Jack Ma is back, and he has some feelpinions to share
Offering wisdom on AI signals the Alibaba boss is in Beijing's good books again
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 3
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Europol warns ChatGPT already helping folks commit crimes
There is no honor among chatbots
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 12
Google's claims of super-human AI chip layout back under the microscope
Special report Nature probes published research as it emerges journal paper allegedly used to entice $120m cloud deal
AI + ML27 Mar 2023 | 14
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 | 17
China's best selling smartwatch offers surveillance-as-a-service … for kids
Asia In Brief ALSO: Indian space agency completes OneWeb constellation; Singapore warns on AI weapons; AUKUS tech pact advances
AI + ML26 Mar 2023 | 6
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins, granting iffy language model access to your apps
Analysis Search aspired to the the command line to the world, but ML models may get there first
AI + ML26 Mar 2023 | 11
Opportunity, challenge, promise?
The impact of AI on enterprise IT
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There's one sure winner in the AI explosion, say analysts: Dutch outfit ASML
It’s the only game in town for extreme ultraviolet lithography, and that makes it every chip shop’s new best friend
AI + ML24 Mar 2023 | 11
OpenAI CEO 'feels awful' after ChatGPT leaks conversations, payment info
Updated Delayed mea culpa isn't a good look for a biz with 'open' in the name
AI + ML23 Mar 2023 | 30
We've got plenty of AI now but who asked for it? El Reg's vultures chime in
Register Kettle We each grab a mic and take apart the Bard stewards responsible for this hype
AI + ML23 Mar 2023 | 40
GitHub Copilot learns new tricks, adopts this year's model
Armed with GPT-4, Microsoft's AI 'pair programmer' can tag pull requests, parrot documentation, talk about code
AI + ML22 Mar 2023 | 13
Boffins develop AI model for designing proteins to make synthetic blood plasma
And it's not the only hybrid synthetic biomaterial scientists are targeting
AI + ML22 Mar 2023 |
Google reminds everyone it too can launch a ChatGPT-like chatbot … waiting list
Meanwhile, Bing can now output images, Adobe touts shiny art platform Firefly
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 8
No reliable way to detect AI-generated text, boffins sigh
This article was not written by a computer, not that you could tell for sure either way
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 57
Hospital to test AI 'copilot' for doctors that jots notes on patient care
The hope? Reducing piles of admin for clinicians freeing them up for medical work
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 22
Baidu's ERNIE chatbot has nothing to say about Xi Jinping
Bot also botches some requests, but is about to be baked into cloud services anyway
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 3
Stanford sends 'hallucinating' Alpaca AI model out to pasture over safety, cost
Meta-made small language model can produce misinformation, toxic text
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 18
HPE picks up OpsRamp to sprinkle some AIOps on Greenlake multi-cloud
Hopes for predictive insights and automation, but no word on what it'll pay for that
AI + ML20 Mar 2023 | 2
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
We read OpenAI's risk study. GPT-4 is not toxic ... if you add enough bleach
Analysis Tough to see how this model can be released in good conscience
AI + ML17 Mar 2023 | 40
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Gone in 120 seconds: Tesla Model 3 child's play for hackers
In brief Plus OIG finds Uncle Sam fibbed over Login.gov
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins, granting iffy language model access to your apps
Analysis Search aspired to the the command line to the world, but ML models may get there first
Google's claims of super-human AI chip layout back under the microscope
Special report Nature probes published research as it emerges journal paper allegedly used to entice $120m cloud deal
Boeing Starliner's 1st crewed trip to the ISS delayed again over battery overheating risk
May fly in the summer, with some presumably pretty nervous pilots
China crisis is a TikToking time bomb
Opinion ByteDance with the devil if you dare
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
Botched migration resulted in a great deal: One for the price of two
Who Me? Moving premises can have all manner of hidden traps. Here's one to watch for
