This week's AI news is a mixed bag, showcasing both the evolving regulatory landscape and the rapid advancements in the field. The FCC's ban on AI-generated voices in robocalls highlights the growing need for regulations to address potential misuse of AI. Meanwhile, exciting developments like real-time translation through earbuds and AI-powered writing assistants demonstrate the technology's increasing integration into our daily lives. Whether you're an AI enthusiast, developer, or simply curious about the future, this collection of articles offers a glimpse into the ever-changing world of artificial intelligence.
It’s now illegal in the US for robocallers to use AI-generated voices, thanks to a new ruling by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday.In a unanimous decision, the FCC expands the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, to cover robocall scams that contain AI voice clones. The new rule goes into effect immediately, allowing the commission...
Molly White, Citation Needed, Feb 12, 2024 As Dan Gillmor says, this is a "terrifically nuanced piece" on the subject of ownership of data and digital media. It doesn't propose any solutions of offer any manifestos, but it is for the most part a wonderfully clear map of the territory (the one criticism I...
You'll soon be able to translate conversations in real time, straight from your earbuds.
OpenAI announced the release of a new feature late yesterday for a limited number of ChatGPT users that allows the chatbot to retain information gleaned from human-AI interactions. This "memory" capability is meant to save users the trouble of repeating information, though it will no doubt sound to many reasonable observers like yet another piece of...
First text, then images, now OpenAI has a model for generating videos. On Thursday, the makers of ChatGPT and DALL-E announced Sora, a text-to-video diffusion model. As of today, Sora is available to red teamers, or experts who adversarially test the model for harms and risks. Per the announcement, it is also available to a select group or visual artists,...
ZDNET's tested picks for the best AI chatbots and writers can lighten your workload in a variety of ways, from writing emails to generating code and images, and more.
If you've been putting off writing a paper because you don't know where to begin, ChatGPT can help with that challenge and many other writing tasks.
Apple is working on an artificial intelligence-based tool that could help developers create apps for its products, a new report claims. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple has been working on this software for a year, and it will be a part of the next major version of the tech giant's programming software Xcode. It could launch "as early as...
If you're a fan of Microsoft's Copilot AI, there are some very good reasons why you should also be using the company's Edge browser as your default.
Meet Gemma, Google's open-source AI model. On Wednesday, Google announced a new family of models to "assist developers and researchers in building AI responsibly." Gemma is built from the same research and technology used to create Gemini, its closed-source models that powers the Gemini chatbot (formerly Bard) and AI-related tools for Workspace (formerly...
Few things are more daunting than the impenetrable block of text that is a PDF. But Adobe now has an AI solution to help you out. On Tuesday, Adobe introduced AI Assistant for interacting with PDFs. The new AI tool, which is currently in beta, has a chatbot interface that enables users to ask questions about and generate summaries of the document. AI...
Ben Williamson argues that the 21 arguments he summarizes "demonstrate how AI cannot be considered inevitable, beneficial or transformative in any straightforward way." Of course, nobody is actually proposing this. Similarly, nobody disagrees that AI "requires public deliberation and ongoing oversight."It would of course be wrong to speculate on any...
Google Pay is shutting down in the U.S. in an effort to focus its payment services on Google Wallet. In a blog post on Thursday, Google said the U.S. version of the standalone Google Pay app would be shutting down by June 4, 2024. The Google Pay app, which is still available in India and Singapore will stay the same. SEE ALSO: ...
Philosophy teachers—Michael Rota, a professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), is about to make your teaching a bit better and your life a bit easier. Professor Rota recently began learning about how to use artificial intelligence tools to teach philosophy. In the following guest post, he not only shares some suggestions,...
Samsung will soon add a smart ring to its ecosystem of smart wearable devices. The company disclosed this to a group of journalists at an intimate setting ahead of the official announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and we even got to try the ring out. Hint: It's exactly what you'd expect. The ring hasn't been officially announced and...
A home screen widget - with shortcuts for entering AI prompts - has been spotted in this version of Google's OS.
MWC 2024 is on fire this year, showcasing some of the most out-this-world tech we've ever seen. Whether it's a bizarre foldable, an eccentric AI gizmo, or an outlandish laptop, here are the wildest tech we've spotted at MWC 2024 so far. SEE ALSO: Hands on: Motorola has a phone that's somehow also a bracelet ...
You can soon have full-fledged conversations with Google's Gemini on your phone. Right inside Google Messages on Android smartphones, the AI chatbot formerly known as Bard will soon be available to access, the company announced Monday alongside the wave of news coming out of Mobile World Congress (MWC). The feature is being released gradually to beta...
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As I predicted, the next big thing after DALL-E and MidJourney and Stable Diffusion is a synthetic video engine, Sora. And yes, it is good. By which I mean incredibly detailed in its rendering of image elements. By which I mean extremely accurate in predicting how elements move from frame to frame. By which I mean highly realistic, depending on where...
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