Roundup

Google's AI chatbot Bard catches up to generating code

In brief NSFW? You'll need to check outputs for accuracy. Plus: OpenAI CEO says massive model era's over, Microsoft said to be building custom AI chip

AI + ML24 Apr 2023 | 4

OpenAI CEO confirms biz is not currently training GPT-5

In brief Plus: Elon Musk wants Twitter to develop generative AI, and ChatGPT bots flood Reddit

AI + ML17 Apr 2023 | 24

Meta has nothing to say about politicians making deepfaked ads

In Brief Plus: Aussie mayor threatens to sue OpenAI; Minors face ChatGPT ban; President Biden on AI

AI + ML11 Apr 2023 | 13

Google denies Bard trained using OpenAI ChatGPT responses

In brief ALSO: Synopsys releases AI tools for faster chip design, and Cerebras open sources family of language models

AI + ML03 Apr 2023 | 16

Google says it did not train its AI chatbot Bard on your private emails

AI In Brief ALSO: Web traffic to Microsoft Bing up 15.8 per cent since launch of GPT-4 bot, and more

AI + ML27 Mar 2023 | 24

OpenAI CEO warns that GPT-4 could be misused for nefarious purposes

In brief ALSO: Discord quietly edited its privacy policy after rolling out new generative AI features, and more

AI + ML20 Mar 2023 | 19

GPT-4 to launch this week, Microsoft Germany's CTO lets slip

In-brief Plus: DuckDuckGo launches its own AI web search chatbot, and more

AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 17

Elon Musk yearns for AI devs to build 'anti-woke' rival ChatGPT bot

In brief Plus: OpenAI says it won't train on customer data, and Microsoft rolls out new Bing AI modes

AI + ML06 Mar 2023 | 157

Cause for a LLaMA? Meta reckons its smaller text-emitting AI is better than rivals

In brief Plus: Lensa AI app maker sued for wacky app photo collection, Supreme Court debates chatbots

AI + ML25 Feb 2023 | 20

Microsoft to cap daily Bing AI queries to stop the bot delivering daft responses

AI in brief Also: Google asks staff to rewrite Bard's responses; EU's AI bill may stall; Endangered architects

AI + ML20 Feb 2023 | 26

Satya Nadella wants to make Google dance in battle for AI chat-powered web search

In brief Plus: Publisher using AI tools generated false health advice for men; how ChatGPT widens economic inequalities

AI + ML13 Feb 2023 | 8

Google to present AI-powered search features next week in live event

In brief Plus: Cruise and Waymo's driverless cars have caused 92 reported incidents in San Francisco; China's Baidu reportedly set to launch ChatGPT rival

AI + ML06 Feb 2023 | 16

Tech CEO nixes AI lawyer stunt after being threatened with jail time

In brief Plus: Google builds text-to-music model but won't release it, and more

AI + ML30 Jan 2023 | 27

Publisher halts AI article assembly line after probe

In brief Plus: Academics debate citing ChatGPT as research co-author; Getty Images sues Stability AI

AI + ML23 Jan 2023 | 12

AI lawyer to fight first legal case in court, startup claims

In Brief Plus: How much would you pay for ChatGPT? And British AI drug biz gets snapped up for half a billion

AI + ML16 Jan 2023 | 26

OpenAI is developing software to detect text generated by ChatGPT

In brief Plus: Apple using fake AI voices to help indie publishers release audiobooks

AI + ML09 Jan 2023 | 32

Apple taps brake on self-driving cars, now aims for 2026

In brief Plus: ChatGPT behaving like a virtual machine, Cohere launches multi-lingual large language model

AI + ML13 Dec 2022 | 26

OpenAI opens doors to ChatGPT, another AI to fill the world with kinda-true stuff

In brief Plus: DeepMind beats humans at Stratego

AI + ML03 Dec 2022 | 26

OpenAI, Microsoft, GitHub hit with lawsuit over Copilot

In brief Plus: City of Edinburgh promises to scrap Chinese AI Hikvision cameras, and more

AI + ML07 Nov 2022 | 10

Bumble open sources AI code to automatically blur NSFW photos

In brief Plus: Why some manga and anime fans hate AI-generated art, and ex-Google boss funds AI students

AI + ML31 Oct 2022 | 26

Human-replacing AI startups reach $1bn unicorn status

In brief Plus: Meta builds speech-to-speech system to translate Hokkien, Waymo expands to LA, and more

AI + ML23 Oct 2022 | 3

Weird robot breaks down in middle of House of Lords hearing on AI art

In brief Plus: Listen to Fake Joe Rogan interviewing Bogus Steve Jobs in bizarre podcast episode

AI + ML16 Oct 2022 | 39

Lab explores dystopian future of AI helping cops catch criminals

In brief Plus: US AI Bill of Rights, and a new framework to run models on AMD and Nvidia GPUs more flexibly

AI + ML08 Oct 2022 | 11

Draft EU AI Act regulations could have a chilling effect on open source software

In brief Plus: New MLPerf inference results, and artists finds terrifying AI-generated face haunting images

AI + ML11 Sep 2022 | 38

Record label drops AI rapper after backlash over stereotypes

In brief Plus: Changing call center workers' voices, why we need to do more to get women in ML, and more

AI + ML28 Aug 2022 | 84

Microsoft reviews M365 resilience after Indian outage

Asia In Brief Plus: Amazon and Alibaba risk Indonesia ban; Pegasus in Thailand; South Korea's semiconductor education surge; and more

SaaS24 Jul 2022 | 2

I've been fired, says engineer who claimed Google chatbot was sentient

In brief Plus: How writers are using AI tools to help them write fiction more quickly

AI + ML23 Jul 2022 | 86

Cruise self-driving cars stopped and clogged up San Francisco for hours

In brief Plus: Head of AI and Autopilot at Tesla quits, FIFA rolls out AI in this year's football World Cup, and more

AI + ML18 Jul 2022 | 37

Alibaba execs hauled in to discuss Shanghai Police data leak

Asia In Brief Plus: Weibo cracks down on political puns; Singaporean crypto biz Vauld restructures; Philippines fights Facebook rumors

Security18 Jul 2022 | 2

People who regularly talk to AI chatbots often start to believe they're sentient, says CEO

In brief Plus: Activists fight for EU ban on AI lie detectors, and is the age prediction tool used by Meta accurate?