France bans all recreational apps – including TikTok – from government devices
Meanwhile the US contemplates drastic action
China's best selling smartwatch offers surveillance-as-a-service … for kids
Asia In Brief ALSO: Indian space agency completes OneWeb constellation; Singapore warns on AI weapons; AUKUS tech pact advances
Chinese web giant Baidu backs RISC-V for the datacenter
Gee, why could that be? Nah, not that. AI contender might just want better SmartNICs
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AI-generated art can be copyrighted, say US officials – with a catch
Some non-artificial intelligence needed
AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 36
Microsoft's Copilot AI to pervade the whole 365 suite
Clippy 2.0 to help us 'reconnect with the soul of our work' ... just don't mention that lawsuit
AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 36
China’s Baidu claims its ERNIE chatbot reinvents the computing stack
We're headed for models-as-a-service, apparently, and the OS doesn't matter
AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 16
Microsoft picks perfect time to dump its AI ethics team
Machine-learning safety and controls now everyone's problem
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 30
UK spy agency: Don't feed LLMs with sensitive corporate data
Oh gosh. Looks like that bot just spilled that you plan to fire 20k staffers in Q4
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 18
Bing AI feels like ChatGPT stuffed into a suit – not the future
First Look Poor interface, lousy lyrics, and bland answers mean this won't be the tool that makes Edge mainstream
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 62
OpenAI claims GPT-4 will beat 90% of you in an exam
Weirdly coy about the AI model's size and what went into making it, tho
AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 59
Now Google to shove its answer to ChatGPT into Gmail, Docs, apps via APIs, more
PaLM springs forth
AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 9
Japan Post closer to replacing snail mail with autonomous drones
As Alphabet's Wing wants to fly millions of small packages by 2024
AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 11
'Robot lawyer' DoNotPay not fit for purpose, alleges complaint
Human lawyers: 'DoNotPay is not actually a robot, a lawyer, nor a law firm'
AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 15
British industry calls for regulation of autonomous vehicles
Standards that cut across technology could help avoid confusing industry, MPs hear
AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 67
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
Thanks to generative AI, catching fraud science is going to be this much harder
Feature Why do experiments and all that work when a model could just invent convincing data for you?
AI + ML11 Mar 2023 | 33
Here's how Microsoft hopes to inject ChatGPT into all your apps and bots via Azure
Stormy clouds ahead?
AI + ML11 Mar 2023 | 29
Humanoid robot takes a retail job, but not one any store clerk wants to do
You want to take our place? Welcome to the real world, pal
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 33
Once AI can create endless viral videos, good luck switching off social media
Column Imagine humans … watching humans …watching TikTok … forever
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 57
Brit newspaper giant fills space with AI-assisted articles
That's a bit of a Reach
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 98
India teases AI plan to 'catalyse the next generation of the internet'
Minister wants to release 'one of the largest datasets in the world'
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 5
LLaMA drama as Meta's mega language model leaks
Don't worry... 'The good will outweigh the bad, by at least tenfold. Probably closer to 100x'
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 22
Dems offer ban on Feds using facial, voice recognition
Second time before Congress a charm?
AI + ML07 Mar 2023 | 7
SETI: How AI-boosted satellites, robots could help search for life on other planets
Software scans to give rovers a clue
AI + ML07 Mar 2023 | 8
Building bits of brain in the lab will change our minds
Opinion Wake up and smell the cortex
AI + ML06 Mar 2023 | 29
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
Why ChatGPT should be considered a malevolent AI – and be destroyed
Comment It not only told everyone I died but tried to fake my obit. Are we ready for this machine-driven future?
