Artificial Intelligence

Sep 30

Users of Microsoft's Bing Creator AI suite are now able to use the latest version of OpenAI's DALL-3 image generator. Image: Decrypt

OpenAI Quietly Ships DALL-E 3 AI Image Generator Upgrade In Bing

Ten days after it was announced, DALL-E 3 appears to have already been made available to the public through Microsoft's Image Creator tool as part of its browser-based AI suite. Early Saturday morning, digital art creator communities on Reddit and Twitter discovered significantly improved images and text interpretation capabilities were available through Bing. The upgrade, widely believed to be DALL-E 3, is still not available via the OpenAI website. So Bing image creator is using Dalle 3 now!N...

Sep 28

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and AI researcher Lex Fridman. Image: Lex Fridman

'Like We Were Talking in Person': Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Is Coming to Life

It might be just enough to make you question the nature of your reality. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and AI researcher Lex Fridman today showed off what Meta’s metaverse tech can really do, using ultra-realistic "codec avatars" developed by the company’s Reality Labs. The duo recorded a podcast using digital doppelgangers that capture subtle facial expressions and body language, inducing an "incredible" sense of presence and intimacy, according to Fridman. "This is really the most incredible thing...

Yes, the CIA Is Building an AI Chatbot

The I in AI is now making its way into U.S. intelligence agencies. The CIA announced it has begun creating its own AI chatbot much like the wildly popular ChatGPT. Nameless for now, the tool will be trained on publicly available data and aims to help U.S. spies to quickly verify information. Bloomberg reported that the CIA has teamed up with other intelligence agencies to build the program. And according to Randy Nixon, the CIA’s director of Open Source Enterprise, it wil be ready “soon.” The Pe...

Sep 27

SAG-AFTRA Strike Continues Amid Ongoing Concerns Over AI in Hollywood

A day after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) approved a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and called an end to its 146-day strike, the members of SAG-AFTRA continue to walk the picket lines looking ahead to their own renewed negotiations. While only one factor in the ongoing talks, artificial intelligence remains a central concern for the striking actors. Negotiations between SAG-AFTRA broke down in July over several issues, including protectin...

Meta announced a partnership with Ray-Ban to sell "Stories" sunglasses. Image: Meta

Meta Unveils Glasses, Chatbots, Image Editing Powered by AI

The company that renamed itself to focus on the metaverse spent most of its keynote presentation at the annual Meta Connect conference talking about artificial intelligence, further validating the sudden dominance and omnipresence of AI tech this year. Meta executives laid down a robust blueprint of how AI will be the linchpin in many company initiatives—including crafting the metaverse. The day’s spotlight was on MetaAI, a personal assistant echoing the functionalities of Siri but with a broade...

OpenAI's ChatGPT Now Searches the Web in Real Time—Again

Leading artificial intelligence firm OpenAI announced today that users of its ChatGPT generative AI tool will again be able to generate answers to prompts that search the web for the latest information. It's a revival of a powerful feature that was removed from the service in July because it was being used to bypass paywalled content. ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources. It is no longer limited to d...

Cloudflare Launches AI Platform to Support Scalable AI Applications

Internet performance and security company Cloudflare unveiled on Wednesday the introduction of Cloudflare AI and a suite of generative artificial intelligence tools for developers to build on using its vast array of servers. Cloudflare’s new AI platform—released on the company's 13th anniversary—is intended to enable developers to build “full-stack” and “production-ready” AI applications on Cloudflare's network rather than their own servers, providing a fast and affordable way to deploy AI model...

Beyond ChatGPT: NExT-GPT is an OpenSource Model That Lets You Master AI With Audio, Video and Text

In a burgeoning technology scene dominated by giants like OpenAI and Google, NExT-GPT—an open source multimodal AI large language model (LLM)—might have what it takes to compete in the big leagues. ChatGPT took the world by storm with its ability to understand natural language queries and generate human-like responses. But as AI continues to advance at lightning speed, people have demanded more power. The era of pure text is already over, and multimodal LLMs are arriving. Developed through a col...

Sep 26

Spotify Embraces AI, Eschews AI Music Ban and Adds AI Podcast Translation

Spotify is OK with AI, after all. In a reversal from an earlier decision, the CEO of the world’s biggest music streaming service said Tuesday that it would not ban AI-generated music. This follows an announcement of AI-translated podcasts, giving both commercial and independent producers a way to reach international markets. Earlier this year, an AI song entitled "Heart on My Sleeve" that mimicked the voices of Drake and The Weeknd went viral on Spotify. The track was created by startup Ghostwri...

Amazon Clarifies the Use of Customer Conversations to Train Its AI

Amidst an escalating AI rivalry, e-commerce behemoth Amazon is intensifying its push into artificial intelligence. But how much customer data is being used to build its own large language model (LLM) has recently come under scrutiny. At a live event last week, the company said that generative AI technology would be coming to Alexa and Amazon’s smart home devices. Since then, an interview on Bloomberg TV has stirred concerns around what data the company is using to train Alexa’s AI. An NBC News r...

Getty Images CEO Craig Peters. Image: Getty Images, enhanced by AI (extended background).

Getty Images Launches 'Safe' Generative AI Image Tool

To mitigate the unauthorized use of copyrighted images in training AI models and image generation, the visual image company Getty Images unveiled its new generative AI platform, Generative AI by Getty Images, trained exclusively on its enormous library of owned and licensed images. The result: AI-generated images that are “commercially safe.” Aiming to entice users away from other AI-image generators like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, whose generated images have been under legal scrutiny, Get...

Sep 25

OpenAI Upgrades ChatGPT: The AI Chatbot Can Now “See, Hear and Speak”

OpenAI has rolled out highly anticipated upgrades that will allow its popular ChatGPT chatbot to interact with images and voices. This launch represents a major step towards OpenAI’s vision for artificial general intelligence that can perceive and process information from multiple modes, not just text. "We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT. They offer a new, more intuitive type of interface by allowing you to have a voice conversation or show ChatGPT what you’...

SAG-AFTRA members join WGA members on the picket lines outside of Hollywood studios. Image: Jason Nelson/Decrypt.

Writers Guild, Studios Reach Tentative Deal Covering AI, Streaming Services

The Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after a 146-day strike that crippled Hollywood, the guild announced Sunday night. The tentative three-year deal ends one of the longest strikes in the guild's history and comes after marathon negotiating sessions between the WGA and AMPTP over the weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times. The agreement still needs to be ratified by the WGA's 11,500 members. The WGA and...

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...

Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappé. Image: Shutterstock

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...

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