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US seeks alliance with Abu Dhabi on artificial intelligence: Biden administration brokers talks between Microsoft, OpenAI Google and the UAE ...
ft.com/content/843796a6-191c-4828-8bc9-d6648e4b460e
Quick Glance: US Seeks Alliance with Abu Dhabi on Artificial Intelligence
- The Biden administration actively encourages US tech companies to seek artificial intelligence deals and partnerships in the United Arab Emirates to gain an edge over China.
- Microsoft announced a $1.5 billion investment in G42, an Abu Dhabi-based AI group, as part of the US efforts to dominate in artificial intelligence development.
- The discussions between the US and the UAE highlight how the competition for emerging technologies has become geopolitical, intertwining commercial decisions with national strategic and security interests.
- The Microsoft-G42 deal signifies the initiation of a broader alliance between the US and UAE in the field of artificial intelligence.
Microsoft's AI tool can turn photos into realistic videos of people talking and singing
engt.co/4aGoiY9
The Taylor Swift Album Leak’s Big AI Problem: When "The Tortured Poets Department" leaked, some Taylor Swift fans swore it must be AI. Expect that to be a common ...
wired.com/story/the-taylor-swift-album-leaks-big-ai-problem/
Quick Glance: Taylor Swift's New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' Needs an Editor: Review
- Taylor Swift's 11th studio album delves into her recent romances over 16 songs and a second LP, but the recurring themes yield diminishing returns.
- Swift's stretch of productivity and commercial success was also emotionally tumultuous, as revealed in her album 'The Tortured Poets Department.'
- The album returns to autobiographical and sometimes spiteful tales of heartbreak, full of detailed, referential lyrics that Swift's fans will delight in decoding.
- The first two songs of the album serve as potent reminders of how viscerally Swift can summon the flushed delirium of a doomed romance, with the title track showcasing a humanizing touch.
DARPA’s AI test pilot successfully flew a dogfight against a human: After flying against simulated opponents, the AI agent has taken on humans.
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/darpas-ai-test-pilot-successfully-flew-a-dogfight-against-a-human/
Philosopher with controversial views: Daniel Dennett is dead: Consciousness, free will, artificial intelligence: The American philosopher Daniel Dennett has ...
spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/daniel-dennett-ist-tot-bekannter-us-philosoph-mit-82-jahren-gestorben-a-328aaef9-9f8e-418b-9f8c-378ee2b650f3
Don’t blame MKBHD for the fate of Humane AI and Fisker: Humane AI raised more than $230 million before it even shipped a product. And when it finally released ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/mkbhd-humane-ai-review-fisker/
Quick Glance: MKBHD's Impact on Humane AI and Fisker
- Humane AI raised over $230 million before launching a disappointing product, the Ai Pin. The backlash from tech reviewers was significant.
- Marques Brownlee, known as MKBHD, faced criticism for his review that could impact the fate of Humane AI. The scrutiny shifted towards how he presented his critique of the product.
- Critics view Humane AI as an underdog, despite its substantial funding and backing from notable investors. The scrutiny of MKBHD's review also highlighted issues of bias and criticism in the tech community.
- The critique of MKBHD's review was analyzed through a racial lens by some Black techies, shedding light on disparities in expectations and treatment of prominent figures in the tech industry.
Qualcomm and Meta join forces for AI: Meta has just presented its AI model Llama 3. Among other things, it is used to incorporate it into the company's products ...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/qualcomm-und-meta-machen-fuer-ki-gemeinsame-sache/
US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 fighter jet has been dogfighting with humans
theregister.com/2024/04/18/darpa_f16_flight/
Booming AI demand threatens global electricity supply: Tech chiefs warn that power-hungry data centres are a bottleneck in developing artificial intelligence
ft.com/content/b7570359-f809-49ce-8cd5-9166d36a057b
Quick Glance: Growing Demand for AI Threatens Global Power Supply
- Tech experts concerned about crucial role of energy supply in AI development.
- The increasing need for electricity poses a challenge for advancements in artificial intelligence.
- Global data centers are expected to require more capacity by 2030 than currently available.
- Concerns about environmental impact of technology boom heightened by data centers' energy consumption.
