Meta’s AI chatbot is coming to social media. Misinformation may come with it.: As MetaAI rolls into Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, experts warn that the ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/18/meta-ai-facebook-instagram-misinformation/
Quick Glance: Tech Giants Compete in Japan for AI Development
- US tech firm OpenAI establishes first Asia office in Tokyo.
- The company plans to develop a new generative AI model specializing in Japanese language and culture.
- Microsoft invests $2.9 billion in the AI industry in Japan.
- Japanese companies prioritize versatile AI systems and launch AI safety research centers.
Booming AI demand threatens global electricity supply: Tech chiefs warn that power-hungry data centres are a bottleneck in developing artificial intelligence
ft.com/content/b7570359-f809-49ce-8cd5-9166d36a057b
Quick Glance: Growing Demand for AI Threatens Global Power Supply
- Tech experts concerned about crucial role of energy supply in AI development.
- The increasing need for electricity poses a challenge for advancements in artificial intelligence.
- Global data centers are expected to require more capacity by 2030 than currently available.
- Concerns about environmental impact of technology boom heightened by data centers' energy consumption.
Microsoft: Windows Copilot app we quietly installed is harmless and doesn't steal your data
neowin.net/news/microsoft-windows-copilot-app-we-quietly-installed-is-harmless-and-doesnt-steal-your-data/
[EMBARGO 4/18 at 8 am ET] Slack's new AI 'Recap' feature will send you a daily digest of important convos
mashable.com/article/slack-ai-recaps-daily-digest-important-convos
Zoom offers AI-based updates to its Workplace collaboration space: The company's Workplace collaboration space gets several user interface upgrades over its ...
computerworld.com/article/2093454/zoom-launches-workplace-an-ai-enabled-collaboration-space.html
Poe introduces multi-bot chat and plans enterprise tier to dominate AI chatbot market
venturebeat.com/ai/poe-introduces-multi-bot-chat-and-plans-enterprise-tier-to-dominate-ai-chatbot-market/
Clazar raises $10M Series A to modernize SaaS sales across cloud marketplaces: Clazar raises $10 million Series A to automate SaaS sales on AWS, Azure ...
venturebeat.com/ai/clazar-raises-10m-series-a-to-modernize-saas-sales-across-cloud-marketplaces/
Meta releases early versions of its Llama 3 AI model: Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3 ...
reuters.com/technology/meta-releases-early-versions-its-llama-3-ai-model-2024-04-18/
Trying to win the AI war will be really, really, really expensive: DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis suggests Google will spend more than $100 billion on AI ...
businessinsider.com/deepmind-demis-hassabis-cost-ai-wars-google-openai-nvidia-chips-2024-4
Adobe to add AI video generators Sora, Runway, Pika to Premiere Pro: Today, Adobe announced it aims to update Premiere Pro to add plug-ins to emerging ...
venturebeat.com/ai/adobe-to-add-ai-video-generators-sora-runway-pika-to-premiere-pro/
Adobe is fighting AI election deepfakes. Here's how: "AI-powered misinformation poses a significant risk to election integrity,” an Adobe executive said
qz.com/deepfake-elections-ai-misinformation-adobe-content-cred-1851417898
Hazelcast 5.4 real time data processing platform boosts AI and consistency: Real time data processing platform provider Hazelcast is doubling down on data ...
venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/hazelcast-5-4-real-time-data-processing-platform-boosts-ai-and-consistency/
Anthropic says its Claude model can change people's minds: A new study finds AI is getting more "persuasive."
axios.com/2024/04/10/anthropic-claude-persuasion-turing-test
Quick Glance: OpenAI and Meta Prepare New AI Models Capable of 'Reasoning'
- OpenAI and Meta are on the verge of releasing new artificial intelligence models that are said to be capable of reasoning and planning.
- These upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year.
- Reasoning and planning are key steps towards achieving 'artificial general intelligence', allowing chatbots and virtual assistants to complete sequences of related tasks.
