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AI expert warns of limits to current AI approaches
OpenAI defeats copyright lawsuit over AI training data, for now
ChatGPT gains real-time search capabilities
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AI expert warns of limits to current AI approaches
Gary Marcus, a prominent AI expert, argues that pure scaling of AI systems without fundamental architectural changes is reaching a point of diminishing returns. He cites recent comments from venture capitalist Marc Andreesen and editor Amir Efrati confirming that improvements in large language models (LLMs) are slowing down, despite increasing computational resources. Marcus warns that…
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Google releases AI-powered video creation app for work
Google has announced the general availability of Google Vids, a new AI-powered video creation app for work, to select Google Workspace editions. According to the company’s announcement, Vids is designed to help teams in customer service, learning and development, project ops, and marketing create engaging videos more easily. The app utilizes generative AI capabilities to…
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Midship uses AI to extract usable data from unstructured documents
Midship has developed an AI-powered tool that extracts specific fields and tables from unstructured documents like PDFs and images. According to the founders in a Hacker News post, Midship combines OCR with language models to convert documents into clean, structured data, going beyond simple markdown output. The tool is aimed at both non-technical users via…
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US election: ChatGPT directs millions to trusted news sources, rejects deepfakes
During the 2024 US election, OpenAI’s ChatGPT directed around 2 million users to trusted news sources like Reuters and the Associated Press for election information, according to a blog post by the company. As reported by Devin Coldewey for TechCrunch, the AI chatbot also sent about 1 million people to CanIVote.org for voting-related questions and…
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AI whistleblowers seek legal protections to expose potential harms
Workers at AI companies are asking Congress for whistleblower protections, arguing that rapid advancements in AI technology pose threats they can’t legally expose under current laws, according to an article by Bloomberg Law. Experts like Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig say regulation is needed because AI companies won’t adequately address the risks themselves. Congress may…
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Disney forms new division to explore AI and mixed reality applications
Walt Disney is launching the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate the company’s use of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and mixed reality across its various divisions, according to an email seen by Reuters. Jamie Voris, the film studio’s chief technology officer who led development of Disney’s app for Apple Vision Pro, will head the…
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OpenAI defeats copyright lawsuit over AI training data, for now
The Southern District of New York has dismissed a copyright lawsuit brought by online news outlets Raw Story Media and AlterNet Media against artificial intelligence company OpenAI. The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI violated copyrights by using scraped news content in its training data without preserving copyright management information (CMI) as required under Section 1202(b) of…
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AI debates help identify the truth, new research shows
Two recent studies provide the first empirical evidence that having AI models debate each other can help a human or machine judge discern the truth, reports Nash Weerasekera for Quanta Magazine. The approach, first proposed in 2018, involves two expert language models presenting arguments on a given question to a less-informed judge, who then decides…
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Deep learning boom fueled by three visionaries pursuing unorthodox ideas
Geoffrey Hinton, Jensen Huang, and Fei-Fei Li were instrumental in launching the deep learning revolution, despite facing skepticism from colleagues, Timothy B. Lee writes. Hinton spent decades promoting neural networks and developed the backpropagation algorithm for training them efficiently, as detailed in Cade Metz’s book “Genius Makers.” Huang, CEO of Nvidia, recognized the potential of…
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ByteDance’s X-Portrait 2 turns photos into realistic videos
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, has revealed its X-Portrait 2 AI system, which can transform still photographs into convincing video performances. The technology, trained on TikTok’s vast database of user-generated videos, captures nuanced facial expressions and movements with unprecedented realism, as demonstrated by its ability to mirror iconic movie scenes. According to an article…