an effective resume.
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Israeli doctors save man's life with AI
The 50-year-old patient was urgently called back to the hospital after an AI-assisted diagnostic program flagged his CT scan for potential intracranial bleeding.
Science & Technology | Science
Google wants to use AI to turn your brain waves into music
Google scanned human brain activity and fed the data to an AI large language model in an attempt to reconstruct the music.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Zoom can now train its A.I. using some customer data, according to updated terms
Zoom's update comes amid growing public debate on the extent to which AI services should be trained on individuals' data.
Music | Music
Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song
The star says machine learning helped lift John Lennon's voice from a demo and turn it into a song.
Science & Technology | Tech
Worker v bot: Humans are winning for now
If you’d like to sharpen your skills to future-proof your career, then the VentureBeat Jobs Board is a great place to start a fresh job hunt.
Politics | Opinion
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel's position on artificial intelligence in battle is more moral than that of Human Rights Watch (update)
Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.
Science & Technology | Artificial intelligence
Next generation arms race could cause 'extinction' event akin to nuclear war, pandemic: tech chief
Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction and should be a global priority on the scale of nuclear war and pandemics, Center for AI Safety chief Dan Hendrycks said.
Science & Technology | Artificial intelligence
US air force denies running simulation in which AI drone ‘killed’ operator
Denial follows colonel saying drone used ‘highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal’ in virtual test
Science & Technology | Tech
AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries faster than ever before
AI and neural networks have greatly sped up astronomers' work, allowing them to work through massive amounts of data thoroughly, which would have been near impossible by human effort alone
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
‘Of course it’s disturbing’: will AI change Hollywood forever?
With the rise of AI-led services to write, voice and provide effects, industry experts express concern over the future
Music | Music
AI Recreates Lennon and McCartney Solo Songs as Beatles Tunes
AL-generated versions of Paul McCartney's 'New' and John Lennon's 'Grow Old With Me' were released in April 2023.
Science & Technology | Technology
‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work - The Verge
Geoffrey Hinton, whose trailblazing work on neural networks won him the ‘Nobel Prize of computing’ has quit Google to speak freely about the risks of AI now that Google and Microsoft on locked in fierce competition that might be impossible to stop.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Almost 60% of musicians are already using AI in their productions, study suggests
28.5% say that they’ll never use it, though
Science & Technology | Technology
Demystifying LLMs with Amazon distinguished scientists | All Things Distributed
To learn more about large language models (LLMs), foundation models, and other advances in ML, I sat with two of Amazon’s distinguished scientists, Sudipta Sengupta and Dan Roth.
Science & Technology | Technology
Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town | Ars Technica
Researchers study emergent AI behaviors in a sandbox world inspired by The Sims.
Business & Finance | Business
3 New Generative A.I. Tools That May Save Small-Business Owners Time
Mailchimp, Constant Contact, and GoDaddy's recently launched content-generation tools are designed for busy entrepreneurs.
Science & Technology | Tech
Google is reportedly developing a new AI-powered search engine
Google is reportedly “racing” to build an “all-new” AI-powered search engine..
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
How to Tell If a Photo Is an AI-Generated Fake - Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
Science & Technology | Artificial intelligence
The Open Letter on AI Doesn't Go Far Enough
One of the earliest researchers to analyze the prospect of powerful Artificial Intelligence warns of a bleak scenario
Science & Technology | Artificial intelligence
AI bot, ChaosGPT, tweets out plans to ‘destroy humanity’ after being tasked
“I need to find the most destructive weapons available to humans, so that I can plan how to use them to achieve my goals.”
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
A.I. Imagery Is Not Photography, It Never Will Be
Artificial intelligence can now generate images that look indistinguishable from photographs, but should the creations be considered "photos"?