Glaze 2: new version of anti-AI scraping tool for artists launches, video defense planned
venturebeat.com/ai/glaze-2-new-version-of-anti-ai-scraping-tool-for-artists-launches-video-defense-planned/
Qdrant launches first vector database as a managed hybrid cloud: Enterprises want to make the most of vector databases without sacrificing control of their data ...
venturebeat.com/ai/qdrant-launches-first-vector-database-as-a-managed-hybrid-cloud/
Nvidia expands Ampere-based GPUs for AI design and productivity apps: Nvidia is taking AI chips into the design and productivity with the launch of a couple of ...
venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-expands-ampere-based-gpus-for-ai-design-and-productivity-apps/
AI2’s open-source OLMo model gets a more diversified dataset, two-stage curriculum
venturebeat.com/ai/ai2s-open-source-olmo-model-gets-a-more-diversified-dataset-two-stage-curriculum/
AMD’s new mobile and desktop chips push hard into AI: The chipmaker has become the latest to jump into the burgeoning AI PC market.
computerworld.com/article/2091706/amds-new-mobile-and-desktop-chips-push-hard-into-ai.html
From boom to burst, the AI bubble is only heading in one direction : No one should be surprised that artificial intelligence is following a well-worn and ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/13/from-boom-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-is-only-heading-in-one-direction
Zyphra releases Zamba, an SSM-hybrid foundation model to bring AI to more devices
venturebeat.com/ai/zyphra-releases-zamba-an-ssm-hybrid-foundation-model-to-bring-ai-to-more-devices/
Cohere’s Rerank 3 transforms enterprise search with 4k context length multilingual support
venturebeat.com/ai/coheres-rerank-3-transforms-enterprise-search-with-4k-context-length-multilingual-support/
Google goes all in on generative AI at Google Cloud Next: Not to minimize what Google had on display, but the company failed to give all but a passing nod to its ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/13/google-goes-all-in-on-generative-ai-at-google-cloud-next/
Calling all Generative AI disruptors of the enterprise! Apply now to present at Transform 2024
venturebeat.com/ai/calling-all-generative-ai-disruptors-of-the-enterprise-apply-now-to-present-at-transform-2024/
MongoDB’s partnerships with AI startups and cloud providers like AWS, Google and Microsoft are smoothing the way for developer generative AI innovation
venturebeat.com/programming-development/mongodbs-partnerships-with-ai-startups-and-cloud-providers-like-aws-google-and-microsoft-are-smoothing-the-way-for-developer-generative-ai-innovation/
Google’s new technique gives LLMs infinite context: Experiments reported by the Google research team indicate that models using Infini-attention can maintain ...
venturebeat.com/ai/googles-new-technique-gives-llms-infinite-context/
Teachers are using AI to grade essays. But some experts are raising ethical concerns
cnn.com/2024/04/06/tech/teachers-grading-ai/
Quick Glance: Teachers Utilizing AI for Essay Grading: Ethical Concerns
- Teachers are utilizing AI tools to grade essays, with experts raising ethical concerns.
- The integration of AI is reshaping education, offering benefits like automation but also posing risks such as accuracy issues and plagiarism.
- Educators and students are leveraging tools like ChatGPT, Writable, and Grammarly for grading papers and providing feedback.
- Ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI for writing feedback or grading assignments are being addressed as schools establish guidelines.
Cohere’s Command R+ now available on HuggingChat: Cohere's powerful Command R+ LLM can now be used on Hugging Face's AI chatbot HuggingChat.
venturebeat.com/ai/coheres-command-r-now-available-on-huggingchat/
Platform versus Platformization: George Kurtz on why CrowdStrike is winning the platform battle
venturebeat.com/security/platform-versus-platformization-george-kurtz-on-why-crowdstrike-is-winning-the-platform-battle/
Ideogram bolsters AI image generator with description-based referencing: Available on Ideogram web, the features are designed to give users more control over how ...