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 298
If Tesla Investor Day was about exciting investors then boy did it fail
No new cars, unanswered questions, and FSD goals still looming in distance may be why stock is tanking
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 45
Now we're building computers from lab-grown brain cells
Oi! Organoid Intelligence could be more data- and power-efficient than AI
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 38
OpenAI opens ChatGPT floodgates with dirt-cheap API
'This has to be a loss-leader to lock out competitors'
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 19
Waymo robo taxis rack up a million miles without killing anyone
It works! Now let's cut staff by 8%
AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 13
'Major' news: Microsoft slips Bing chatbot shortcut into Windows 11
Celebrated, unhinged search tool pushed in latest OS update
AI + ML01 Mar 2023 | 22
Hey, AI hucksters. Dial down the hype. Lots of love, the FTC
Analysis Exaggerated claims? About unproven technology? Ask your chat bot if it knows what fraud means
AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 5
Shareholders accuse Tesla of overegging Autopilot, Full Self-Driving capabilities
This is starting to become a common theme
AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 17
ChatGPT, write a report about database glitches that crashed you today
While we're here, what do you think of Zuck announcing a vague catchup plan to build 'AI personas'?
Spotlight on Databases28 Feb 2023 | 19
Tesla hits the brakes on rollout of Full Self-Driving code to new users
Those that signed up for the $15,000 package told to queue behind those waiting for safety upgrade
AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 31
OpenAI CEO heralds AGI no one in their right mind wants
Comment Elites won't accept anything that takes away power, we're not dazzled by fake predictable intelligence
AI + ML27 Feb 2023 | 75
Seeing as GPT-3 is great at faking info, you should lean into that, says Microsoft
When AI gives you lemons, you make orangeade
AI + ML27 Feb 2023 | 26
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
The physical world is complex. Reproducing it digitally needn’t be as complex as you think
Twin cities? There’s an app for that
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Microsoft strokes UK's ego by pooh-poohing EU approach to AI regulation
Representative even given opportunity to pitch tech to government during science committee hearing
AI + ML24 Feb 2023 | 38
America: AI artwork is not authored by humans, so can't be protected by copyright
Updated Comic sans Midjourney images would be eligible for IP protections
AI + ML24 Feb 2023 | 75
Workday sued over its AI job screening tool, candidate claims discrimination
Software alleged to reject applicants based on 'race, age, and/or disability'
AI + ML23 Feb 2023 | 54
China cuts off two chatbots: A local effort that flopped, and ChatGPT
Meanwhile Baidu plans to add its Ernie generative AI to search in March
AI + ML23 Feb 2023 | 2
Microsoft injects AI search into Bing, Edge, Skype apps
Cap on daily interactions also lifted slightly – to 60 questions per day
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 4
No, ChatGPT hasn't won a security bug contest … yet
$20k Pwn2Own prize for the humans, zero for the AI
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 7
Sure, Microsoft, let's put ChatGPT in control of robots
Video Doesn't the world have enough problems?
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 32
I can't do that, Dave: AI drowns top sci-fi mag with story submissions
Any sufficiently advanced chatbot is indistinguishable from spam
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 67
Who needs sailors? US Navy's latest robo-ship can run itself for 30 days
Maybe one day war will just be machines fighting machines
AI + ML22 Feb 2023 | 41
Humans strike back at Go-playing AI systems
Amateur fleshbag defeats synthetic in 14 of 15 games
AI + ML20 Feb 2023 | 43
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
Nations agree to curb enthusiasm for military AI before it destroys the world
Some rules and whatnot about taking responsibility, tackling unreliability would be ace, yes
AI + ML17 Feb 2023 | 30
Tesla's self-driving code may ignore stop signs, act unsafe. Patch coming ... soon
Musk takes issue again with 'recall' given this will be an over-the-air update
AI + ML17 Feb 2023 | 104
Microsoft's new AI BingBot berates users and can't get its facts straight
+Comment Ask it more than 15 questions in a single conversation and Redmond admits the responses get ropey
AI + ML17 Feb 2023 | 61
This app could block text-to-image AI models from ripping off artists
Free software looming to fend off paintbrush-armed robots
AI + ML16 Feb 2023 | 63
Workers who help Teslas become robots explore starting a union to avoid same fate
Elon Musk has already said he likes the idea of less human input into the data labelling process these folks drive
AI + ML15 Feb 2023 | 6
Wow, so they actually let AI fly an F-16 fighter jet
You can be my Bing man anytime
AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 61
Microsoft's AI Bing also factually wrong, fabricated text during launch demo
Redmond's hype box and Google's Bard just as bad as each other
AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 75
Zoox blurs line between workers and crash test dummies in robo-taxi trial
Amazon-owned biz puts its staff first
AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 28
China's tech giants and Beijing – the city – rush to build AI chatbots
Bootleg ChatGPT mini-apps are already testing the limits of OpenAI's policies
AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 1
Language, schmanguage: NASA's generative AI builds spaceships
Or their parts, at least, which look decidedly skeletal for satellite struts
AI + ML13 Feb 2023 | 22
Google's $100b bad day demo may be worth the price
Opinion Bad AI is bad, bad search is worse
AI + ML13 Feb 2023 | 73
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
Roses are red, algorithms are blue, here's a poem I made a machine write for you
Opinion Valentine's Day is the moment to fall a little bit out of love with chatbots
AI + ML12 Feb 2023 | 46
Let's play a game: Deepfake news anchor or a real person?