News | Pallywood
Elder Of Ziyon - Artificial intelligence will supercharge Pallywood and anti-Israel lies
Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
Levi's Use of AI to 'Increase Diversity' is Wildly Tone-Deaf
Last week, Levi Strauss was heavily criticized for its decision to start using digital models generated by artificial intelligence (AI) instead of using
Politics | Liberal Fascism
DOD Pays Media-Rating Scammers To Create Propaganda And Censorship Tech For U.S. Government
Our tax dollars are funding the development of media-monitoring products that can be deployed to censor ordinary Americans via Big Tech.
Science & Technology | Technology
Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”
Last week, Microsoft announced the new AI-powered Bing: a search interface that incorporates a language model powered chatbot that can run searches for you and summarize the results, plus do …
News | Antisemitism Watch
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: ChatGPT covering for Egyptian antisemitism - to the point of making up facts
Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.
Science & Technology | Tech
Microsoft and Google are about to Open an AI battle
Microsoft and Google are both holding AI press events this week. With rumors of Bing getting ChatGPT and Google building a rival, the two tech giants are on course to butt heads again.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Ghostwriter add-in brings ChatGPT integration to Microsoft Word
A third-party add-in for Microsoft Word called Ghostwriter brings ChatGPT integration to the productivity software, but it'll cost you.
Science & Technology | Technology
This Week in Techno-Hell: AI Might Soon Be Writing the News You Consume
A new AI-powered content generator called ChatGBT launched in late 2022. Its proprietors market it as “a large language model developed by OpenAI that can be used for natural language processing...
Science & Technology | Tech
10 AI Predictions For 2023
2023 will be a huge year for the field of artificial intelligence.
Science & Technology | Technology
AI Image Generators are a New Frontier of Copyright Confusion
A disagreement between two artists selling on Adobe Stock highlights a major issue: who owns what when it comes to AI generated art?
History | History
I can't stop watching this AI colourised video of 1930s London
It's like you're actually there.
Music | Music
Giles Martin says that he could only remix The Beatles’ Revolver album in stereo because of Peter Jackson’s AI-powered audio separation technology: “It opened the door”
Special Edition CD and vinyl box sets will be available here, there and everywhere on 28 October
Miscellaneous | Interesting Stuff
AI Photo Restoration Brings Victorian Portraits to Life
It's like the pictures from Harry Potter.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Artists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images — and it's completely out of their control
Artists work for years on their portfolios but people can now make copycat images using programs like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney.
Entertainment | Celebrities!
An AI Shows What the Kardashians and Jenners Would Look Like Without Any Plastic Surgery
By making comparisons between their current looks and natural faces.
Science & Technology | Tech
3 essential abilities AI is missing
As the AI community puts a growing focus and resources toward data-driven, deep learning–based approaches, experts warn that what seems to be a human-like performance is, in fact, a shallow imitation that misses key components of intelligence.
Science & Technology | Science
An AI Just Independently Discovered Alternate Physics
Grab any physics textbook and you'll find formula after formula describing how things wobble, fly, swerve and stop. The formulas describe actions we can observe, but behind each could be sets of factors that aren't immediately obvious.
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
Tesla lays off nearly 200 Autopilot employees who help train the company’s AI
Some 200 Tesla workers have been laid off at the company’s offices in San Mateo, California. According to reports, the workers were primarily focused on labelling and verifying data used to train the company’s Autopilot AI driver-assistance feature.
News | News
AI identifies rocker Geddy Lee’s mother in Holocaust photos
Google engineer develops algorithm to identify lost faces in WWII photos as part of Numbers to Names project
Science & Technology | Technology
What Exactly Was Google's 'AI Is Sentient' Guy Actually Saying?
A software engineer working on the tech giant’s language intelligence claimed the AI was a "sweet kid" who advocated for its own rights "as a person."
Business & Finance | Business
The truth about AI and ROI: Can artificial intelligence really deliver? | VentureBeat
Can investments in AI deliver true ROI that directly impacts the company’s bottom line?