venturebeat.com/ai/ideogram-bolsters-ai-image-generator-with-description-based-referencing/
Anthropic’s latest version of Claude comes to Amazon Bedrock: Amazon continues to keep the latest Anthropic generative AI models in its cloud.
computerworld.com/article/2092122/anthropics-latest-version-of-claude-comes-to-amazon-bedrock.html
Zendesk unveils AI-powered CX platform with sophisticated agents and intelligent copilots
venturebeat.com/ai/zendesk-unveils-ai-powered-customer-service-platform-proactive-agents-ai-copilot-workforce-management/
Platform versus Platformization: How CrowdStrike is winning the platform battle: In the second part of VentureBeat's interview, George Kurtz ...
venturebeat.com/security/platform-versus-platformization-how-crowdstrike-is-winning-the-platform-battle/
Exclusive: Writ bags $3.8M seed to make data dashboards collaborative and trackable with AI
venturebeat.com/enterprise-analytics/exclusive-writ-bags-3-8m-seed-to-make-data-dashboards-collaborative-and-trackable-with-ai/
Do cloud-based genAI services have an enterprise future? www.computerworld.com/article/2089619/do-cloud-based-genai-services-have-an-enterprise-future.html
Together these 10 countries account for two-thirds of global GDP.
Learn more about the key trends in the economic environment from the World Economic Forum’s ... Show more www.weforum.org/publications/chief-economists-outlook-january-2024/
Adobe's Firefly Image Generator Was Partially Trained on AI Images From Midjourney, Other Rivals
entrepreneur.com/business-news/adobes-firefly-ai-image-generator-partly-trained-with-ai/472622
Stable Diffusion 3 API now available as Stable Assist effort looms: Stability AI is bringing the Stable Diffusion 3 API to its developer platform and providing ...
venturebeat.com/ai/stable-diffusion-3-api-now-available-as-stable-assist-effort-looms/
Burnout is such a problem for workers that some bosses are considering shrinking the length of the workweek.
Nearly one-third of large US companies are ... Show more edition.cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/four-day-workweek-survey/index.html
On 'Today in Tech', I'm joined by guest co-host Brandon Mahne. We discuss OpenAI's voice cloning, Amazon's grocery technology change ... Show more #GenAI #TodayinTech @KeithShawTekGuy
Intercom’s new Fin AI Copilot gives customer service agents their personal AI assistant
venturebeat.com/ai/intercoms-new-fin-ai-copilot-gives-customer-service-agents-their-personal-ai-assistant/
VB in Conversation - How AI is advancing geospatial intelligence | VentureBeat: How AI is advancing geospatial intelligence AI is now democratizing access to ...
venturebeat.com/vb-in-conversation-how-ai-is-advancing-geospatial-intelligence/
Google launches Gemini, most powerful model to date in AI race: Tech giant rolls out almost 30 new products and product improvements as AI race hots up
straitstimes.com/business/google-launches-gemini-most-powerful-model-to-date-in-ai-race
Telesign’s Verify API goes all in with AI and ML to secure omnichannel growth: Taking an AI and ML-based approach to adding contextual intelligence to APIs while ...
venturebeat.com/security/telesigns-verify-api-goes-all-in-with-ai-and-ml-to-secure-omnichannel-growth/
Oracle offers up to 10,000 training slots in S’pore to tap AI boom, to open new data centre in July
straitstimes.com/singapore/oracle-offers-up-to-10000-training-slots-in-s-pore-to-tap-ai-boom-to-open-new-data-centre-in-july
SAG-AFTRA union secures AI protections for artists in deal with major record labels
reuters.com/world/us/sag-aftra-union-secures-ai-protections-artists-deal-with-major-record-labels-2024-04-12/
Meta confirms that its Llama 3 open source LLM is coming in the next month: Meta's Llama families, built as open-source products, represent a different ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/meta-confirms-that-its-llama-3-open-source-llm-is-coming-in-the-next-month/
Microsoft makes high-stakes play in tech cold war with Emirates AI deal: Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/16/technology/microsoft-g42-uae-ai.html
Quick Glance: Microsoft to Invest $1.5 Billion in Emirati AI Firm G42 for Minority Stake
- Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in the United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence firm G42 to acquire a minority stake and a board seat.
