Newer, larger versions of AI chatbots are more likely to give false answers rather than admit ignorance. This is the finding of a study by José Hernández-Orallo and colleagues published in the journal Nature. The researchers looked at three major language models: GPT, LLaMA and BLOOM. They found that while the accuracy of responses increases …
Generative AI seems to be spreading faster than previous technological innovations such as the PC or the Internet. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Vanderbilt University, and Harvard Kennedy School shows that 39.4% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 are already using generative AI, 28% of them in …
Large technology companies are investing billions in the development of artificial intelligence. As Bloomberg reports, even AI startups with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding can barely keep up. Companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft, as well as a few startups like OpenAI, are spending huge sums on computing power, training data, and talent. …
Chatbot Arena, a benchmarking tool for AI models, has become very popular in the tech industry. As Kyle Wiggers reports on TechCrunch, companies like OpenAI and Google use the platform to test the performance of their chatbots. Millions of people visited the LMSYS website last year. However, experts are critical of the validity of the …
Despite numerous AI integrations into applications such as Salesforce or Adobe Photoshop, significant sales have apparently not yet materialized, Bloomberg reports. Many companies are still unsure about appropriate pricing models. Meanwhile, hardware and cloud vendors are benefiting a lot more from the AI boom.
Many AI models that power chatbots advertise themselves as “open source,” but do not fully release the code and training data. A new study shows that many large companies describe their models as “open weights”, meaning that researchers can use them, but have no access to the underlying data and can’t make fundamental changes to …
A new survey from McKinsey shows that 65% of companies are already using Generative AI on a regular basis, and the majority expect the technology to lead to significant changes in their industries. However, 44% of respondents have also experienced negative consequences from using Gen AI, such as inaccurate results or cybersecurity issues, which is …
San Francisco has become the undisputed center for artificial intelligence, with more than 50% of global venture funding for AI startups in 2023, a trend that will be further strengthened by large funding rounds for companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Inflection AI, as well as the return of talent to the Bay Area, writes …
More than half of Americans have already tried generative AI, with the majority (82%) seeing it as enriching their creativity and simplifying their lives. The technology is especially popular for personal projects (81%) and research and brainstorming (64%). These are the findings of a study by Adobe Analytics.
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 …