AI + ML04 Jul 2022 | 44

Meta slammed with eight lawsuits claiming social media hurts kids

In brief Plus: Why safety data for self-driving technology is misleading, and more

AI + ML12 Jun 2022 | 47

Costa Rican government held up by ransomware … again

In brief Also US warns of voting machine flaws and Google pays out $100 million to Illinois

Security06 Jun 2022 | 8

Ransomware attack sends US county back to 1977

In brief Also: Uni details its malware-catching AI, signs of China poking the Russian cyber-bear, and more

Patches29 May 2022 | 8

Deepfake attacks can easily trick live facial recognition systems online

In brief Plus: Next PyTorch release will support Apple GPUs so devs can train neural networks on their own laptops

AI + ML22 May 2022 | 25

US cops kick back against facial recognition bans

In brief Plus: DeepMind launches new generalist AI system, and Apple boffin quits over return-to-work policy

AI + ML16 May 2022 | 9

OpenAI's DALL·E 2 generates AI images that are sometimes biased or NSFW

In brief Plus: SoundCloud acquires startup for better algorithmic curated playlists

AI + ML08 May 2022 | 50

AI models to detect how you're feeling in sales calls

In brief Plus: Driverless Cruise car gets pulled over by police, and more

AI + ML18 Apr 2022 | 34

EU countries want to pool photos in massive facial recog database

In brief Plus: Can algorithms tell us how we're feeling from the sound of our voices and more

AI + ML11 Apr 2022 | 26

Ukraine uses Clearview AI to identify slain Russian soldiers

In brief Plus: GPT-NeoX-20B, the largest open-source language model available yet, and a new AI Silicon Valley VC fund

AI + ML28 Mar 2022 | 12

Tesla employee: I was fired after sharing video of self-driving car crash

In brief Plus: FTC orders model destruction

AI + ML21 Mar 2022 | 13

Clearview AI plans tech to ID faces as they age, seek big government deals

In brief Plus: AI imparts brain surgery skills more effectively than human tutors

AI + ML28 Feb 2022 | 2

Waymo sues California's DMV to block autonomous car crash data from publication

In brief Plus: Non-profit suicide hotline criticised for sharing mental health crisis texts with AI startup, and more

AI + ML31 Jan 2022 | 25

IBM finally finds a private equiteer willing to purchase Watson Health

In brief As poker players ponder whether tech is ruining their favourite game

AI + ML24 Jan 2022 | 10

Tesla Full Self-Driving videos prompt California's DMV to rethink policy on accidents

In brief Plus: AI systems can identify different chess players by their moves and more

AI + ML15 Jan 2022 | 104

Free AI protein software packages nearly predicted structure of the Omicron coronavirus variant correctly

In brief Plus: IBM Watson Health reportedly up for sale over $1bn, and more

AI + ML11 Jan 2022 | 16

Clearview's selfie-scraping AI facial recognition technology set to be patented

Plus: DeepMind's latest language model research and more

AI + ML11 Dec 2021 | 22

Prisons transcribe private phone calls with inmates using speech-to-text AI

In brief Plus: A drug designed by machine learning algorithms to treat lung disease reaches human clinical trials and more

AI + ML04 Dec 2021 | 54

AI surveillance software increasingly used to make sure contract lawyers are doing their jobs at home

In brief Plus: GPT-3 is now generally available and one man goes undercover in Amazon to live under AI

AI + ML20 Nov 2021 | 24

Alphabet launches new AI drug discovery startup, Isomorphic Labs, led by DeepMind CEO

In brief Plus: Waymo's self-driving cars are mapping the mean streets of NYC

AI + ML08 Nov 2021 | 1

Twitter's algos favour tweets from conservatives over liberals because they generate more outrage online – study

In brief Plus: Microsoft acquires an AI content moderation startup to prevent hate speech on the Xbox and more

AI + ML30 Oct 2021 | 52

Bank manager tricked into handing $35m to scammers using fake 'deep voice' tech

In brief Plus: Microsoft Translator machine learning software now supports over 100 languages

AI + ML16 Oct 2021 | 26

Waymo, Cruise get green light from California's DMV for self-driving taxi services

In brief Plus: Experts dubious of Apple's AI algorithm being able to detect depression and anxiety

AI + ML03 Oct 2021 | 21

Amazon delivery staff 'denied bonus' pay by AI cameras misjudging their driving

In brief Plus: Why trans gamers are turning to deepfake voices, and more bits and bytes

AI + ML27 Sep 2021 | 39

Facebook apologises after its AI system branded Black people as primates

In Brief Plus: Google Health app for NHS hospitals discontinued, and Tesla under the spotlight

AI + ML06 Sep 2021 | 40

A man spent a year in jail on a murder charge involving disputed AI evidence. Now the case has been dropped

In brief Plus: Intel winds down RealSense, and more

AI + ML22 Aug 2021 | 126

OpenAI's GPT-3-based pair programming model – Codex – now open for private beta testers through an API

In Brief Plus: Self-driving Humvees funded by US Army to the tune of millions

AI + ML16 Aug 2021 | 4