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The future of AI is video, and it’s coming at us fast
If ChatGPT brought text-based AI to anyone with a computer, what does the future for video-based AI look like?
The Dream of Geothermal Energy Is Alive in Utah
A new drilling technology promises to unlock a wealth of energy—without a fossil fuel in sight. Will Knight sits down with WIRED senior writer Gregory Barber to find out more.
It’s Time to Master ChatGPT During Our Back-to-School Sale
Become an expert in this world-changing technology for just $20.
Conversational AI to Fuel Contact Center Market to 16% Growth
Gartner predicts a 16% growth in conversational AI thanks to the booming contact center tech market, the advent of virtual assistants and as-a-service models. But are employees ready to work with generative AI?
Tinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles
Tinder is currently testing an AI photo selection feature that looks at a user’s photo album and selects the five that best represents them for their dating profile, parent company Match Group revealed during its earnings call today. “AI has really inspired our product people across the entire company to really think about ways that […]
One of Gaming’s Biggest YouTubers Wants to Replace Himself With AI
Jordi Van Den Bussche, aka Kwebbelkop, opens up about his new video that uses an AI model to reproduce his physical presence. But will fans still watch an AI clone?
Safety of AI-supported mammography screening
Mammography screening supported by artificial intelligence (AI) is a safe alternative to today's conventional double reading by radiologists and can reduce heavy workloads for doctors. This has now been shown in an interim analysis of a prospective, randomised controlled trial, which addressed the clinical safety of using AI in mammography screening.
Not all early-stage AI startups are created equal
As many entrepreneurs jump on the AI bandwagon, investors are being choosey about which kinds of companies they back.
Gen AI to Increase US Production — With Caveats
Discover how businesses use generative AI and automation and how they will affect the future of work, based on McKinsey's report.
Meta is reportedly preparing to release AI-powered chatbots with different personas
Meta is gearing up to roll out AI-powered chatbots with different personas as early as next month, according to a new report from the Financial Times. The chatbots are designed to have humanlike conversations with users on Meta’s social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. The report indicates that these chatbots will take on different […]
The Debate Around AI Ethics in Australia is Falling Far Behind
In Australia and elsewhere, the debate around AI and ethics rages. Meanwhile, AI apps with questionable ethics are being released daily.
YouTube experiments with AI auto-generated video summaries
YouTube is running a new test to auto-generate video summaries with the use of AI. As noted on the support page, the summaries have begun appearing on the watch and search pages, however are only available for a limited number of English-language videos and viewers. The video platform explains that the AI auto-generated summaries provide […]
A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024
Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals.
New AI systems collide with copyright law
Artists are worried that their work is being fed into AI systems and are taking legal action.
Reducing Generative AI Hallucinations and Trusting Your Data: Interview With Cognite CPO Moe Tanabian
In a conversation with Cognite CPO Moe Tanabian, learn how industrial software can combine human and AI skills to create smarter digital twins.
That's funny -- but AI models don't get the joke
Using hundreds of entries from the New Yorker magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest as a testbed, researchers challenged AI models and humans with three tasks: matching a joke to a cartoon; identifying a winning caption; and explaining why a winning caption is funny.
GPT-3 can reason about as well as a college student, psychologists report
The artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performed as well as college students in solving certain logic problems like those that appear on standardized tests. The researchers who conducted the experiment write that the results prompt the question of whether the technology is mimicking human reasoning or using a new type of cognitive process. Solving that question would require access to the software that underpins GPT-3 and other AI software.
Using AI to protect against AI image manipulation
“PhotoGuard,” developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, prevents unauthorized image manipulation, safeguarding authenticity in the era of advanced generative models.