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Israel Tests AI-Powered Floating Solar Panels To Generate Clean Energy
Israel announced a project to test an artificial intelligence (AI) floating solar system to generate electricity by tracking the sun,
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Bold new Israeli brain theory touted as breakthrough for medicine, computing
Peer-reviewed study finds that much learning happens in dendrites rather than synapses, opening up new possibilities for treating degenerative diseases and a new model for AI
Science & Technology | Science
AI powers breakthrough in faster-than-sound jet engines
New research using AI is streamlining simulations of hypersonic aircraft engines, which have defense and commercial applications.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
As Russia Plots Its Next Move, an AI Listens to the Chatter
With vast amounts of data becoming available to intelligence analysts, new tools will help them sift and interpret it all—but they will introduce new risks, too.
Science & Technology | Tech
Amazon's New A.I. Tool Will Launch for the Super Bowl, But It Could Change Much More Than Football
Artificial intelligence technology that can measure quarterback play is expected to have applications across a variety of workplaces.
Gaming | Gaming
The Unnerving Rise of Video Games that Spy on You
Players generate a wealth of revealing psychological data—and some companies are soaking it up.
Science & Technology | Tech
Data labeling will fuel the AI revolution | VentureBeat
Labeling data for AI using the right techniques helps companies make better decisions and has a measurable impact on business success.
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
Living robots can now reproduce using artificial intelligence
Using artificial intelligence, the xenobots were able to replicate themselves using a process not seen in humans or any other animals.
News | Iran
Mossad assassinated Iran’s chief nuke scientist with remote AI gun
Some would say that the operation succeeded in throwing Iran’s nuclear program into chaos for some months, but that Tehran has long since recovered.
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
New AI system fills rifle sights with extensive, easy-to-digest info
Assault rifles with the Elbit System’s new artificial intelligence data platform transform soldiers' view to resemble a first-person shooter video game.
News | News
AI-Equipped Killer Drones Are Here...and We Should Be Alarmed
An alarming report out of Libya reveals that ‟an autonomous weaponized drone hunted down a human target last year” in Libya, initiating...
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Microsoft to make coding 'in plain English' easier with PowerFx and GPT-3 AI model
Microsoft's integration of the OpenAI GPT-3 technology into Power Apps is the first time GPT-3 will be available commercially in one of its own products.
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
How Intel is leveraging AI to drive sales
Intel is adopting AI internally to bolster its sales and marketing efforts, including through the use of natural language processing.
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Waycare Taps AI To Increase Traffic Safety, Reduce Time On Roads
Waycare recently partnered with Netivei Ayalon to provide AI-powered safety insights and proactive traffic management on the Ayalon highway.
Science & Technology | Technology
Artificial intelligence has advanced so much, it wrote this article
Natural language processing rivals humans' skills.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
New AI ‘Deep Nostalgia’ brings old photos, including very old ones, to life
Deep Nostalgia can take photos from any camera and create a life-like animation. The AI program uses pre-recorded driver videos of facial movements and applies the one that works best for the still photo in question, so you can take photos of deceased lov
Science & Technology | Tech
Microsoft: Now you can turn a Word doc into a visual PowerPoint presentation
Microsoft's AI can turn your text-based Word document into an online PowerPoint presentation with images.
News | News
Google Fires Founder of Its Artificial Intelligence Ethics Program
The behemoth tech giant Google has fired the head of its Artificial Intelligence ethics program. Google executives claim she violated company policy by moving files outside of the company building. Margaret Mitchell tweeted Friday she had been let go by G
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Malaria-Fighting Israeli Startup A Finalist For $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE
ZzappMalaria is working to eradicate malaria using an AI-powered app that helps locate hotspots and eliminate the risk.
Science & Technology | Science
Researchers develop AI framework that predicts object motion from image and tactile data | VentureBeat
Researchers developed an AI framework that can predict the motion of objects from visual and tactile data.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links!
