An AI action plan submitted to the UK government by angel investor Matt Clifford recommends reducing cost and complexity of visas for AI experts and creating special zones for data centres to support the UK’s artificial intelligence sector. Commissioned by Science and Tech Secretary Peter Kyle in July, the report is based on Clifford’s consultations …
In 2024, Python overtook JavaScript as the most used programming language on GitHub, according to the platform’s latest Octoverse report. The report, which studies public and open source activity on GitHub, found that AI is rapidly expanding as the global developer community grows. The rise of Python correlates with increasing communities of data scientists, AI …
A small but growing number of workers are becoming “super users” of AI tools like ChatGPT, using them daily to save time and gain skills on the job, according to a Washington Post article by Danielle Abril. These early adopters say AI helps them create content, prepare for meetings, analyze data, build spreadsheets, and even …
A new study by researchers from Technion, Google Research, and Apple reveals that large language models (LLMs) have a deeper understanding of truthfulness than previously thought. The researchers analyzed the internal representations of LLMs across various datasets and found that truthfulness information is concentrated in specific response tokens, VentureBeat reports. By training classifier models on …
LinkedIn has launched Hiring Assistant, its first artificial intelligence agent designed to take on numerous tasks typically handled by job recruiters. According to Ingrid Lunden of TechCrunch, the AI tool can generate job descriptions from rough notes, source potential candidates, and engage with them. LinkedIn is initially rolling out Hiring Assistant to select enterprise customers, …
OpenAI is working with Broadcom and TSMC to develop its first in-house AI chip optimized for inference, while also expanding its use of AMD GPUs alongside NVIDIA chips to meet growing infrastructure needs, according to sources cited by Reuters journalist Krystal Hu. The company considered building its own chip foundries but decided to focus on …
At its GitHub Universe conference, GitHub announced a significant expansion of its AI-powered development tools. GitHub Copilot, which previously relied solely on OpenAI’s models, now supports multiple AI models, allowing developers to choose between Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o variants. This multi-model approach aims to provide developers with more …
Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced a collaboration with AI company Klay Vision to ethically train generative AI music models using UMG’s data, as reported by Emilia David. The partnership aims to create AI-generated music that respects copyright and includes protections for human creators’ likeness rights. Despite previously suing AI companies for using its data, …
OpenAI generates roughly 75% of its revenue from consumer subscriptions to products like its ChatGPT chatbot, with paid plans starting at $20 per month, according to CFO Sarah Friar in an interview with Bloomberg TV. Friar said ChatGPT has 250 million weekly active users, with a 5-6% conversion rate from free to paid. While OpenAI …
Sam Lessin, a general partner at Slow Ventures, revealed on social media that his venture capital firm is successfully using Google’s AI application NotebookLM in place of a traditional customer relationship management (CRM) system. According to an article by VentureBeat’s Carl Franzen, Lessin uploaded 10 years worth of internal emails to NotebookLM and can now …