What are AI tools capable of today, and how is the industry evolving? The new edition of Stanford University’s AI Index Report examines these questions in detail. They find that AI is already superior to humans in some tasks, but not all. Meanwhile, most new AI models are coming from companies (51) rather than research …
If you believe the hype, you might think that the world has already fully embraced AI tools. But the reality paints a different picture. Andreas Goeldi explains why at b2venture: The “hype cycle” with its rapid enthusiasm and the actual implementation are not congruent. One of the difficulties for companies is that the benefits and …
Poe introduces a new revenue model where AI bot creators on the platform can set a price per message to earn money when users interact with their bots. Source: TechCrunch
With “Infini-attention”, Google researchers have developed a technology that allows language models to process texts of theoretically infinite length without requiring additional memory and computing power. Source: VentureBeat
AI startup Symbolica is focusing on a new approach to giving AI models human-like reasoning and unprecedented transparency. According to the company, it aims to overcome the “alchemy” of today’s AI systems and create a scientific foundation that will lead to interpretable, data-efficient, and controllable AI models. Source: VentureBeat
The NSA, in collaboration with international partners, is releasing a guide to best practices for the secure deployment and operation of AI systems. The Cybersecurity Information Sheet is aimed primarily at operators of national security systems and companies in the defense industry, but is also relevant to other organizations. Source: Hacker News
The EU and the US want to strengthen their cooperation in the field of AI, particularly in the areas of security, governance, and research into risks and beneficial applications. They are calling on platforms to facilitate access to data for researchers to better study societal risks. Source: TechCrunch
Snapchat is also focusing on greater transparency and stricter guidelines for the use of AI. Any image generated with Snap AI will be tagged with a new watermark. Source: TechCrunch
The Facebook company Meta plans to display labels for AI-generated content more frequently starting in May. Previously, these labels only appeared in very specific cases, reports Axios.
Modern AI tools such as ChatGPT have achieved their capabilities through immense amounts of training data. However, vendors like OpenAI typically do not disclose where they obtain this material. And for good reason: There is evidence they may have violated some websites’ terms of service when harvesting the content. It also raises the question of …