Category: Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Readies AI Chip as Machine Learning Costs Surge

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After placing an early bet on OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, Microsoft has another secret weapon in its arsenal: its own artificial intelligence chip for powering the large-language models responsible for understanding and generating humanlike language. The Information: The software giant has been developing the chip, internally code-named Athena, since as early as 2019, according Read more about Microsoft Readies AI Chip as Machine Learning Costs Surge[…]

Stability AI of Stable Diffusion Launches open source StableLM LLM with 3 and 7 billion parameters

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Today, Stability AI released a new open-source language model, StableLM. The Alpha version of the model is available in 3 billion and 7 billion parameters, with 15 billion to 65 billion parameter models to follow. Developers can freely inspect, use, and adapt our StableLM base models for commercial or research purposes, subject to the terms Read more about Stability AI of Stable Diffusion Launches open source StableLM LLM with 3 and 7 billion parameters[…]

đź’ˇ Pause AI Doomster Pessimism: An Open Letter – a call on AI doomsters to immediately pause for at least 6 months the alarmism that is hurting human progress.

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AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can offer significant benefits to society and humanity, as demonstrated by extensive research and acknowledged by top AI labs. Advanced AI has the potential to revolutionize the way we live, work, and interact with one another, and it should be welcomed and guided with optimism and foresight. Regrettably, recent months Read more about đź’ˇ Pause AI Doomster Pessimism: An Open Letter – a call on AI doomsters to immediately pause for at least 6 months the alarmism that is hurting human progress.[…]

Undercutting Microsoft, Amazon Offers Free Access to Its AI Coding Assistant ‘CodeWhisperer’

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Amazon is making its AI-powered coding assistant CodeWhisperer free for individual developers, reports the Verge, “undercutting the $10 per month pricing of its Microsoft-made rival.” Amazon launched CodeWhisperer as a preview last year, which developers can use within various integrated development environments (IDEs), like Visual Studio Code, to generate lines of code based on a Read more about Undercutting Microsoft, Amazon Offers Free Access to Its AI Coding Assistant ‘CodeWhisperer’[…]

Need To Pick Objects Out Of Images? Segment Anything Does Exactly That

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Segment Anything, recently released by Facebook Research, does something that most people who have dabbled in computer vision have found daunting: reliably figure out which pixels in an image belong to an object. Making that easier is the goal of the Segment Anything Model (SAM), just released under the Apache 2.0 license. The online demo Read more about Need To Pick Objects Out Of Images? Segment Anything Does Exactly That[…]

Italy finds decently good out to really stupid ban: Demands OpenAI Allow ChatGPT User Corrections After Ban

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In a news announcement on Wednesday, the Italian Data Protection Authority, known as the Garante, stressed that OpenAI needed to be more transparent about its data collection processes and inform users about their data rights with regards to the generative AI. These rights include allowing users and non-users of ChatGPT to object to having their Read more about Italy finds decently good out to really stupid ban: Demands OpenAI Allow ChatGPT User Corrections After Ban[…]

Scientists unveil new and improved ‘skinny donut’ black hole image using ML algorithm

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The 2019 release of the first image of a black hole was hailed as a significant scientific achievement. But truth be told, it was a bit blurry – or, as one astrophysicist involved in the effort called it, a “fuzzy orange donut.” Scientists on Thursday unveiled a new and improved image of this black hole Read more about Scientists unveil new and improved ‘skinny donut’ black hole image using ML algorithm[…]

Streaming Services Urged To Clamp Down on AI-Generated Music by Record Labels

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Universal Music Group has told streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple, to block artificial intelligence services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs, according to emails viewed by the Financial Times. From the report: UMG, which controls about a third of the global music market, has become increasingly concerned about AI bots using Read more about Streaming Services Urged To Clamp Down on AI-Generated Music by Record Labels[…]

US starts looking at AI regulation, Seeks Public Input to Boost AI Accountability

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Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) launched a request for comment (RFC) to advance its efforts to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) systems work as claimed – and without causing harm. The insights gathered through this RFC will inform the Biden Administration’s ongoing work to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive federal Read more about US starts looking at AI regulation, Seeks Public Input to Boost AI Accountability[…]

Wolverine Gives Your Python Scripts The Ability To Self-Heal bugs using chatGPT

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combined Python and a hefty dose of of AI for a fascinating proof of concept: self-healing Python scripts. He shows things working in a video, embedded below the break, but we’ll also describe what happens right here. The demo Python script is a simple calculator that works from the command line, and [BioBootloader] introduces a Read more about Wolverine Gives Your Python Scripts The Ability To Self-Heal bugs using chatGPT[…]

Tired Of Web Scraping? Make The AI Do It

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a novel approach to the problem of scraping web content in a structured way without needing to write the kind of page-specific code web scrapers usually have to deal with. How? Just enlist the help of a natural language AI. Scrapeghost relies on OpenAI’s GPT API to parse a web page’s content, pull out and Read more about Tired Of Web Scraping? Make The AI Do It[…]

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Blocked In Italy by Privacy Watchdog – using kids as an excuse is almost always flimsy

