Category: Artificial Intelligence

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[…]

Roblox launches its first generative AI game creation tools

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Last month, Roblox outlined its vision for AI-assisted content creation, imagining a future where Generative AI could help users create code, 3D models and more with little more than text prompts. Now, it’s taking its first steps toward allowing “every user on Roblox to be a creator” by launching its first AI tools: Code Assist Read more about Roblox launches its first generative AI game creation tools[…]

US hospital rolls out AI ‘copilot’ for doctors’ paperwork

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[…] The technology, developed by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania startup Abridge, aims to reduce workloads for clinicians and improve care for patients. Shivdev Rao, the company’s CEO and a cardiologist, told The Register doctors can spend hours writing up notes from their previous patient sessions outside their usual work schedules. “That really adds up over time, and Read more about US hospital rolls out AI ‘copilot’ for doctors’ paperwork[…]

Microsoft Adds DALL-E AI Image Generator to Bing

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Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it is using an advanced version of Open AI’s DALL-E image generator to power its own Bing and Edge browser. Like DALL-E before it, the newly announced Bing Image Creator will generate a set of images for users based on a line of written text. The addition of image content Read more about Microsoft Adds DALL-E AI Image Generator to Bing[…]

Sign up to try the new AI Bard from Google

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Today we’re starting to open access to Bard, an early experiment that lets you collaborate with generative AI. This follows our announcements from last week as we continue to bring helpful AI experiences to people, businesses and communities. You can use Bard to boost your productivity, accelerate your ideas and fuel your curiosity. You might Read more about Sign up to try the new AI Bard from Google[…]

AI-generated art may be protected, says US Copyright Office – requires meaningful creative input from a human

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[…] AI software capable of automatically generating images or text from an input prompt or instruction has made it easier for people to churn out content. Correspondingly, the USCO has received an increasing number of applications to register copyright protections for material, especially artwork, created using such tools. US law states that intellectual property can Read more about AI-generated art may be protected, says US Copyright Office – requires meaningful creative input from a human[…]

Civitai / stable diffusion

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CivitAI is an AI image generator that isn’t hosted in the US, allowing for much more freedom of creation. It’s a really amazing system that gives Midjourney and DALL-E a run for their money. https://civitai.com/models/4201/realistic-vision-v13 https://civitai.com/models/4384/dreamshaper Civitai is a platform that makes it easy for people to share and discover resources for creating AI art. Read more about Civitai / stable diffusion[…]

AI-imager Midjourney v5 stuns with photorealistic images—and 5-fingered hands

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On Wednesday, Midjourney announced version 5 of its commercial AI image-synthesis service, which can produce photorealistic images at a quality level that some AI art fans are calling creepy and “too perfect.” Midjourney v5 is available now as an alpha test for customers who subscribe to the Midjourney service, which is available through Discord. “MJ Read more about AI-imager Midjourney v5 stuns with photorealistic images—and 5-fingered hands[…]

You Can Now Run a GPT-3 Level AI Model On Your Laptop, Phone, and Raspberry Pi

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On Friday, a software developer named Georgi Gerganov created a tool called “llama.cpp” that can run Meta’s new GPT-3-class AI large language model, LLaMA, locally on a Mac laptop. Soon thereafter, people worked out how to run LLaMA on Windows as well. Then someone showed it running on a Pixel 6 phone, and next came Read more about You Can Now Run a GPT-3 Level AI Model On Your Laptop, Phone, and Raspberry Pi[…]

NL Museum Temporarily Swapped Girl with Pearl Earring With AI Art and Luddites didn’t like it – sounds like art pushing boundries

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A Netherlands museum is facing criticism for selecting an AI-generated piece of art to temporarily take the place of the renowned Girl with a Pearl Earring painting. The artwork was created by Johannes Vermeer in 1665 and is usually located at the Mauritshuis Museum but is on loan at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam until June Read more about NL Museum Temporarily Swapped Girl with Pearl Earring With AI Art and Luddites didn’t like it – sounds like art pushing boundries[…]

Google adds ChatGPT AI rival PaLM to Docs, Gmail, API and more

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Google has promised to offer API-level access to its large language model PaLM so that developers can build it into their apps and workflows, and thus make the ChatGPT-like text-emitting tech available to world-plus-dog. The web giant is also threatening to bake the model’s content-generating capabilities into Google Docs, Gmail, and more. […] On Tuesday, Read more about Google adds ChatGPT AI rival PaLM to Docs, Gmail, API and more[…]

Anthropic launches Claude, a chatbot to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT

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Anthropic, a startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI employees, today launched something of a rival to the viral sensation ChatGPT. Called Claude, Anthropic’s AI — a chatbot — can be instructed to perform a range of tasks, including searching across documents, summarizing, writing and coding, and answering questions about particular topics. In these ways, it’s similar to Read more about Anthropic launches Claude, a chatbot to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT[…]

OpenAI Levels Up, commercialises more With Newly Released GPT-4

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[…] On Tuesday, the company unveiled GPT-4, an update to its advanced AI system that’s meant to generate natural-sounding language in response to user input. The company claimed GPT-4 is more accurate and more capable of solving problems. It even inferred that ChatGPT performs better than most humans can on complicated tests. OpenAI said GPT-4 Read more about OpenAI Levels Up, commercialises more With Newly Released GPT-4[…]

AlphaGo pushed human Go players to become more creative

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Earlier this year, an amateur Go player decisively defeated one of the game’s top-ranked AI systems. They did so using a strategy developed with the help of a program researchers designed to probe systems like KataGo for weaknesses. It turns out that victory is just one part of a broader Go renaissance that is seeing Read more about AlphaGo pushed human Go players to become more creative[…]

Lawyers grasping at straws here: ‘Robot lawyer’ DoNotPay is being sued by a law firm because it ‘does not have a law degree’. Yup, AI really is coming to get you, scum.

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DoNotPay, which describes itself as “the world’s first robot lawyer,” has been accused of practicing law without a license. It’s facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by Chicago-based law firm Edelson on March 3 and published Thursday on the website of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Read more about Lawyers grasping at straws here: ‘Robot lawyer’ DoNotPay is being sued by a law firm because it ‘does not have a law degree’. Yup, AI really is coming to get you, scum.[…]

With the help of OpenAI, Discord is finally adding loads of novel functionalities

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[…] Starting next week, the company will begin rolling out a public experiment that will augment Clyde, the built-in bot Discord employs to notify users of errors and respond to their slash commands, with conversational capabilities. Judging from the demo it showed off, Discord envisions people turning to Clyde for information they would have obtained Read more about With the help of OpenAI, Discord is finally adding loads of novel functionalities[…]

How this UK newspaper publisher uses AI to generate articles

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Reach, the owner of the UK’s Daily Mirror and Daily Express tabloids among other newspapers, has started publishing articles with the help of AI software on one of its regional websites as it scrambles to cut costs amid slipping advertising revenues. Three stories written with the help of machine-learning tools were published on InYourArea.co.uk, which Read more about How this UK newspaper publisher uses AI to generate articles[…]