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Sam Altman’s World web3 project — formerly known as Worldcoin — is developing a tool that would allow humans to link their AI agents with their digital identities, so others online can verify that their actions are truly on behalf of a real person. The Big Picture: AI agents are poised to be all the rage for […]
Researchers at the Center for AI Safety and the company Scale AI have joined forces to develop a new test to determine the intelligence of AI systems — potentially the litmus test for declaring if a model has reached the coveted title of “artificial general intelligence.” The Big Picture: Testing AI models has been an evolving process, starting with SAT-like […]
As one of its first orders of business, the new Trump administration is set to announce a major AI infrastructure project in partnership with OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank. The Big Picture: AI was always destined to become one of the biggest topics of the incoming administration as the industry becomes the new global innovation battleground. The deal demonstrates […]
The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez are in the hot seat for using a Ukrainian AI speech-synthesis software called Respeecher to enhance the performances of its lead actors. The Big Picture: AI has become a hot-button issue in Hollywood, as creatives fear job losses, copyright infringement, and the loss of human creativity are around the corner in an industry looking to […]
After a week of bad press, Meta has seemingly deleted its nonhuman chatbot profiles from Instagram that quietly rolled out in 2023… signaling a potential retreat from its plan to offer a community of AI users. Why It Hits: Meta has been trying to find a way to make chatbots across its social media ecosystem a thing to […]
Anthropic has hired researcher Kyle Fish to develop the moral and ethical rights that AI should be afforded if it were to become sentient. The Big Picture: AI is developing at breakneck speed as companies race to create systems that replicate human capabilities without all those pesky human needs (money, rest, food, etc.). But as companies develop chatbots […]
Microsoft is actively pitching that its Copilot AI system will help enterprise customers save money on labor costs— aka not needing to hire more people or giving the ability to lay off existing staff. Why It Hurts: Tech giants have been trying not to advertise the disruption that their systems could have on company head counts — […]
OpenAI is in the early stages of developing an internet browser that would act as the go-to terminal for using ChatGPT on the web. The Big Picture: A web browser from OpenAI would be the tech company’s latest assault on rival Google, which runs the most popular browser, Chrome, and has tried to catch up in AI with […]
Google’s DeepMind unit created an artist-mimicking AI music generator, codenamed “Orca,” that allegedly worked so well the tech giant couldn’t release it for fear of legal fallout. Why It Hits: It’s no secret that AI systems have been trained on vast amounts of copyrighted data. It’s what makes them so powerful… and a disaster when it comes to the law. […]
A new studio called Promise Advanced Imagination Inc. bills itself as the first to wholly use generative AI technology to create a slate of movies and shows. The Big Picture: Generative AI has become a flashpoint in Hollywood, mostly rejected by the professional creative community and cautiously embraced by studios. By diving headfirst into making projects with AI, Promise […]