Tag: artificial intelligence
Investigation finds companies are training AI models with YouTube content without permission
Artificial intelligence models require as much useful data as possible to perform but some of the biggest AI developers are relying partly on transcribed YouTube videos without permission from the creators in violation of YouTube’s own rules, as discovered in an investigation by Proof News and Wired. The two outlets…
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Survey says most believe generative AI is conscious, which may prove it’s good at making us hallucinate, too
When you interact with ChatGPT and other conversational generative AI tools, they process your input through algorithms to compose a response that can feel like it came from a fellow sentient being despite the reality of how large language models (LLMs) function. Two-thirds of those surveyed for a study by…
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A US Congresswoman lost her voice to disease, now AI has given it back
US Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) faced the loss of her voice due to Parkinson’s Disease-like Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), relying on common robotic-voiced text-to-speech tools. Now, thanks to AI-powered voice cloning provided by ElevenLabs, she can give speeches in her original voice despite PSP’s impact on her vocal abilities. After…
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OpenAI may be working on AI that can perform research without human help – which should go fine
OpenAI is developing a new project to enhance its AI models’ reasoning capabilities, called “Strawberry,” according to documents first discovered by Reuters. The project is a key element in the efforts by OpenAI to achieve more powerful AI models capable of operating on their own when it comes to performing…
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The world’s first Miss AI has been crowned
Artificial intelligence-powered influencer Kenza Layli has been crowned the first Miss AI by the World AI Creator Awards (WAICA). Layli, built by Moroccan company Phoenix AI marketing agency, beat out more than 1,500 other virtual models in the inaugural virtual beauty pageant. “I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity to…
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OpenAI has a new scale for measuring how smart their AI models are becoming – which is not as comforting as it should be
OpenAI has developed an internal scale for charting the progress of its large language models moving toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), according to a report from Bloomberg. AGI usually means AI with human-like intelligence and is considered the broad goal for AI developers. In earlier references, OpenAI defined AGI as…
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