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The Future. Apple is potentially licensing a top generative AI system to be included in the next version of its operating system, with Google the likely winner. There are still kinks to work out — branding, access to personal data, etc. — but a deal would both shift the power in the AI industry and […]
The Future. Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the company has chosen profits over safety. While the lawsuit’s chances for success may be dim due to OpenAI’s complicated corporate structure, the discovery process may at least illuminate why Sam Altman was briefly fired as CEO last year. System […]
The Future. The recent revolution in generative AI has made convincing deepfakes cheap and easy to make. That’s a serious problem for the upcoming presidential election, because more sophisticated misinformation tools could have a larger impact on voters. Better means worseMisinformation has been used in the past two elections, but improved tech means more convincing […]
The Future. Tyler Perry had been planning an $800 million expansion of his Atlanta studio, complete with 12 new soundstages for his many productions… until he witnessed OpenAI’s video-generating tool, Sora. Now, he no longer feels that expansion is necessary. If Perry really does end up leveraging Sora for his productions, other producers may give […]
The Future. OpenAI’s Sora is just the first stab at AI’s revolution of or attack on Hollywood (depending on who you ask) — the exact fear that powered much of last year’s strikes. Whether or not AI fully replaces some Hollywood crew members, the cost-cuts of using AI could lead to a boom in effects-driven […]
The Future. ChatGPT went a little cuckoo over the past couple of days, answering queries with gibberish as if the tech was experiencing one big “hallucination.” As ChatGPT starts to power AI agents from various high-profile companies, a future breakdown could cause an internet-wide freakout that makes some services nearly unusable. Code corruptionSeveral users have […]
The Future. OpenAI is teasing a new text-to-video generating system called “Sora” — a tool that could put a lot of people out of work. It still has some kinks, but its existence may finally spur Hollywood studios (not just their talent) to prepare legal action against the AI industry for potential copyright infringement. Movie […]
The Future. The University of Pennsylvania recently announced the Raj and Neera Singh Program in Artificial Intelligence — named after the owners of the private telecommunications investment firm Telcom Ventures — which will launch this fall and permit current students to transfer into it. As the AI industry evolves, it’s likely that other universities will […]
The Future. OpenAI is beta-testing a new “memory” feature that’ll allow ChatGPT to know its individual users better over time and provide smarter functionality. While the feature is a key tenant for making chatbots more impactful and efficient, everyday users may wait to see the real-world strength of its privacy protections before letting the chatbot […]
The Future. OpenAI wants to take over your work with the development of two AI agents — one for tasks localized to your devices and another for completing web-based assignments. When rolled out, the agents could radically displace human clerical workers as everything becomes automated — possibly making chatbot managers the hot new job on […]