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Quick Glossary: Industrial Internet of Things

The digital transformation required by implementing the Industrial Internet of Things is a radical change from business as usual. This quick glossary of concepts, from TechRepublic Premium, will help you get a handle on what IIoT is and what it can do for your business. From the glossary: CONDITION MONITORING A major component of predictive ...

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What Isaac Asimov’s Robbie Teaches About AI and How Minds 'Work'

When humans didn't know what moved the ocean and the sun, they granted those objects mental states. Something similar can happen with artificial intelligence.

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Google Bard vs Claude.ai (2023): What are the Key Differences?

Both conversational AI systems let you chat, write and explore ideas, but neither Bard nor Claude.ai excels at every possible task. Compare these AI systems.

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OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Anthropic Launch Frontier Model Forum to Promote Safe AI

The forum's goal is to establish "guardrails" to mitigate the risk of AI. Learn about the group's four core objectives, as well as the criteria for membership.

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HackerOne: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Cyber Threats and Ethical Hacking

Security experts from HackerOne and beyond weigh in on malicious prompt engineering and other attacks that could strike through LLMs.

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Hands On With Google Search’s Answer to ChatGPT

Google’s new AI-powered search engine can feel more like artificial interference than artificial intelligence.

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I Looked Into Sam Altman’s Orb and All I Got Was This Lousy Crypto

Tools for Humanity has an iris-scanning Orb that decides whether you're human or a robot—and then gives you crypto. But is Worldcoin worth the price?

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Netflix touts $900k AI jobs amid Hollywood strikes

The job posting amid a strike partly driven by AI fears triggers an angry reaction from actors.

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AWS Summit New York 2023: Keynote Highlights

Discover new generative AI and machine learning products and services from AWS at AWS Summit New York 2023.

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More Battlefield AI Will Make the Fog of War More Deadly

The Pentagon’s embrace of military AI raises questions about what limits should be placed on the technology—and how to keep humans in control.

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Hollywood’s Strikes Will Disrupt Podcasts, Games, and TikTok Too

This week, we talk about how the changes in Hollywood fueling the writers’ and actors’ strikes will reach beyond TV and movies to also affect podcasts, video games, and TikTok.

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To Watermark AI, It Needs Its Own Alphabet

It's getting harder to distinguish between AI- and human-generated content. But Unicode presents an elegant hack in the race to watermark AI-written text.

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Big AI Won’t Stop Election Deepfakes With Watermarks

Experts warn of a new age of AI-driven disinformation. A voluntary agreement brokered by the White House doesn’t go nearly far enough to address those risks.

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Samsung extends cut in memory chip production, will focus on high-end AI chips instead

Samsung Electronics continues to cut back its memory chip production, including NAND flash used in smartphones and PCs, after reporting a $3.4 billion (4.36 trillion won) operating loss in the second quarter of this year in its memory chip unit. The world’s biggest memory chip maker posted a roughly $7 billion operating loss in its […]

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NVIDIA DGX Cloud AI Supercomputing Brings AI Training as-a-Service

The computing space first announced in March is now open for general availability. The same type of hardware underpinned ChatGPT.

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The Viruses That Could Cure Cancer (or Wipe Out Humanity)

Microbiologist Andrew Hessel believes in the power of synthetic biology to cure cancer, clone ourselves for the future—or to even destroy humanity.

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Meta’s Open Source Llama Upsets the AI Horse Race

Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems.

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A simpler method for learning to control a robot

Researchers develop a machine-learning technique that can efficiently learn to control a robot, leading to better performance with fewer data.

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Spotify CEO teases potential AI-powered capabilities surrounding personalization, ads

During Spotify’s second-quarter earnings call this morning, CEO Daniel Ek teased a few ways the streaming service could introduce additional AI-powered functionality. Ek touched on how AI could be used to create more personalized experiences, summarize podcasts and generate ads. Earlier this year, the company launched a DJ feature that delivers a curated selection of […]

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AI Startups Are Where You Should Look For New Jobs

The hiring landscape is ripe with opportunities, especially when it comes to startups that are focussed on AI and machine learning technology. Find out where to look out for your next job!

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