Chatbot and image generator: Meta also publishes the code of its new AI generation
spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/llama-3-meta-stellt-neue-ki-generation-vor-a-73ec1b23-5518-4c65-8a53-c0162f6f31f2
Meta: WhatsApp can now recommend restaurants: Suggest a meeting point, provide information, create an image: Meta's AI assistant is installed in Instagram ...
zeit.de/digital/internet/2024-04/meta-kuenstliche-intelligenz-assistent-whatsapp-facebook-instagram
US Air Force: Autonomously controlled fighter aircraft conducts first “dogfight”: The US military has been testing AI technology for a long time ...
heise.de/news/US-Luftwaffe-Autonom-gesteuertes-Kampfflugzeug-fuehrt-ersten-Dogfight-9690541.html
Netflix doc accused of using AI to manipulate true crime story: Producer remained vague about whether AI was used to edit photos.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/netflix-doc-accused-of-using-ai-to-manipulate-true-crime-story/
Tyler Cowen: Why we will learn to love AI: The American economist who once said the age of rapid innovation was over has a striking prognosis about AI
ft.com/content/5c744d08-4326-4154-8398-3ff0dd1ec5ce
Rent the Runway needs more than AI to go from rags to riches: Inflation-weary consumers are not the only problem for the online clothing rental company
ft.com/content/27a87f54-5514-4af4-aaec-0c62a4595f6b
The company NXAI from Austria wants to build the fastest and best Large Language Model in the world. 🗣️🌍
Today is Dr. Johannes Brandstetter is a guest in the ... Show more kiupdate.podigee.io/215-19-04-2024
Microsoft claims it didn't mean to inject Copilot into Windows Server 2022 this week
theregister.com/2024/04/18/copilot_on_windows_server_2022/
Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting: Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to enable posting on the social network and to ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/elon-musk-plans-to-charge-new-x-users-to-enable-posting/
Quick Glance: Musk Plans Fee for New X Users
- Elon Musk intends to charge new users of X in the initial months to curb the activity of automated bot accounts.
- The fee is set to be waived after three months to allow free posting.
- Tests in New Zealand and the Philippines raised skepticism about the effectiveness of the fee as a countermeasure against bots.
- Declining revenues at X post-rebranding and Twitter acquisition, along with a negative brand perception by companies, are impacting the service's business.
Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes: X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/elon-musks-grok-keeps-making-up-fake-news-based-on-x-users-jokes/
Samsung unveils 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X mobile memory optimized for AI applications: Samsung has announced its the next generation of LPDDR5X DRAM, capable of hitting ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/samsung-unveils-107gbps-lpddr5x-mobile-memory-optimized-for-ai-applications
Why Waymo robotaxis backed up traffic on an SF freeway on-ramp: The incident happened at the southbound Highway 101 on-ramp on the southern end of Potrero Avenue ...
sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f-waymo-robotaxis-freeway-19410999.php
Google squashes AI teams together in push for fresh models: You can leave your personal vendettas at home – we have work to do, Pichai warns
theregister.com/2024/04/19/google_ai_teams/
Verdict in Prague: AI-generated image can be used freely by anyone: A company had DALL-E create an image that a law firm used for its own website ...
heise.de/news/Urteil-in-Prag-KI-generiertes-Bild-kann-von-jedermann-frei-genutzt-werden-9689843.html
Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks: As I wrote recently, generative AI models are increasingly being brought to ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/hugging-face-releases-a-benchmark-for-testing-generative-ai-on-health-tasks/
OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories: While some other LLMs appear to flat-out suck
theregister.com/2024/04/17/gpt4_can_exploit_real_vulnerabilities/
Logitech's new mouse summons AI with a button push: The Logitech Signature AI Edition M750 Mouse includes a dedicated AI key that launches a tool designed ...
pcworld.com/article/2304830/logitechs-new-mouse-summons-ai-with-a-button-push.html
Stability AI lays off almost 10 percent of its workforce: The company behind Stable Diffusion - Stability AI - is laying off around 10 percent of its workforce ...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/stability-ai-entlaesst-knapp-10-prozent-seiner-belegschaft/
Man who set himself on fire close to court where Donald Trump is on trial has died, police say
irishtimes.com/world/us/2024/04/20/man-sets-himself-on-fire-close-to-court-where-donald-trump-is-on-trial/
Quick Glance: Hush Money Trial: Trump Endures Public Criticism
- Donald Trump has been subjected to unfiltered assessments from potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial in a cold New York courtroom.
