Artificial Intelligence

Sep 22

Microsoft Reveals Major AI Upgrades for Windows, Office, and Bing

A $10 billion investment in OpenAI is not enough for Microsoft. Now the tech giant is unveiling more artificial intelligence capabilities across its consumer products, aiming to be at the forefront of the AI wave. At its global autumn event Thursday, Microsoft announced that its brand new digital assistant Copilot will soon arrive to replace the depreciated Cortana, and will come to Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 starting September 26. Copilot uses large language models to provide personalized, co...

Amazon Adds Self-Publishing Restrictions to Counter Flood of AI Books

To curb the unauthorized use of AI in publishing chatbot-written books claimed to be by human authors on its Kindle platform, e-commerce behemoth Amazon has released new guidelines requiring publishers to disclose the use of AI in content submitted to the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform. The new stipulations require publishers to inform Amazon about AI-generated content, including text, cover art, interior images, or translations while publishing or updating an existing book. On Wednesda...

Sep 21

Nirvana Bassist Says AI Could Help Complete Old Demo Songs

Krist Novoselic, bassist of seminal grunge rock band Nirvana, has revealed that he’s interested in using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help complete and share previously unheard demos from the band—but only if it didn’t change the essence of the original songs. Speaking to NME, Novoselic explained how the surviving members of Nirvana have already used AI technology for the deluxe 30th edition anniversary reissue of their third and final album, “In Utero.” Releasing October 27, the boxset...

'Not Only Me': Actor Anil Kapoor Wins AI Deepfake Court Case

While Hollywood studios and unions representing actors and writers continue negotiations around the use of artificial intelligence in movies and television, a popular Indian actor has won a landmark decision against websites that featured AI-generated deepfakes using his likeness. Anil Kapoor, best known to Western audiences for roles in “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” and the show “24,” Kapoor won a judgment in the Delhi high court against the unauthorized use of...

YouTube Adds AI Features to Enhance and Simplify Video Creation

Google is going all in on artificial intelligence, integrating AI capabilities throughout its suite of products including Google Docs and Search. The tech giant aims to use AI to enhance user experiences, tap into new creative possibilities, and optimize workflows—and its latest target is YouTube. On Thursday, Google unveiled new AI-powered features to bolster video creation on both Shorts and long-form clips on YouTube. This includes an experimental feature called "Dream Screen," which lets cre...

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Paris Saint-Germain Is Giving Away Free AI-Generated NFT Posters

Prominent French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain F.C. is teaming with its cryptocurrency exchange sponsor Crypto.com to launch matchday posters co-created with artificial intelligence tools—and fans can collect the posters as NFTs. Benjamin Benichou, an artist that uses generative AI as part of his creative process, designed the poster series for PSG. Out of 1,970 total incarnations, just seven were ultimately chosen to be released via the NFT series. Paris Saint-Germain F.C. will display the p...

Brain Implant Testing: Neuralink Begins Recruiting for Human Thought-Reading Trials

After getting the green light from the FDA, Elon Musk’s Neuralink is ready to begin testing its controversial brain chip implants in paralyzed human volunteers. The company announced in an official blog post that it is now recruiting participants for a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and functionality of its technology. "The PRIME Study is being conducted under the investigational device exemption (IDE) awarded by the FDA in May 2023 and represents an important step in our mission to creat...

Sep 20

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Game of Thrones Creator George R.R. Martin Joins Lawsuit Against OpenAI

Looking to curb the unauthorized use of copyrighted works, the Authors Guild and several prominent authors are suing ChatGPT creator OpenAI, alleging that the company fed their copyrighted works into its large language model as training data. Filed in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, the class action lawsuit—which includes 13 authors and the Authors Guild—highlighted instances of ChatGPT being used to impersonate specific writers and create “low quality” ebooks. Authors joining the...

New DALL-E 3 Image Generator is a Big Upgrade—With Guardrails

OpenAI, the unicorn behind the boom of the Generative AI industry, has unveiled DALL-E 3, the latest iteration of its image generator. With its ChatGPT controller, the upgrade provides top quality images in response to natural-language prompts—and launches with ethical controls in place. Image generators like DALL-E, MidJourney, and Stable Diffusion have opened new creative frontiers for artists and casual users since the AI boom late last year. By translating text prompts into stunning visuals,...

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Amazon to Tap Its Own AI Model to Upgrade Alexa for Smart Homes

During its annual Devices event, Amazon showcased its latest products and features that bring artificial intelligence into the Amazon ecosystem and for smart home devices, including new Amazon Echo, frame glasses, and Fire tablets that integrate Amazon’s Alexa chatbot. While the concept of artificial intelligence has been around for decades, Generative AI—technology that uses prompts to make an AI produce images or text—entered the public consciousness late last year with the launch of OpenAI’s...

