83 posts tagged ‘Artificial Intelligence’
OpenAI, Microsoft’s Partnership May Be Killed Off Before the Dawn of AGI
Gizmodo,
OpenAI’s mission is to develop a god-like artificial intelligence, but it might never get there without the help of Microsoft. U.S. regulators are reportedly clamoring over who can investigate OpenAI and Microsoft’s relationship over antitrust concerns, according to Politico on Friday. If the partnership is broken up,… Read more...
Google Sheds Responsibility for AI Sites Dominating Search Results
The internet is quickly becoming a slurry of AI-generated garbage, and Google has decided to just let us all marinate in it. Anyone online can see that Google Search is getting worse, but now it’s becoming clear why. Google News is boosting AI-generated content over real, human journalism, according to a report from 40… Read more...
Samsung's Galaxy S24 Can Remove Its Own AI Watermarks Meant to Show an Image Is Fake
The new Samsung Galaxy S24 is all in on AI, so much so that the phone maker made a big deal about how its new AI watermark is meant to dissuade users from spreading AI-altered or purely faked images online. The problem is that the S24 boasts so many AI capabilities that a simple Magic Eraser-like tool can remove that… Read more...
A new dawn for maker tech startups
TechCrunch,
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. The startup train just keeps on rumblin’ down the tracks, and I’m back with a smattering of “what happened in the world of startups this week.” […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Winner of a prestigious literary award unabashedly used AI to write it
Boing Boing,
Upon winning Japan's Akutagawa Prize for best work of fiction by a new author, author Rie Kudan proudly described her use of Artificial Intelligence in writing it. AI can be used as a handy tool. Thirty-three-year-old Rie Kudan absolutely intends to continue using generative AI to help her write fiction. — Read the rest The post Winner of a prestigious literary award unabashedly used AI to write it appeared first on Boing Boing.
Amazon Wants You to Start Paying for Alexa
More than 75 million people use Alexa, but by Amazon’s standards, the service is a total failure. The problem is Alexa doesn’t make any money, and the service is a huge drain on company resources. Apparently, Amazon has a last-ditch plan to save its digital assistant by supercharging it with AI and charging you for… Read more...
Spot Technologies, now with $2M, will see AI security tech go into Mexico Walmarts
Spot’s flagship product, VisionX, taps into deep learning and computer vision technologies to analyze consumer and theft behaviors. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Congress: Maybe We Shouldn't Let AI Destroy the News Media
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Read more...