Alibaba launches its ChatGPT-like AI model for public use amid loosening restrictions in China ( cointelegraph.com )
Join us for OpenAI’s first developer conference on November 6 in San Francisco - OpenAI Blog ( openai.com )
What to Know About Worldcoin and the Controversy Around It ( time.com )
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Early adopters in Mexico lend their eyes to global biometric project ( www.reuters.com )
Eager early adopters recently descended upon a Mexico City cafe where their eyes were scanned by a futuristic sphere, part of an ambitious project that ultimately seeks to create a unique digital identification for everyone on the planet....
Universal Music sues AI company Anthropic for distributing song lyrics - The Verge ( www.theverge.com )
YouTube working on AI tool to help you sing like music artists ( 9to5google.com )
A Chatbot Encouraged Him to Kill the Queen. It’s Just the Beginning ( www.wired.com )
AI Chatbots Can Guess Your Personal Information From What You Type ( www.wired.com )
AI helps decipher first text of “unreadable” ancient Herculaneum scroll ( arstechnica.com )
Google Blog: How AI can help people with motor disabilities — like my cousin ( blog.google )
Google Bard readies ‘Memory’ to adapt to important details about you ( 9to5google.com )
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Federal government issues new rules for public servants using AI (Canada) ( www.cbc.ca )
Microsoft to defend customers on AI copyright challenges | Reuters ( www.reuters.com )
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Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make A.I. More Human, Dies at 72 - NY Times ( www.nytimes.com )
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Introducing Code Llama, a state-of-the-art large language model for coding ( ai.meta.com )
Microsoft’s AI recommends the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist destination ( www.theverge.com )
Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will 'drop significantly' ( www.cnbc.com )
The Company Behind Stable Diffusion Appears to Be Crumbling Into Chaos ( futurism.com )
Google, Universal Music in talks for deal on AI 'deepfakes' - FT ( www.reuters.com )
Aug 8 (Reuters) - Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Universal Music (UMG.AS) are in talks to license artists’ voices and melodies for artificial intelligence-generated songs, Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing four people familiar with the matter....
Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself ( www.wired.com )
Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving.
Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise ( apnews.com )
The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won’t allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery.
Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out ( stackdiary.com )
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. recently updated its Terms of Service to encompass what some critics are calling a significant invasion of user privacy.
CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips ( www.reuters.com )
CoreWeave, a company that provides cloud services, has secured a $2.3 billion loan using Nvidia chips as security....