Big Tech says AI is booming. Wall Street is starting to see a bubble.
Big Tech says AI is booming. Wall Street is starting to see a bubble. This article was written by Gerrit De Vynck for The Washington Post. A growing group of Wall Street analysts and tech investors is beginning to sound the alarm that the immense amount of money being poured into artificial intelligence by Big Tech […]
Energy Star Ratings for AI Models
Energy Star Ratings for AI Models This article is taken from the blog of Prof. Sacha Luccioni Every time we use an electronic device like a computer, a phone, or even a washing machine, we are using energy to power the device; and depending on how that energy is generated, this can result in greenhouse […]
An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary
An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary This article is written by Melissa Heikkilä for MIT Technology Review. This makes it sound like I’m dying, but it’s the opposite. I am, in a way, about to live forever, thanks to the AI video startup Synthesia. For the past […]
Research Alert: Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces Generated in Real Time
Research Alert: Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces Generated in Real Time Authors: Sicheng Xu et al. (2024). Abstract: We introduce VASA, a framework for generating lifelike talking faces of virtual characters with appealing visual affective skills (VAS), given a single static image and a speech audio clip. Our premiere model, VASA-1, is capable of not only […]
Student-developed AI chatbot opens Yale philosopher’s works to all
Student-developed AI chatbot opens Yale philosopher’s works to all The public is often closed off from scholarly perspectives on the potential benefits of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Studies often reside behind pricey paywalls. And even if they are accessible, they are frequently written in esoteric language that non-academics struggle to parse. Nicolas Gertler, a first-year […]
How much water does a Language Model Drink?
How much water does a Language Model Drink? This is an interview of Prof. Phillip Hacker (Yale) conducted by Faisal Khwaileh.
Alibaba Leads Record Deal to Mint $2.5 Billion China AI Firm
Alibaba Leads Record Deal to Mint $2.5 Billion China AI Firm This article is written by Jane Zhang and Sarah Zheng and published in Time. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. led the largest single financing round for a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, the latest in a string of sizable investments that suggest the e-commerce firm is […]
Google pauses AI tool Gemini’s ability to generate images of people after historical inaccuracies
Google pauses AI tool Gemini’s ability to generate images of people after historical inaccuracies This article is authored by Natasha Lomas for TechCrunch. Google says it’s temporarily suspended the ability of Gemini, its flagship generative AI suite of models, to generate images of people while it works on updating the technology to improve the historical […]
Researchers Say the Deepfake Biden Robocall Was Likely Made With Tools From AI Startup ElevenLabs
Researchers Say the Deepfake Biden Robocall Was Likely Made With Tools From AI Startup ElevenLabs This article was originally written by Kate Knibbs for Wired. Last week, some voters in New Hampshire received an AI-generated robocall impersonating President Joe Biden, telling them not to vote in the state’s primary election. It’s not clear who was responsible […]
AI’s Achilles Heel: New Research Pinpoints Fundamental Weaknesses
AI’s Achilles Heel: New Research Pinpoints Fundamental Weaknesses This article was originally published in SciTechDaily. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to mathematically prove that, beyond simple problems, it is impossible to develop algorithms for AI that will always be stable. ChatGPT and similar machine learning-based technologies are on […]