- Transitioning from adulation to derision, Trump faces a future determined by critics rather than supporters.
- Formerly surrounded by praise, Trump now faces scrutiny and potentially a trial that may result in felony convictions and prison time.
- Despite some support from the public and jurors, Trump will continue to endure harsh criticism and potential legal consequences.
Microsoft Takes AI Model Offline After Devs Fail to Conduct 'Toxicity Testing': WizardLM-2 was removed shortly after its launch, but the AI model has already ...
pcmag.com/news/microsoft-takes-ai-model-offline-after-devs-fail-to-conduct-toxicity-testing
Meta claims its newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/meta-releases-llama-3-ai-model/103744538
Meta releases early versions of its Llama 3 AI model: NEW YORK: Meta Platforms on Thursday (Apr 18) released early versions of its latest large language model ...
channelnewsasia.com/business/meta-platforms-llama-3-new-ai-model-whatsapp-facebook-instagram-4275886
Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions: Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/google-merges-the-android-chrome-and-hardware-divisions/
AMD Announces Ryzen Pro 8000 and Ryzen Pro 8040 Series CPUs: Commercial Desktop Gets AI
anandtech.com/show/21358/amd-announces-ryzen-pro-8000-and-ryzen-pro-8040-series-commercial-desktop-gets-ai
US Successfully Tests AI-Controlled Fighter Jet in F-16 Dogfight: An AI-controlled fighter jet, the X-62A VISTA, goes up against a human-piloted F-16 jet during ...
pcmag.com/news/us-successfully-tests-ai-controlled-fighter-jet-in-f-16-dogfight
AI’s electricity problem: Tech chiefs warn that power-hungry data centres are a bottleneck in developing AI
ft.com/content/f8a31e16-2dfb-4275-bbce-07ba210aabd8
Langdock raises $3M with General Catalyst to help companies avoid vendor lock-in with LLMs
techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/langdock/
UK-based Dexory has developed giant autonomous robots to patrol warehouses and use artificial intelligence to scan its surroundings
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Wall Street doesn’t seem too keen on a potential Salesforce-Informatica pairing: Amid rumors that Salesforce is interested in buying Informatica ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/wall-street-doesnt-seem-too-keen-on-a-potential-salesforce-informatica-pairing/
Reddit CPO Baht: Here too, AI will optimize the platform in the future: Reddit's CPO, Pali Baht, told TechCrunch a little about what the future of the platform ...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/reddit-cpo-baht-auch-hier-wird-ki-die-plattform-zukuenftig-optimieren/
Upcoming Windows 11 'AI Explorer' Feature to be Limited to Arm CPUs: This is really going to piss off AMD and Intel.
extremetech.com/computing/upcoming-windows-11-ai-explorer-feature-to-be-limited-to-arm-cpus
Lenovo's Secure by Design Thinking Puts Cybersecurity at the Core of Business Strategy
pcmag.com/articles/lenovos-secure-by-design-thinking-puts-cybersecurity-at-the-core-of-business
5 Sectors Disrupted by AI as a Service: The ripple effects of artificial intelligence are changing the face of these areas of business.
money.usnews.com/investing/articles/sectors-disrupted-by-ai-as-a-service
TechCrunch Minute: Meta’s new Llama 3 models give open-source AI a boost: New AI models from Meta are making waves in technology circles. The two new models ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/techcrunch-minute-metas-new-llama-3-models-give-open-source-ai-a-boost/
CNN, record holder for shortest streaming service, wants another shot: New CNN head thinks CNN+ "was abandoned rather briskly."
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/cnn-record-holder-for-shortest-streaming-service-wants-another-shot/
What If Your AI Girlfriend Hated You?: AngryGF offers a perpetually enraged chatbot intended to teach men better communication skills. WIRED took it for a spin.
wired.com/story/what-if-your-ai-girlfriend-hated-you/
On the 30th anniversary of @nas' 'Illmatic', @LupeFiasco and @big_data_kane tackle the question: Could AI make an album as good as 'Illmatic'?
