Deepfake Putin is here to warn Americans about their self-inflicted doom
How they were made: RepresentUs worked with the creative agency Mischief at No Fixed Address, which came up with the idea of using dictators to deliver the message. They filmed...
We’re not ready for AI, says the winner of a new $1m AI prize
Congratulations on this award. What does it mean to you and to AI in general? Thank you. You know, there are lots of areas where AI still isn’t making...
OpenAI is giving Microsoft exclusive access to its GPT-3 language model
The news: On September 22, Microsoft announced that it would begin exclusively licensing GPT-3, the world’s largest language model, built by San Francisco–based OpenAI. The model acts like a powerful...
Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence
Vosloo led the drafting of a new set of guidelines from Unicef designed to help governments and companies develop AI policies that consider children’s needs. Released on September 16, the...
AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes
International organizations and corporations are racing to develop global guidelines for the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Declarations, manifestos, and recommendations are flooding the internet. But these efforts will...
The scientists who swab subways for coronavirus
What weird bugs did you pick up last time you rode a subway train? Just as the covid-19 pandemic was taking off, a global network of scientists began mapping...
Banks aren’t as stupid as enterprise AI and fintech entrepreneurs think – TechCrunch
Announcements like Selina Finance’s $53 million raise and another $64.7 million raise the next day for a different banking startup spark enterprise artificial intelligence and fintech evangelists to rejoin the...
Kneron launches its new AI chip to challenge Google and others – TechCrunch
Fresh off a $40 million Series A round, edge AI specialist Kneron today announced the launch of its newest custom chip, the Kneron KL 720 SoC.
With funding from the...
GPT-3, Bloviator: OpenAI’s language generator has no idea what it’s talking about
Since OpenAI first described its new AI language-generating system called GPT-3 in May, hundreds of media outlets (including MIT Technology Review) have written about the system and its capabilities. Twitter...
Microsoft researcher Dr. Cecily Morrison will discuss keeping AI ‘personal’ at Sight Tech Global...
For Dr. Cecily Morrison, research into how AI can help people who are blind or visually disabled is deeply personal. It’s not only that the Microsoft Principal Researcher has...