AI Music Streaming Service Launching—Will People Pay?

A streaming platform and marketplace specifically focused on music created with AI tools, called Musixy.ai, is set to launch with an aim to bring legitimacy to the burgeoning—but divisive—scene. The service will let creators to upload their own AI-generated tracks to the platform, while the company behind it has also worked with producers to create their own songs. Early samplings on the website ahead of the full streaming service launch point primarily to cover songs featuring unexpected—but fa...

LimeWire Acquires BlueWillow Art App Amid Pivot to ‘All-In-One‘ AI Platform

Best known as a peer-to-peer music-sharing platform, LimeWire announced on Wednesday the acquisition of BlueWillowAI, a popular AI image generation platform. The deal follows LimeWire's launch of LimeWire AI Studio last month, which heralded the company's entry into the burgeoning generative AI sector. Launched in January, BlueWillow claims over 2.3 million active members, with over 500 million images created so far this year. LimeWire said it plans to integrate BlueWillow’s proprietary text-to-...

Sep 19

With Its Security Under Scrutiny, OpenAI Is Recruiting a Cybersecurity ‘Red Team’

Looking to bolster the security of its popular AI chatbot, OpenAI is turning to outside cybersecurity and penetration experts, also known as "red teams," to find holes in the AI platform. The company says it is looking for experts across various fields, including cognitive and computer science, economics, healthcare, and cybersecurity. The aim, OpenAI says, is to improve the safety and ethics of AI models. The open invitation comes as the US Federal Trade Commission launches an investigation int...

Chat With Your Emails and Documents: Google Integrates Bard Into Its Product Suite

Google announced a major expansion of its AI chatbot tool, giving it the ability to access users' personal information from Google Workspace apps like Gmail, Docs and Drive. While promising greater convenience and requiring users to opt-in, the integration also raises concerns about privacy. Google says it has taken privacy and security into consideration before rolling the feature out. New Bard Extensions allow the chatbot to search within a user's Google accounts to provide personalized respon...

Google Updates Its SEO Playbook for Content Generated With AI

Google has long preached the gospel of "content written by people, for people." But in a recent update, the search giant is quietly rewriting its own rules to acknowledge the rise of artificial intelligence. In the latest iteration of Google Search's "Helpful Content Update," the phrase “written by people” has been replaced by a statement that Google is constantly monitoring "content created for people" to rank sites on its search engine. The change was first reported by Stack Diary. The new lan...

Y3K Innovation Summit Demystifies AI and Blockchain for Marginalized Communities

While experts and pundits argue about how to rein in generative AI and decry bias in the technology, a group of tech enthusiasts gathered at the University of Southern California on Saturday to reach a different audience. The Y3K Innovation Summit was designed to show the community how AI, blockchain, and other technologies can be harnessed to benefit them. “A lot of these universities get scared when they hear crypto or Web3,” organizer Tony Bravado told Decrypt in an interview at the Y3K Innov...

Sep 18

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SoftBank Mulls Big Investment in OpenAI Following ARM IPO

SoftBank—a Japanese multinational holding company with a $66 billion market capitalization—is hungry for new ways to deploy capital. Following the successful initial public offering (IPO) of UK chip designer ARM, the investment giant is reportedly considering making substantial investments in the AI sector—and OpenAI in particular. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has in fact been actively engaging with artificial intelligence, according to a report by the Financial Times, particularly OpenAI's renown...

Sep 17

Nature, Not Humans, Should Be the Model for AI, Says Artist Collective

Artificial intelligence is being added to everything, prompting policymakers and industry leaders to grapple with how to deal with its potential impact on society. Infusing AI with so-called “human values” would seem like the best way to avoid a “Terminator” scenario—but one group says that is the last thing AI developers should do. Theta Noir, a multi-disciplinary collective, argues that AI should take cues from nature rather than humans. Theta Noir says it wants to see a future, emergent form...

Sep 16

Did Google Ban AI Artists from Running Stable Diffusion on Its Cloud?

The small but passionate community of AI visual artists has been buzzing with discussions surrounding Google's rules relating to the use of Stable Diffusion—arguably the world's most utilized open-source image generator—on its cloud computing platform, Google Colab. Some users say they are being banned from running the application on the tech giant's cloud platform, which has otherwise been an instrumental resource for individuals and small enterprises who need to run various processor-intensiv...

Some Celebrities Are Embracing AI to Stay Ahead of Deepfake Makers

While Screen Actors Guild members continue to fight for protections from the use of artificial intelligence tools by studios, some prominent actors and celebrities are reportedly embracing AI technology—at least to stay a step ahead of those intent on exploiting their likenesses. Startup Metaphysic AI says its Metaphysic Pro tool can give public figures a new lease on their digital life by providing an end-run around issues of compensation and impersonation. The company claims that celebrities l...

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