Ideogram can generate seamless patterns
The Ideogram AI image generator has added Ideogram Tile, a new feature for creating seamless, repeating patterns from a single text prompt.
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Import files from the cloud to ChatGPT
ChatGPT offers a new feature: users can import files directly from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. For example, spreadsheets can be inserted into ChatGPT and edited with the AI.
Truecaller lets an AI with your voice answer the phone
Calling app Truecaller is introducing a new feature that allows users to create an AI version of their own voice to answer calls and ask the reason for the call, for example. But is it a good idea to use your own voice for this? I think it would be confusing …
Five chatbots compared
Journalists Dalvin Brown, Kara Dapena, and Joanna Stern tested ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity in everyday situations. Each chatbot was asked questions formulated by Wall Street Journal editors and columnists. The responses were evaluated by an independent panel of judges based on accuracy, usefulness and overall quality. The health category included questions about pregnancy, …
Microsoft Brings Copilot AI Directly to Windows PCs
With its new Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft wants to usher in an era in which generative AI is processed directly on the device rather than in the cloud. These PCs have special hardware (Neural Processing Units, NPUs) to run AI processes locally. The first Copilot+ laptops, developed in collaboration with companies such as AMD, Intel, Qualcomm …
AI pioneer is working on super intelligence
Meta’s head of AI, Yann LeCun, believes that large language models will never reach the level of human intelligence. Instead, he is focusing on a new approach that aims to give machines “super intelligence” by teaching them to understand the world like humans.
Alignment
Alignment, in the context of artificial intelligence, means ensuring that AI systems are designed so that their goals and actions are consistent with the values and interests of humanity. An AI that is not properly aligned could pursue goals that are logical from its programming, but have a negative impact on humanity. This will be …
“Content Monster” AdVon
This article reveals how a company called AdVon seems to be infiltrating the media industry with fake authors and possibly AI-generated content. According to the write-up, AdVon supplies publications with countless product reviews peppered with affiliate links designed to generate traffic from Google search queries. It is suspected that AdVon uses AI to create the …
Google’s “AI Overviews” and their implications for website owners
With the introduction of AI-powered search results, the human-generated web is taking a back seat, writes Casey Newton. Google plans to answer more questions directly on the search results page and, according to Newton, is abstracting the web into input for its big language models. The new concept of “let Google do the Googling for …
Generative AI is shameless
In his article, author Paul Ford explores the fascinating contradictions of generative AI. He admits that despite its flaws, such as plagiarism, bias, and tendency to spread nonsense, AI holds an irresistible attraction for him. Ford marvels at the shameless way in which AI fills every blank space with information, comparing it to celebrities whose …