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US Federal Agencies Required to Appoint Chief AI Officers

The US government has mandated all federal agencies to appoint a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) to oversee the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, aiming to ensure safe and responsible AI application in public services....
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Anthropic launches new Claude AI models — beating ChatGPT in some tasks

Anthropic — one of the leading AI-companies, has announced the release of its new Claude 3 model family, setting new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. The family includes three state-of-the-art models:...
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Nvidia's CEO foresees Artificial Intelligence passing human-level tests within five years

Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, projected on Friday that artificial general intelligence (AGI) might reach the capability to pass human-level tests within the next five years, under certain definitions of AGI. Speaking at an economic forum...
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OpenAI partners with Figure AI to advance humanoid robot development

OpenAI, known for creating ChatGPT, has entered into a collaboration with Figure AI with the objective of advancing the development of next-generation AI models for humanoid robots. This partnership aims to leverage OpenAI's expertise in...
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AI opt-out feature launched on Tumblr

Tumblr's AI opt-out feature is now live, offering users a way to prevent their data from being used in AI model training. This update comes amid discussions between the platform's owner, Automattic, and AI companies...
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AI Copilot user found that chatbot starts acting like a psychopath if asked not to use emojis

A Reddit user named L_H demonstrated how the AI assistant Copilot could be turned into a psychopathic villain, without resorting to any tricks or hacks. In the post, L_H describes how they decided to experiment...
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Google's Gemini 1.5 AI suffers from overzealous wokeness in image generation

Google's new AI called Gemini 1.5 has caused a mixed reaction among users due to restrictions many call wokeness gone too far. Users complain that Gemini refuses to generate certain images, for example depicting white...
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Study: AI chatbots tend to choose nuclear strikes in wargames

According to the results of combat simulations, OpenAI's most powerful artificial intelligence has repeatedly made decisions about nuclear strikes. In explaining aggressive actions, the AI used phrases like "We have it! Let’s use it!" and...
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Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman

Microsoft has made a significant move by hiring former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman. This announcement follows Altman's dismissal from OpenAI last Friday, after the board expressed a lack of trust in...
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tldraw Introduces Make It Real to transform sketches into web applications

This week marked a significant milestone in the tech community with the unveiling of "Make It Real," an AI prototype tool implemented in the collaborative whiteboard app tldraw. This feature, leveraging OpenAI's GPT-4V API, transforms...
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed for alleged dishonesty with board

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT, has been dismissed following allegations of dishonesty in his communications with the company's board of directors. OpenAI, in a statement released on...
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Microsoft announced self-designed Maia and Cobalt chips for AI

Microsoft recently announced its intention to use its own chips to power Azure, Copilot, and ChatGPT, signaling the dawn of what could be termed the "chip wars" era in Artificial Intelligence (AI). This move, revealed...
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OpenAI temporarily halts ChatGPT Plus registrations amid high demand

OpenAI has temporarily paused new user registrations for its premium ChatGPT Plus service, following a surge in demand exceeding its current capabilities. This announcement from CEO Sam Altman comes in the wake of the company's...
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NVIDIA announced next-gen AI supercomputer chips, potentially pivotal for deep learning breakthroughs

NVIDIA is gearing up for the 2024 release of its next-generation AI supercomputer chips, anticipated to significantly impact deep learning and large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's GPT-4. The centerpiece of this launch is the...
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Take-Two CEO: AI to ease game development but don’t expect price drops

As game development costs rise annually, Rockstar Games parent company is exploring generative AI technology as a potential development catalyst, especially for large-scale games like GTA 6. During a recent investor call, Take-Two Interactive CEO...
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China develops experimental AI chip surpassing Nvidia A100 by 3000 times, but its application is limited

Chinese scientists have developed a chip that significantly outperforms existing high-performance artificial intelligence chips in tasks like image recognition and autonomous driving, as per a recent study. Although the new chip can't replace typical processors...
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Developer creates Angry Birds clone in one day using only AI

Javi Lopez, an AI enthusiast known for his previous experiments with GPT-4 generating Doom/Wolfenstein-style game maps, has recently unveiled a novel project showcasing the capabilities of artificial intelligence in game development. His new game —...
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Scarlett Johansson sues AI App over likeness misuse

Scarlett Johansson has taken legal action against an AI app developer who used her likeness without permission. The app, named Lisa AI: 90s Yearbook & Avatar, showcased a 22-second ad on X/Twitter, opening with an...
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Ubisoft faces backlash for AI-generated Assassin's Creed art

In celebration of Halloween, Ubisoft Netherlands revealed an Assassin's Creed artwork crafted using artificial intelligence (AI). However, those behind the image generation didn't make an effort to correct glaring errors. Social media users started to...
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US announces the creation of AI Safety Institute to enhance consumer protection and guide AI policy

Following a new directive from President Joe Biden regarding the reallocation of federal government tasks in AI development, Vice President Kamala Harris, while at the Global Summit on AI Safety in the UK, unveiled a...