- The partnership aims to deepen ties between the USA and the UAE amid the global battle for tech dominance.
- The deal includes G42 using Microsoft cloud services to run its AI applications.
- G42 and Microsoft plan to jointly bring advanced AI and digital infrastructure to countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa.
OpenAI makes GPT-4 Turbo with Vision generally available through its API: It should help continue to make OpenAI's models an appealing choice while the world ...
venturebeat.com/ai/openai-makes-gpt-4-turbo-with-vision-generally-available-through-its-api/
Three reasons robots are about to become more way useful : We're inching ever-closer to them being able to handle household tasks.
technologyreview.com/2024/04/16/1091314/ai-is-bringing-us-closer-than-ever-to-the-dream-of-useful-home-robots/
ChatGPT is a squeeze away with Nothing’s upgraded earbuds: Nothing today announced a pair of refreshes to its earbud line. The naming conventions are a touch ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/chatgpt-is-a-squeeze-away-with-nothings-upgraded-earbuds/
AMD launches second-generation Versal chips to make AI faster at the edge: AMD unveiled the Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 chips for ...
venturebeat.com/ai/amd-launches-second-generation-versal-chips-to-make-ai-faster-at-the-edge/
UserTesting expands AI-powered experience research for deeper trend analysis: UserTesting is going beyond basic generative AI summarization to help user ...
venturebeat.com/ai/usertesting-expands-ai-powered-experience-research-for-deeper-trend-analysis/
Mistral AI drops new ‘mixture of experts’ model with a torrent link: While technical details and capabilities of Mixtral 8x22B remain undisclosed ...
venturebeat.com/ai/mistral-ai-drops-new-mixture-of-experts-model-with-a-torrent-link/
GotIt! makes MathGPT free to all U.S. state and community colleges: Gotit! Education unveils MathGPT Essentials, a new plan offering its AI-powered math tutor to ...
venturebeat.com/virtual/gotit-makes-mathgpt-free-to-all-u-s-state-and-community-colleges/
Intel and Altera unveil AI-optimized edge processors and FPGA chips: Intel and Altera annonced new AI-optimized processors and field programmable gate arrays ...
venturebeat.com/ai/intel-and-altera-unveil-ai-optimized-edge-processors-and-fpga-chips/
Malicious PowerShell script pushing malware looks AI-written: A threat actor is using a PowerShell script that was likely created with the help of an artificial ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-powershell-script-pushing-malware-looks-ai-written/
AI animated Pink Floyd music video stirs debate: The competition invited fans and artists from around the world to submit new animated interpretations of Dark ...
venturebeat.com/ai/ai-animated-pink-floyd-music-video-stirs-debate/
Intel reveals details of new AI chip to fight Nvidia dominance: Intel detailed a new version of its artificial intelligence chip at its Vision event on Tuesday ...
reuters.com/technology/intel-reveals-details-new-ai-chip-fight-nvidia-dominance-2024-04-09/
The Smartest Way to Use AI at Work: Generative AI tools can help you get ahead in the office—if you know how to use them.
wsj.com/tech/ai/the-smartest-way-to-use-ai-at-work-ce921ff4
How to use PivotTables and PivotCharts in Excel www.computerworld.com/article/2075645/how-to-use-pivottables-pivotcharts-excel.html
Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram: Meta is pushing ahead with its efforts to make its generative AI-powered products available to more users ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/12/meta-is-testing-an-ai-powered-search-bar-in-instagram/
Breaking the silence: A blueprint to beat toxicity, extremism and grooming in gaming
venturebeat.com/games/breaking-the-silence-a-blueprint-to-beat-toxicity-extremism-and-grooming-in-gaming/
How to secure AI system development: How can data scientists, AI engineers and cybersecurity professionals ensure their AI system is secure during development ...
