83 posts tagged ‘Artificial Intelligence’
Amazon product name is an OpenAI error message
Boing Boing,
We're accustomed to the uncanny random brand names used by factories to sell directly to the consumer. But now the listings themselves are being generated by AI, a fact revealed by furniture maker FOPEAS, which now offers its delightfully modern yet affordable I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy. — Read the rest The post Amazon product name is an OpenAI error message appeared first on Boing Boing.
Nvidia’s AI NPCs Fear Me, the Dreaded Ramen Bounty Hunter
Gizmodo,
The AI knows me as Kai, a bounty hunter in some vague cyberpunk city known as Kairos. Oh, but I am much more than that. I strolled into a ramen shop owned by the dull, affable Jin and patronized by the dull, professional Nova, and I weaved a yarn. I am not only a bounty hunter. I am a wizard bounty hunter and a member… Read more...
How to Be Optimistic About Technology Now
mjtsai,
Nick Heer: If you measure your level of optimism by how much course-correction has been working, then 2023 was a pretty hopeful year. In the span of about a decade, a handful of U.S. technology firms have solidified their place among the biggest and most powerful corporations in the world, so nobody should be surprised […]
Apple’s Ferret MLLM
Mike Wheatley (Hacker News, Reddit): Artificial intelligence researchers from Apple Inc. and Cornell University quietly unveiled an open-source and multimodal large language model last October known as Ferret, which is said to use parts of images as queries.According to VentureBeat, the release of Ferret on GitHub in October went completely under the radar, with no […]
The New York Times Sues OpenAI
Emma Roth (Hacker News): The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming the two companies built their AI models by “copying and using millions” of the publication’s articles and now “directly compete” with its content as a result.As outlined in the lawsuit, the Times alleges OpenAI and Microsoft’s large language […]
The New York Times Asks Court to Destroy ChatGPT
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, asking that ChatGPT be destroyed, along with any other large language models and training sets that have used The Times’ work without payment. Read more...
The Dumbest AI Moments of 2023
AI’s effect on our world will be dramatic, but nothing will ever be as dramatic as the collective freak-out we all had about the emerging technology in 2023. With billions of dollars on the table and the promise that AI will transform every corner of modern life, everyone from businesses, to regulators, to regular… Read more...
Elon Musk’s xAI Jumps on the Bandwagon of Rich Startups 'Benefiting Humanity'
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI organized in Nevada as a for-profit benefit corporation, The Information reported on Tuesday. The company behind the Grok chatbot is the latest AI startup to give itself an unusual corporate structure that, on paper, prioritizes the public good alongside its profits,… Read more...