Tag: artificial intelligence

U.S. sets up board to advise on safe, secure use of AI

April 27, 2024 admin

The chief executives of OpenAI, Microsoft and Google are among the high-profile members of a new federal board created to advise the U.S. government on the “safe and secure” development of artificial intelligence. The new advisory board will help authorities combat AI-related disruptions that may “impact national or economic security, public health, or safety,” the…

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The tools helping scientists up the rate at which they find new drugs

April 23, 2024 admin

India is one of the world’s leading manufacturers as well as consumers of antimicrobial drugs. However, many of these life-saving drugs are now becoming ineffective against disease-causing bacteria. Around 4.9 million people around the world died in 2019 due to ineffective antimicrobial drugs. These deaths include those due to the infections as well as the…

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AI Will Bring “Fundamental Change” In News Ecosystem: Expert

April 20, 2024 admin

Perugia, Italy: Artificial intelligence is shaking up journalism and in the short term will cause “a fundamental change in the news ecosystem”, media expert David Caswell told AFP. A former employee at Yahoo! and BBC News Labs, the British broadcaster’s innovation wing, Caswell spoke as industry leaders gathered in the Italian city of Perugia to…

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If there’s a theory of AI, computer science is unlikely to provide it

April 11, 2024 admin

The popular understanding seems to be that the day is not far off when an artificial intelligence (AI) will be able to think like humans and interact, at least through languages, in a way that is indistinguishable from real humans. Such a day has been called “the singularity”, a pivotal moment for the human race….

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Big Tech in ‘underground’ race to license archives that will train Artificial Intelligence

April 6, 2024 admin

Ted Leonard, Chief Executive Officer of Photobucket. File | Photo Credit: Reuters At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world’s top image-hosting site. The media backbone for once-hot services such as Myspace and Friendster, it boasted 70 million users and accounted for nearly half of the U.S. online photo market. Today only…

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Facebook, Instagram Owner Meta To Start Labeling AI-Generated Content To Fight Deepfakes

April 5, 2024 admin

Representational Image New York: Facebook owner Meta announced major changes to its policies on digitally created and altered media on Friday, ahead of US elections poised to test its ability to police deceptive content generated by new artificial intelligence technologies. The social media giant will start applying “Made with AI” labels in May to AI-generated…

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2024 US Presidential Contest Could Be First “AI Election”, Warns CEO

April 4, 2024 admin

The AI boss predicted foreign powers are likely to get involved. In an era where technology blurs the lines between reality and fiction, the spectre of deepfakes created by artificial intelligence (AI) tools casts a long shadow over the democratic process. With the upcoming US presidential election looming, the spread of AI deepfakes poses a…

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Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks

April 2, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues on Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The call, described by the White House as “candid and constructive,” was the leaders’ first conversation since their November summit in…

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OpenAI Unveils Audio Feature That Read Texts, Clones Human Voices

March 30, 2024 admin

OpenAI decided against a wider rollout of the feature, which it briefed reporters on earlier this month. OpenAI is sharing early results from a test for a feature that can read words aloud in a convincing human voice – highlighting a new frontier for artificial intelligence and raising the spectre of deepfake risks. The company…

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Elon Musk’s xAI To Enable Chatbot Grok For All Premium Subscribers Of X

March 26, 2024 admin

Elon Musk announced it in a post on X, without revealing any more details. California: Elon Musk said on Tuesday artificial intelligence startup xAI’s chatbot, Grok, will be enabled for all premium subscribers of social media platform X, formerly Twitter. He announced it in a post on X, without revealing any more details. Previously, the…

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