venturebeat.com/ai/how-to-secure-ai-system-development/
Arm infuses AI into internet of things chips for edge applications: Arm, a big semiconductor architecture company, is adding edge AI to the brains of its ...
venturebeat.com/ai/arm-infuses-ai-into-internet-of-things-chips-for-edge-applications/
Card game developer says it paid an 'AI artist' $90,000 to generate card art because 'no one comes close to the quality he delivers'
pcgamer.com/games/card-games/champions-tcg-ai-artist/
Stability AI brings 12B parameters to Stable LM 2 model update: Stability AI is bringing new power to its Stable LM 2 generative AI large language models for ...
venturebeat.com/ai/stability-ai-brings-12b-parameters-to-stable-lm-2-model-update/
Vana plans to let users rent out their Reddit data to train AI: In the generative AI boom, data is the new oil. So why shouldn’t you be able to sell your own? ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/13/vana-plans-to-let-users-rent-out-their-reddit-data-to-train-ai/
Snowflake Copilot, a Mistral Large-powered AI assistant, launches in public preview
venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/snowflake-copilot-a-mistral-large-powered-ai-assistant-launches-in-public-preview/
iOS 18 AI features are rumored to be ‘on device.’ But there's a catch.: The iPhone maker continues to focus on privacy (where it can).
mashable.com/article/apple-ios-1-8-ai-features-on-device-catch
Samsung introduces LPDDR5X DRAM with 10.7Gbps speed. It gets really serious in AI
mspoweruser.com/samsung-introduces-lpddr5x-dram-with-10-7gbps-speed-it-gets-really-serious-in-ai/
“Any chatbot could be in some ways a ticking time bomb for a smaller percentage of people,” says social worker Monika Ostroff ... Show more www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-chatbots-mental-health-therapy-pitfalls-60-minutes/
The AI Revolution Is Crushing Thousands of Languages: English is the internet’s primary tongue—a fact that may have unexpected consequences as generative AI ...
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/generative-ai-low-resource-languages/678042/
Data scientists see largest pay growth in tech: Report: The pay of software engineers dipped 0.99% in 2023 compared with an 11.3% surge for data scientists.
straitstimes.com/business/bye-software-chiefs-data-scientists-take-crown-for-largest-salary-growth-in-ai-times
Ask your assets anything: State Street’s generative AI lets investors chat with their data
venturebeat.com/ai/ask-your-assets-anything-state-streets-generative-ai-lets-investors-chat-with-their-data/
Artificial intelligence proves once again that it can do more than just write text or create images. 🙂↕️
You can hear all about it in the new AI update: kiupdate.podigee.io/211-12-04-2024
Collibra tackles the ‘shadow AI’ problem with new governance application: Collibra unveils new AI governance, automation, and data democratization tools to help ...
venturebeat.com/ai/collibra-tackles-the-shadow-ai-problem-with-new-governance-application/
Quick Glance: Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human intelligence by 2026
- Elon Musk anticipates AI to be smarter than an individual human by the end of next year.
- The Tesla CEO forecasts that the total amount of sentient compute will surpass all humans in five years.
- Musk speculates that due to the abundance of talent in AI, AI could surpass human intelligence by 2026.
- Despite highlighting hardware constraints and data scarcity, Musk remains optimistic about AI advancements in the upcoming years.
With French under fire, Mali uses AI to bring local language to students: As the popularity of French wanes, RobotsMali is using AI to create books in Bambara.
washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/13/mali-books-artificial-intelligence-ai/
Social media stars face off against deepfake scammers : YouTubers and TikTokkers are being turned into deepfake doppelgängers to promote products and spread ...
ft.com/content/04dcc944-49a4-4a2d-808c-26551681a222
The Mac is on the verge of entering a new era: A new report reveals a new major revamp coming to Macs in the near future with a focus on AI.
digitaltrends.com/computing/mac-ai-new-era/
Facebook and Instagram’s response to deepfake porn is under review by its oversight board
cnn.com/2024/04/16/tech/meta-oversight-boarddeepfake-pornography-policy-review/
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