9. Tech, Software & Ai

Microsoft’s surprise blog post sets the stage for a new battle.

References from the appprivacy.adml file shared on X suggests the company could potentially group Windows 11's AI-powered features under one umbrella called Windows Intelligence.

Microsoft's revamped Copilot AI tool, under Mustafa Suleyman's leadership, faces backlash for its new 'companion' model, with users and employees criticising it as less functional compared to its previous version.

According to Windows Central, Microsoft might be looking to rebrand its collection of Windows AI capabilities under a new name. A couple of weeks ago, one Twitter user was digging through the file in the latest version of Windows 11 and found references to something called “Windows Intelligence.” Specifically, a setting called “Let Apps Access Wind...

The blogging platform Medium is facing an influx of AI-generated content. CEO Tony Stubblebine says it “doesn’t matter” as long as nobody reads it.

Meta has released several new AI models, including one designed to evaluate other AI models, as part of its ongoing efforts to AMI.

Microsoft announced a series of new health-care data and AI tools for clinicians on Thursday.

The cases had established the European Union as the world’s leading tech watchdog, but have since raised questions about its protracted appeals process.

An advertising partner of Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon admitted that your smartphones and other devices can listen to everything you say for ad targeting.

In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers

The image-makers are stuck in a pattern.

Winston Ma, adjunct professor of law at the New York University School of Law, says because of U.S. sanctions, China's artificial intelligence players are facing issues with their financing and computing capabilities, forcing them to focus on the commercialization and application of large language models rather than the models themselves.

It all begins with CrowdStrike, a widely-used cybersecurity firm that bungled an update

It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

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During the past year, the pace of AI adoption has accelerated significantly, ushering in groundbreaking advances, discoveries and solutions with the potential to help address humanity’s biggest problems. We see this as a massive platform shift, akin to the printing press, which was not just an invention, but a technology that shaped a new economy....

A study found ChatGPT's responses to health-related questions on Reddit’s r/AskDocs superior to physicians' 79% of the time, with higher quality and empathy ratings, though more research is needed for clinical applications.

CriticGPT is intended to help identify hallucinations as models grow more sophisticated

Further evidence that AGI is not imminent

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The Scarlett Johansson debacle is a microcosm of AI’s raw deal: It’s happening, and you can’t stop it.

Microsoft said its Azure OpenAI Service must not be used "by or for" U.S. police for facial recognition purposes

Insiders say he's Microsoft's secret weapon in the AI wars

A new study found that song lyrics are now angrier, more repetitive, and vain. Consensus wavers, but what remains incontestable is social media’s impact on the music we hear most.

The new agreement will see the countries pool knowledge and resources to strengthen safety testing of AI models

We’ve created OpenAI LP, a new “capped-profit” company that allows us to rapidly increase our investments in compute and talent while including checks and balances to actualize our mission.

A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”

What if you could have a friendly chat with an AI coach that knows how to help you quit smoking? That’s the idea behind Dr. Jonathan Bricker’s research, which uses large language models to create conversational agents that can support and motivate smokers to kick the habit. In this episode, Trevor Noah talks to Dr. […]

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