The researchers' approach involves two main innovations: first, they created a custom LLM and constrained it to use only ternary values (-1, 0, 1) instead of traditional floating-point numbers, which
Microsoft is already being investigated by the FTC for its deal with Inflection AI in March. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance (Getty Images) The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has
Big tech has succeeded in distracting the world from the existential risk to humanity that artificial intelligence still poses, a leading scientist and AI campaigner has warned. Speaking with the Guar
These two links deserved highlighting beyond just being plonked into my normal list of links. They are both describing some of the chaos caused by the ongoing AI Bubble. One tackles what it’s doing to
When OpenAI announced its latest ChatGPT last week, the AI voice it used in its demo was quickly compared to Scarlett Johansson's voice in the 2013 sci-fi film "Her," but now the company says it is pu
A still image of a robotic quadruped armed with a remote weapons system, captured from a video provided by Onyx Industries. Onyx Industries The United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (
Developing responsible AI isn’t a straightforward proposition. On one side, organizations are striving to stay at the forefront of technological advancement. On the other hand, they must ensure strict
Energy consumption by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rising rapidly: AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030, according to some calculations. Not only does AI a
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is exploring whether users should be allowed to create artificial intelligence-generated pornography and other explicit content with its products. While the company
Over the last few months, many have proposed that the AI spam taking over Facebook is a great example of the “Dead Internet Theory,” which posits that large portions of the internet are made up of bot
Analysis Google has indexed inaccurate infrastructure-as-code samples produced by Pulumi AI – a developer that uses an AI chatbot to generate infrastructure – and the rotten recipes are already appear
A crack has appeared in OpenAI's facade of calm. Inspector Gadget After months of leaks, OpenAI has apparently fired two researchers who are said to be linked to company secrets going public. As The I
A while back on this blog, I expressed a somewhat unpopular sentiment about large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or Google Bard: “The technology feels magical and disruptive, but we felt the s
Eternal sunshine of the spotless LLM Making an LLM forget is harder than it seems In a recent paper, Ronen Eldan and Mark Russinovich wrote: “We effectively erase the model's ability to generate or re
This image comes from a book by Martin Honeysett called ‘Microphobia’, published in 1982. It’s full of great jokes and I could have used almost any of them, because they’re all making the same point -
See a longer version of this article here: Scaling ChatGPT: Five Real-World Engineering Challenges. Sometimes the best explanations of how a technology solution works come from the software engineers
interview We know Google search results are being hammered by the proliferation of AI garbage, and the web giant's attempts to curb the growth of machine-generated drivel haven't helped all that much.
In November, Google’s AI outfit DeepMind published a press release titled “Millions of new materials discovered with deep learning." But now, researchers who have analyzed a subset of what DeepMind di
19 April 2024 Mariko OiBusiness reporter Getty Images When it comes to food, the Japanese take attention to detail very seriously A shrinking population means Japan has a shortage of workers. Many are
The conventional wisdom, well captured recently by Ethan Mollick, is that LLMs are advancing exponentially. A few days ago, in a popular blog post, Mollick claimed that “the current best estimates of
20 March 2023 – Baldur Bjarnason It’s like the past few years’ discussions on bias in training data and issues with shortcut learning in AI models just didn’t happen at all? Like, our industry didn’t
A new Washington’s Lottery AI mobile site turned a user’s photo into softcore pornography, forcing them to take the website down “out of an abundance of caution.” When Megan, a 50-year-old mother base
For the past year or so I’ve been spending most of my time researching the use of language and diffusion models in software businesses. One of the issues in during this research—one that has perplexed
Nicholas LoVecchio told me he knew something was wrong as soon as he received the peer-review responses to his paper about “taboo” language titled “Using translation to chart the early spread of GAY t
Photo: Timofeev Vladimir (Shutterstock) Microsoft is drawing up plans to build a $100 billion supercomputer, allegedly named “Stargate,” to power OpenAI’s next generation of artificial intelligence sy
Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president o
Every conversation about artificial intelligence nowadays seemingly ends with a warning to balance innovation with responsible governance. One might even say with great computing power comes great res
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images All US federal agencies will now be required to have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use, as the government wants to ensure that AI
The Biden administration is calling on federal agencies to step up their use of artificial intelligence tools, but in a way that keeps the risk of misuse in check. The Office of Management and Budget
Advertisement Watch 11 hours ago Technology editor BBC AI tool Mia circles two areas of concern on a mammogram scan An AI tool tested by an NHS hospital trust successfully identified tiny signs of bre
It's a double whammy of anxiety for developers at the moment. On the one hand, the layoffs are dragging on. The industry has shed more jobs in a shorter period than any time since the dot-com bust ove
In October last year, Francesca Mani came home from school in the suburbs of New Jersey with devastating news for her mother, Dorota. Earlier in the day the 14-year-old had been called into the vice-p
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"Trust is the currency of the AI era." Turn the Page AI isn't nearly as popular with the global populace as its boosters would have you believe. As Axios reports based on a new poll of 32,000 global r
Since ChatGPT dropped in the fall of 2022, everyone and their donkey has tried their hand at prompt engineering—finding a clever way to phrase your query to a large language model (LLM) or AI art or v
I am troubled by how many people are upset by AI. I mean, they’re really upset. Having just written a thing on framing, I think AI is another example where people are doing most of the damage themselv
It’s only been a year and AI is already becoming as boring to people as reading. Meaning—the masses are starting to see it as just another tech phase, while the highly ambitious are working to integra
In this article MSFT+0.41 (+0.10%) watch now VIDEO6:1906:19 Microsoft’s engineer warns company’s AI tool creates problematic images Power Lunch Microsoft has started to make changes to its Copilot art
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