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Scammers Used ChatGPT to Unleash a Crypto Botnet on X
A botnet apparently connected to ChatGPT shows how easily, and effectively, artificial intelligence can be harnessed for disinformation.
How Index Ventures jumped to the front of the AI GPU line
Earlier this week, the New York Times shone a light on some of the desperation that founders are experiencing as they try and fail to secure compute power for their nascent artificial intelligence startups, thanks to the big companies (and even rich nations) racing to snatch them up. One founder reportedly said of the graphics […]
Study: Reskilling Is Inevitable As AI Changes How We Work
Learning new skills is part of the fabric of today's technological advancement. Leaders need to make sure workers can adjust and know the reasoning behind it.
Artificial intelligence for augmentation and productivity
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing awards seed grants to seven interdisciplinary projects exploring AI-augmented management.
Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M seed deck
Given that DeckMatch is a tool that evaluates pitch decks, we decided to tear down the deck it used to raise a $1 million seed round.
How an Iowa School District Used ChatGPT to Ban Books
Under a new law, schools in Iowa have to remove titles with specific sexual content from libraries. Asking an AI chatbot proved to be the easiest way. It flagged The Handmaid’s Tale and Beloved.
How old are you, biologically? AI can tell your 'true' age by looking at your chest
Scientists have developed an AI model that accurately estimates a patient's age, using chest radiographs of healthy individuals collected from multiple facilities. Furthermore, they found a positive relationship between differences in the AI-estimated and chronological ages and a variety of chronic diseases, such as hypertension, hyperuricemia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In the future, it is expected that AI biomarkers will be developed to predict life expectancy, estimate the severity of chronic diseases, and forecast surgery-related risks.
31% of Organizations Using Generative AI Ask It To Write Code
Code development, content creation and analytics are the top generative AI use cases. However, many enterprise users don't trust gen AI to be private.
A Letter Prompted Talk of AI Doomsday. Many Who Signed Weren't Actually AI Doomers
In March a viral letter called for a pause on AI development, warning that algorithms could outsmart humanity—but many experts who signed on did not believe the technology poses an existential risk.
MIT researchers combine deep learning and physics to fix motion-corrupted MRI scans
The challenge involves than just a blurry JPEG. Fixing motion artifacts in medical imaging requires a more sophisticated approach.
How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment
MIT researchers investigate the causes of health-care disparities among underrepresented groups.
How machine-learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment
MIT researchers investigate the causes of health care disparities among underrepresented groups.
Use of AI Is Seeping Into Academic Journals—and It’s Proving Difficult to Detect
Ethics watchdogs are looking out for potentially undisclosed use of generative AI in scientific writing. But there’s no foolproof way to catch it all yet.
TIOBE Index News (August 2023): Programming Language Julia Makes a Strong Showing
Explore the programming language Julia, which is suited to machine learning applications, and other details of the most popular languages today.
Gartner: Generative AI Will Bring “Transformational Benefit” in the Next 2-5 Years
Generative AI landed on Gartner's coveted Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies for 2023. Read about AI's transformational impact on business and society.
Snapchat’s My AI goes rogue, posts to Stories, but Snap confirms it was just a glitch
Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year with its fair share of controversy, briefly appeared to have a mind of its own. On Tuesday, the AI posted its own Story to the app and then stopped responding to users’ messages, which some Snapchat users found disconcerting. “My Snapchat AI posted […]
Opera’s iOS web browser gains an AI companion with Aria
Opera’s web browser app for iOS is getting an AI assistant. The company announced today that Opera for iOS will now include Aria, its browser AI product built in collaboration with OpenAI, integrated directly into the web browser, and free for all users. The AI solution had previously launched on Opera for desktop and Opera […]
The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Decade of AI
Mustafa Suleyman, cofounder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, talks about how AI and other technologies will take over everything—and possibly threaten the very structure of the nation-state.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Gets More Multicloud
With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud security posture management features are now available for Google Cloud Platform, as well as AWS and Azure.
DEF CON Generative AI Hacking Challenge Explored Cutting Edge of Security Vulnerabilities
Data from the human vs. machine challenge could provide a framework for government and enterprise policies around generative AI.