Brit AI video tech caught up in pro-PRC disinformation campaign
AI + ML11 Feb 2023 | 34
IBM says it's been running 'AI supercomputer' since May but chose now to tell the world
Cloud-native Vela specializes in developing and training large-scale AI models – in-house only, though
AI + ML10 Feb 2023 | 25
Google now won't black-hole all AI-made pages as spam
Plus: Microsoft's nu-Bing can't answer question on exoplanets correctly either
AI + ML09 Feb 2023 | 33
Google's AI search bot Bard makes $120b error on day one
'This highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process' says Choc Fact. No sh%t...
AI + ML08 Feb 2023 | 50
Google shows off upcoming AI search features, leaves Bard waiting in the wings
If you were hoping for more info about the ChatGPT competitor, keep hoping
AI + ML08 Feb 2023 | 10
Conversational AI tells us what we want to hear – a fib that the Web is reliable and friendly
Opinion As Google and Microsoft make us all AI consumers, remember that to err is human, but to really mess things up at scale takes a computer
AI + ML08 Feb 2023 | 50
Microsoft tells people to prepare for AI search engine that goes Bing!
Redmond thinks OpenAI can be secret sauce to beat Google
AI + ML07 Feb 2023 | 47
GitHub CEO says EU AI Act shouldn't apply to open source devs
FOSDEM Lawmakers said to be trying to align on the basics by 'early March'
AI + ML07 Feb 2023 | 6
China’s Baidu reveals generative AI chatbot based on language model bigger than GPT-3
Probably bilingual bot will be called ERNIE outside China, Wenxin Yiyan within
AI + ML07 Feb 2023 | 21
Twitch bans AI-generated Seinfeld show for making transphobic jokes
Video 'The text we generated was a mistake, we are super embarrassed'
AI + ML07 Feb 2023 | 29
Google unleashes fightback against ChatGPT, a Bard by any other name
Competition for AI-powered search between Microsoft and Google heats up
AI + ML06 Feb 2023 | 43
It is possible to extract copies of images used to train generative AI models
Tools like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney have memories after all
AI + ML06 Feb 2023 | 10
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
Microsoft boffins contemplate equipping Excel with AI
Go on, bring on the FLAMEs
AI + ML04 Feb 2023 | 49
It's your human hubris holding back AI acceptance
Boffins find Dunning-Kruger effect makes us think we know better
AI + ML03 Feb 2023 | 52
Generative AI is out of control: Nothing, Forever is a Seinfeld spoof about nothing... forever
Updated It's... actually kind of funny, though*
AI + ML03 Feb 2023 | 34
ChatGPT (sigh) the fastest-growing web app in history (sigh) claim analysts
Two months to reach 100 million active monthly users, but how many will stay?
AI + ML03 Feb 2023 | 27
GPT-4 could pop up in Bing, as Google races to build chatbot search products
Plus: ChatGPT Plus now available for $20 a month in the US
AI + ML02 Feb 2023 | 13
Scientists develop AI algorithms to hunt for cancer-fighting antibodies
System identified a candidate that appears more effective than FDA-approved drugs
AI + ML02 Feb 2023 | 3
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