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Nervous About ChatGPT? Try ChatGPT With a Hammer

Once generative AI can use real-world tools, it will become exponentially more capable. Companies and regulators need to get ahead of these rapidly evolving algorithms.

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It Costs Just $400 to Build an AI Disinformation Machine

A developer used widely available AI tools to generate anti-Russian tweets and articles. The project is intended to highlight how cheap and easy it has become to create propaganda at scale.

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How to Use AI to Talk to Whales—and Save Life on Earth

With ecosystems in crisis, engineers and scientists are teaming up to decipher what animals are saying. Their hope: By truly listening to nature, humans will decide to protect it.

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How long until a robot is doing your dishes?

Advances in AI are accelerating the development of humanoid robots.

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How long until a robot is doing your chores?

Advances in AI are accelerating the development of humanoid robots.

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OpenAI Debuts ChatGPT Enterprise, touting better privacy for business

Data from ChatGPT Enterprise will not be used to train the popular chatbot. Plus, admins can manage access.

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Sexy AI Chatbots Are Creating Thorny Issues for Fandom

Generative AI allows fans to “talk” to their favorite characters, drawing comparisons to everything from roleplaying to fan fiction. But do they actually want to outsource all the fun to AI?

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Automate Any Task in Google Sheets With SheetGPT, Now $48.99

Rated at a perfect 5 stars on AppSumo, this powerful tool puts an AI assistant inside your spreadsheets — and it can grab content from the web.

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UK Putting £100m Toward AI Chips

NVIDIA, AMD and Intel are in the spotlight in the proposed deal. The global competition for semiconductor chips makes investment in innovation a priority for the UK.

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AI Can’t Read Books. It’s Reviewing Them Anyway

ChatGPT-powered avatars recently gushed over a new book—unconvincingly. But if AI develops actual opinions, authors might be in for a shock.

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Salesforce Releases AI Acceptable Use Policy

Salesforce's EVP and GM of Industry Clouds Jujhar Singh talks about the focus on a trustworthy foundation that is behind the new policy, as well as the future of generative AI.

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Google AI in Workspace Adds New Zero-Trust and Digital Sovereignty Controls

Google announced security enhancements to Google Workspace focused on enhancing threat defense controls with Google AI.

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How to help high schoolers prepare for the rise of artificial intelligence

A one-week summer program aims to foster a deeper understanding of machine-learning approaches in health among curious young minds.

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Supporting sustainability, digital health, and the future of work

The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology selects three new research projects to support.

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The Myth of ‘Open Source’ AI

A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big tech companies in a number of ways.

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Meta Releases Code Llama, a Coding Version of Llama 2

Code Llama may spur a new wave of experimentation around AI and programming—but it will also help Meta.

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a16z-backed AI video generator Irreverent Labs raises funding from Samsung Next 

Generative artificial intelligence, used to create content from text to images to videos, is still on the rise. Big Tech and startups across the globe are racing to compete and launch their own AI-powered chatbots, text-to-image generators, and video tools. Among them is a Bellevue, Washington–based startup called Irreverent Labs, whose AI technology enables anyone […]

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You Are Not Responsible for Your Own Online Privacy

In the age of generative AI, it's impossible to know where your information is going—or what it's going to be used for.

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Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records

Two new studies show that AI-powered devices can help paralyzed people communicate faster and more accurately.

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Bletchley Park to host AI safety talks in November

World leaders will meet with AI companies and experts on 1 and 2 November for the discussions.

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