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Italy’s privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial robot ChatGPT, saying the artificial intelligence app did not respect user data and could not verify users’ age. The decision “with immediate effect” will result in “the temporary limitation of the processing of Italian user data vis-a-vis OpenAI”, the Italian Data Protection Authority said. The Read more about OpenAI’s ChatGPT Blocked In Italy by Privacy Watchdog – using kids as an excuse is almost always flimsy[…]

OpenAI may have to halt ChatGPT releases following FTC complaint by idiots who think you’re a bigger idiot than them

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A public challenge could put a temporary stop to the deployment of ChatGPT and similar AI systems. The nonprofit research organization Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that OpenAI is violating the FTC Act through its releases of large language AI models like Read more about OpenAI may have to halt ChatGPT releases following FTC complaint by idiots who think you’re a bigger idiot than them[…]

Integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4: Socket’s story with code vulnerability scanning (it works very well)

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Several months ago, Socket, which makes a freemium security scanner for JavaScript and Python projects, connected OpenAI’s ChatGPT model (and more recently its GPT-4 model) to its internal threat feed. The results, according to CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh, were surprisingly good. “It worked way better than expected,” he told The Register in an email. “Now I’m Read more about Integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4: Socket’s story with code vulnerability scanning (it works very well)[…]

‘Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need To Shut It All Down’ say AI experts who struggling to keep up with the pace of development (and need some time to catch up with the leaders)

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Earlier today, more than 1,100 artificial intelligence experts, industry leaders and researchers signed a petition calling on AI developers to stop training models more powerful than OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 for at least six months. Among those who refrained from signing it was Eliezer Yudkowsky, a decision theorist from the U.S. and lead researcher at the Machine Read more about ‘Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need To Shut It All Down’ say AI experts who struggling to keep up with the pace of development (and need some time to catch up with the leaders)[…]

Microsoft’s new Security Copilot will help network admins respond to threats in minutes, not day

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[…] with Microsoft’s unveiling of the new Security Copilot AI at its inaugural Microsoft Secure event. The automated enterprise-grade security system is powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, runs on the Azure infrastructure and promises admins the ability “to move at the speed and scale of AI.” Security Copilot is similar to the large language model (LLM) Read more about Microsoft’s new Security Copilot will help network admins respond to threats in minutes, not day[…]

ChatGPT Retrieval plugin allows you to embed and store memory of your chats and other knowledge bases

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This is a plugin for ChatGPT that enables semantic search and retrieval of personal or organizational documents. It allows users to obtain the most relevant document snippets from their data sources, such as files, notes, or emails, by asking questions or expressing needs in natural language. Enterprises can make their internal documents available to their Read more about ChatGPT Retrieval plugin allows you to embed and store memory of your chats and other knowledge bases[…]

Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

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Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. Apple wouldn’t confirm the sale when asked for comment. But WaveOne’s website was shut down around January, and several former employees, including one of WaveOne’s co-founders, now work within Apple’s various machine learning groups. WaveOne’s former head of Read more about Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos[…]

Gen-2 by Runway text to Video AI

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No lights. No camera. All action.Realistically and consistently synthesize new videos. Either by applying the composition and style of an image or text prompt to the structure of a source video (Video to Video). Or, using nothing but words (Text to Video). It’s like filming something new, without filming anything at all. Visit the page Read more about Gen-2 by Runway text to Video AI[…]

GitHub Copilot now integrates way better into Visual Studio (?=.* Code)

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[…] Introduced last summer after a year-long technical trial, Copilot offers coding suggestions, though not always good ones, to developers using GitHub with supported text editors and IDEs, like Visual Studio Code. As of last month, according to GitHub, Copilot had a hand in 46 percent of the code being created on Microsoft’s cloud repo Read more about GitHub Copilot now integrates way better into Visual Studio (?=.* Code)[…]

Planting Undetectable Backdoors in Machine Learning Models

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[…] We show how a malicious learner can plant an undetectable backdoor into a classifier. On the surface, such a backdoored classifier behaves normally, but in reality, the learner maintains a mechanism for changing the classification of any input, with only a slight perturbation. Importantly, without the appropriate “backdoor key,” the mechanism is hidden and Read more about Planting Undetectable Backdoors in Machine Learning Models[…]

Amazon Warns Staff Not to Share Confidential Information With ChatGPT

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[…] Soon, an Amazon corporate lawyer chimed in. She warned employees not to provide ChatGPT with “any Amazon confidential information (including Amazon code you are working on),” according to a screenshot of the message seen by Insider. The attorney, a senior corporate counsel at Amazon, suggested employees follow the company’s existing conflict of interest and Read more about Amazon Warns Staff Not to Share Confidential Information With ChatGPT[…]

Ubisoft Ghostwriter: AI to write NPC dialogue

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[…] As games grow bigger in scope, writers are facing the ratcheting challenge of keeping NPCs individually interesting and realistic. How do you keep each interaction with them – especially if there are hundreds of them – distinct? This is where Ghostwriter, an in-house AI tool created by Ubisoft’s R&D department, La Forge, comes in. Read more about Ubisoft Ghostwriter: AI to write NPC dialogue[…]