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Confessions of a Viral AI Writer
Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I'm not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself.
Palantir’s Reputation Stalks Its Bid for the UK’s National Health Data
US-based Palantir is favored to win a $595 million NHS contract, but activists and doctors worry about its controversial ties to cofounder Peter Thiel, the military, and US border control.
CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2023: CrowdStrike Brings AI and Cloud Application Security to Falcon
At CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2023, CrowdStrike announced a new Falcon Raptor release with generative-AI capabilities and the acquisition of Bionic.
Intel Reveals New 288-Core Sierra Forest CPU, Core Ultra Processors at Intel Innovation 2023
Plus, Intel makes progress on its plan to revolutionize manufacturing with the 18A process node slated for 2024.
School of Engineering welcomes Songyee Yoon PhD ’00 as visiting innovation scholar
A visionary entrepreneur and innovator, Yoon will focus on entrepreneurship, supporting female engineers, and fostering inclusive innovation.
Alpha3D wants to accelerate digital asset and AI-powered generation through cheaper, hyper-scaling technology
In the artificial intelligence world, there’s no shortage of image or text generators that allow users to spur up content with the push of a button. Alpha3D, a generative AI-powered platform, is participating in the TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 a participant of the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort in hopes of showcasing a technology that can hyper-scale […]
Alpha3D wants to accelerate digital asset and AI-powered generation through cheaper, hyperscaling technology
Alpha3D, a generative AI–powered platform, is a participant of the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort to showcase a technology that can hyperscale digital assets.
What an AI-Generated Medieval Village Means for the Future of Art
Spiral Town, which has jumped from Reddit to X to everywhere, is helping to usher in a hopeful but increasingly dangerous era of artificiality.
OpenAI’s Dall-E 3 Is an Art Generator Powered by ChatGPT
OpenAI has launched Dall-E 3, which uses ChatGPT to take the pain out of prompting. Now you can modify artwork by simply talking to the chatbot.
Amazon Upgrades Alexa for the ChatGPT Era
A sweeping upgrade to Amazon’s Alexa taps AI technology like that behind ChatGPT and also allows the virtual assistant to attempt to read body language.
‘Haywire’ Australian IT Skills Market Prompts Logicalis to Add Talent as a Service
IT solutions and managed services provider Logicalis is planning to help skills-deprived Australian CIOs and IT managers get projects done with a new plug-and-play Talent Services offering.
Meet the 2023-24 Accenture Fellows
The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology announces the 2023-24 graduate fellows.
2023-2024 Accenture Fellows advance technology at the crossroads of business and society
The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology announces new graduate fellows.
Four Lincoln Laboratory technologies win five 2023 R&D 100 awards
Inventions in medical imaging, aircrew scheduling, data security, and quantum networking are named among the year’s most innovative new products.
Assessing unintended consequences in AI-based neurosurgical training
A new study shows that human instruction is still necessary to detect and compensate for unintended, and sometimes negative, changes in neurosurgeon behavior after virtual reality AI training. This finding has implications for other fields of training.
Australia Is Adapting Fast to a Generative AI World
Australia’s private and public sectors have been embracing aspects of generative AI throughout 2023 while trying to stay ahead of the risks. IT professionals are helping to triage and deliver future use cases.
DeepMind’s New AI Can Predict Genetic Diseases
AlphaMissense, a new model from Google’s artificial intelligence team, analyzes the effects of DNA mutations and will accelerate research into rare diseases.
Get Ready for ChatGPT-Style AI Chatbots That Do Your Boring Chores
Move over, Siri. Startups are using the technology behind ChatGPT to build more capable AI agents that can control your computer and access the web to get things done—with sometimes chaotic results.
The Fall of Babylon Is a Warning for AI Unicorns
When it went public in 2021, Babylon Health was valued at over $4 billion. Now it has declared bankruptcy. Insiders say it could never live up to its hype.
Google’s Bard chatbot can now tap into your Google apps, double check answers and more
Google today is releasing a more capable version of Bard, its generative AI chatbot and ChatGPT rival, which now lets you double-check its answers, collaborate with others, and, notably, integrate with Google’s own apps and services, including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and Google Flights and hotels. The latter is available through new Bard Extensions […]
