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For four decades, the Cyc project has been working on giving machines the ability to reason. To this end, researchers have built a vast knowledge network consisting of millions of concepts and rules. Cyc can draw conclusions, answer questions, and even reconcile conflicting information from different domains. Despite these impressive achievements, Cyc is largely forgotten …
Although the majority of IT managers worldwide rate artificial intelligence as a top priority, a recent survey shows that most companies are not yet adequately prepared to use it. The main obstacles are a lack of IT infrastructure and unclear guidelines for the ethical use of AI.
Researchers at DeepMind have found that large language models can learn new skills through hundreds or even thousands of examples in the prompt, without the need to fine-tune the model. This method enables companies to quickly prototype and develop AI applications.
And if you want to take a thoughtful, skeptical look at the AI hype, read this article by Molly White. She asks whether today’s AI tools are really worth their cost. And b cost, she doesn’t just mean the monetary cost, but also the environmental impact as well as other potential negative effects on people …
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 …
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 …
This article from The Verge examines whether AI-based search engines can already replace Google. The author analyzes the three most common types of search queries – navigation, information, and exploration – and concludes that AI tools are significantly slower than Google for navigation queries. They perform better for information queries and can be especially helpful …
This article provides an overview of existing and planned AI compliance regulations. It shows how marketers can use AI tools without running afoul of regulations. Risks include biased content and advertising, misinformation, and data security. Companies should establish clear guidelines for the use of AI, limit the scope of tasks assigned to AI, and carefully …
The Browser Company has introduced Arc Search, an app for iPhones and iPads that searches the web in response to a user’s search query and presents the information it finds on a page. If someone clicks on one of the listed sources, ads are automatically blocked, among other things. In his article on Engadget, Pranav …