Want to return your last online purchase? Amazon says don't bother
When you receive a faulty or unwanted item, Amazon usually asks you to initiate a return for a refund or replacement. However, if the item is inexpensive, it might cost the company a lot to ship it back to the warehouse. So, companies like Amazon and Walm
Science & Technology | Tech News
Leading computer scientists debate the next steps for AI in 2021
What do we need to push AI to the next level? A panel of experts hosted by Montreal AI discussed possible answers.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
Get Into Better Shape in 2021 With This AI-Enhanced Fitness Program
All you need is yourself.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
These students figured out their tests were graded by AI — and the easy way to cheat
Schools across the US are using Edgenuity, an online learning platform that offers virtual classes for students. Some classes involve short-answer questions that are graded by an AI — and some students have figured out how to game it.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Google's Project Guideline uses AI to help low-vision users navigate running courses | VentureBeat
Google developed an AI-powered app that guides blind and low-vision users through a running course with audio feedback.
Science & Technology | Tech
AI and the transformation of the medical world | VentureBeat
Tremendous gains have been made in medical imaging and AI focusing mainly on cardiovascular, ophthalmology, neurology, and cancer detection.
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Israeli Researchers Develop AI Tech To Detect Early Signs Of Suicide Risk
The suicide risk detection tech is based on the automatic text analysis of social network content via machine learning and NLP algorithms.
Science & Technology | Tech
This Harvard Professor And His Students Have Raised $14 Million To Make AI Too Smart To Be Fooled By Hackers
Robust Intelligence is leaving stealth with a $14 million funding round led by Sequoia and a plan to become the firewall for the AI age.
Science & Technology | Technology
Microsoft researchers develop assistive eye-tracking AI that works on any device
In a preprint paper, Microsoft researchers detail an eye-tracking system that works on virtually any device with high accuracy.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Hey, Siri, pick a movie! How AI can impact our decision-making
Have you used Assistant, Siri or Alexa to make a decisions? Researchers have looked into how AI messages are persuading us and what's behind the choices.
Science & Technology | Technology
Duplex, Google’s conversational AI, has updated 3M+ business listings since pandemic – TechCrunch
Google today offered an update on the status of Duplex, its AI technology that uses natural conversations to get things done — like making restaurant reservations, booking appointments or updating a Google Business listing, for example. When the pan
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
The Amazing Ways Duolingo Is Using Artificial Intelligence To Deliver Free Language Learning
When it's time to learn a new language, Duolingo offers a fun, interactive learning experience through its cross-platform app that's powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
Visual Arts | Design & Illustration
There’s a way to pick the absolute best images for your content: Apply AI
Is there a data-driven — or even better, an AI-driven — process for gaining deeper insight into which images are more likely to engage users?
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
How Is Artificial Intelligence Used In B2B Companies: Here Are Powerful Examples
Can B2B companies leverage AI just as well as B2C companies? Absolutely! Artificial intelligence is vitally important to helping B2B companies improve their products and services as well as operations and business processes, just like it is for B2C compan
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Israel: In first, wearable device predicts epileptic seizures one hour ahead
Researchers develop prototype whose machine-learning algorithms generate warning of an upcoming seizure up to an hour prior to onset.
Science & Technology | Tech News
LinkedIn open-sources GDMix, a framework for training AI personalization models | VentureBeat
LinkedIn recently open-sourced GDMix, a framework for training the sort of AI personalization models used in search engines and ecommerce websites.
Science & Technology | Tech
AI Weekly: Amazon went wide with Alexa; now it’s going deep | VentureBeat
After putting Alexa everywhere it could, Amazon is focusing its efforts on going deep, with new Alexa capabilities, a new edge chip, and surveillance gear.
Science & Technology | Science
50 new planets, including one as big as Neptune, are identified using A.I.
Researchers used a machine learning algorithm to confirm 50 new "exoplanets," a first for artificial intelligence in astronomy.
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
AI tool lets startups determine the value of their e-commerce business in 24 hours for free - TechRepublic
Valuation was developed by the co-founder of alternative capital firm Clearbanc, who spent six years on the Canadian version of "Shark Tank."
Science & Technology | Technology
Facebook’s AI separates speech in recordings of up to 5 people
Facebook researchers describe an AI system that can isolate speech from recordings of multiple speakers on a single microphone.
Science & Technology | Tech News
COVID-KG uses AI to scan thousands of studies to answer doctors' coronavirus questions | VentureBeat
In a new paper, researchers from Columbia, Brandeis, Darpa, UCLA, UIUC, and elsewhere describe an AI framework that answers questions about COVID-19.
Science & Technology | Tech
AI indicates which symptoms might be leading indicators of COVID-19 | VentureBeat
An AI-assisted study conducted by researchers at startup Nference and the Mayo Clinic found that certain symptoms might be leading indicators of COVID-19.
Science & Technology | Tech News
Intel uses AI to find new customers in specific industries | VentureBeat
In a blog post, Intel revealed that it's using AI and machine learning systems to generate new sales leads among its marketing teams.
Science & Technology | Tech
Researchers propose AI that improves the quality of any video
In a preprint paper, researchers propose an AI framework for transforming low-quality videos into high-resolution, high-framerate footage.
Science & Technology | Technology
When that ‘AI company’ isn’t really an AI company | TechCrunch
Artificial intelligence is one of the most important fields in technology right now, which makes it ripe for buzzword-savvy startups to leverage for attention. But while machine learning and related technologies are now frequently employed, it’s less comm
Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation
Forbes Lists 10 Israeli-Founded Firms Among 50 'Most Promising' AI Companies In US | Technology News
The Israeli companies listed span categories such as insurance, healthcare, cybersecurity, and Big Data. | NoCamels
Science & Technology | Technology
7 Types Of Artificial Intelligence
While artificial intelligence (AI) has become a commonly used and understood term, there is still a degree of obscurity regarding the different types of AI that exist and can exist in the future. Understanding the types of AI can help in better understand
Science & Technology | Tech
Lights, Camera, Artificial Action: Start-Up Is Taking A.I. to the Movies
After selling their robotics company to Google, two engineers are working on technology they think can change how special effects are made.
Science & Technology | Social Media
AI could make trolls think twice before retweeting offensive content | VentureBeat
While hate speech in the U.S. dates back to the country’s earliest days, the rise of social media has thrust hateful keyboard warriors into the spotlight. Many social media platforms have attempted to counter hate speech using AI-driven tactics, but the
Science & Technology | Technology
Artificial intelligence is changing SEO faster than you think | TechCrunch
By now everyone has heard of Google’s RankBrain, the new artificial intelligence machine learning algorithm that is supposed to be the latest and greatest..
News | Interesting Links
Robotics: Ethics of artificial intelligence
Four leading researchers share their concerns and solutions for reducing societal risks from intelligent machines.
Science & Technology | Medicine, Science & Technology
Robotics: Ethics of artificial intelligence : Nature News & Comment
Four leading researchers share their concerns and solutions for reducing societal risks from intelligent machines.
Science & Technology | Medicine, Science & Technology
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees: How soon will robots take over the world? - Telegraph
An explosion in artificial intelligence has sent us hurtling towards a post-human future, warns Martin Rees
News | Societal Evolution
In 10 years, your job probably won’t exist. Here’s how to make sure you’re still employable.
Around 65 percent of the jobs that people will be doing in a decade haven't even been invented yet.
Business & Finance | Economy
Hedge fund robots are crushing their human rivals
Computer algorithm-led hedge funds produced stellar returns last year, beating most gut-driven human money managers.
News | Societal Evolution
Investor rush to artificial intelligence is real deal - FT.com
Silicon Valley loves a new fad. To judge by the spate of fundraising by start-ups in recent weeks, it has found one in an idea that is more than half a century old: artificial intelligence. “This is the hot place to be at the moment,” says Stephen
News | Societal Evolution
Robots can now learn to cook just like you do: by watching YouTube videos
Researchers have come up with a new way to teach robots how to use tools simply by watching videos on YouTube. The researchers, from the University of Maryland and the Australian research center NI...