Read the full feature here: ... Show more www.wired.com/story/nas-illmatic-30th-anniversary-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-album/
Windows' AI-powered future could feature 'Qualcomm Inside': Microsoft's plans for Windows 11 and AI seem increasingly centered around ...
pcworld.com/article/2307031/windows-ai-future-may-have-qualcomm-inside.html
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC posted a 9% rise in first-quarter net profit that beat market expectations as it rides a wave of demand for semiconductors used in ... Show more www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-set-report-5-rise-first-quarter-profit-strong-ai-chip-demand-2024-04-18/
New AI tool can predict when an employee will quit their job: Bosses worried about turnover or wondering how long a new hire will stick around can now turn to AI ...
english.alarabiya.net/business/technology/2024/04/19/new-ai-tool-can-predict-when-an-employee-will-quit-their-job
OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022
arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/when-ai-images-were-mind-blowing-early-users-recall-the-first-days-of-dall-e-2/
The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived: Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out ...
wired.com/story/yahoo-boys-real-time-deepfake-scams/
Google pulls Android and hardware teams together: There's a bit of a problem with Google. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, announced major internal ...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/google-zieht-android-und-hardware-teams-zusammen/
Slack rolls out its AI tools to all paying customers: Slack just rolled out its AI tools to all paying customers, after releasing it to just a subset of users ...
engadget.com/slack-rolls-out-its-ai-tools-to-all-paying-customers-120045296.html
Olympics: IOC outlines strategy for using AI in sports: Olympic organizers have unveiled their plans to use artificial intelligence in sports ...
apnews.com/article/olympics-ai-artificial-intelligence-sports-30d3a33d4be893e1495e63fc1116aecc
Google laying off staff again and moving some roles to 'hubs,' freeing up cash for AI investments
theregister.com/2024/04/18/google_laying_off_staff_again/
Quick Glance: Google restructuring operations and relocating roles to 'hubs' to fund AI investments
- Google is implementing staff layoffs and transferring certain roles to 'hubs' to secure funds for artificial intelligence investments.
- The finance and real estate teams are being affected by the downsizing, with some roles being moved overseas.
- Through the consolidation of finance teams in Bangalore, Mexico City, Dublin, Chicago, and Atlanta, Google aims to enhance efficiency and operate around the clock.
- The restructuring is driven by the substantial shift towards artificial intelligence in the tech industry, prompting Google to allocate more resources to this domain.
Qualcomm teases Snapdragon X with no mention of Elite — news of second chip could be coming on April 24
tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/qualcomm-teases-snapdragon-x-with-no-mention-of-elite-news-of-second-chip-could-be-coming-on-april-24
TUC calls for law to protect UK workers when employers use AI: Union body’s proposals include human involvement when technology makes ‘high-risk’ decisions like ...
ft.com/content/025f1775-8e9a-4ab6-868a-98f1bacec61e
Can AI really change our material world? : Compounds produced by the technology challenge our idea of novelty
ft.com/content/ca7f67c5-6db7-4cbb-858b-67876d2c1e63
Humane AI Pin: much-hyped gadget rocked by bad reviews: A new AI-fuelled gadget has fallen foul of the tech world's expectations.
bbc.com/news/articles/cljdnw77ge6o
IMF Expects UK Economy to Be Big Growth Winner From AI Boom: The International Monetary Fund expects the UK economy to be one of the big winners from the ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/imf-expects-uk-economy-to-be-big-growth-winner-from-ai-boom
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Google will spend more than $100 billion on AI, exec says: Just last month, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said the billions of dollars being poured into AI ...
qz.com/google-spend-100-billion-ai-development-deepmind-ceo-1851412787
Quick Glance: Google to Surpass Microsoft in AI Investment, DeepMind CEO Affirms
- Many of us have fallen under the spell of the foundation model in the past year and a half, triggered by OpenAI's unveiling of ChatGPT.
- DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported £400-650 million, has achieved more impressive milestones than most.
- Deep Mind's CEO Demis Hassabis confirmed at the TED 40th anniversary conference in Vancouver, Canada, that Google has no intention of slowing down investment in the technology, but rather the opposite.
- Hassabis emphasized the need to avoid an artificial intelligence arms race that could lead to risky decisions and highlighted the importance of society starting to think about the types of architectures being built as we approach achieving artificial general intelligence.
Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them
techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/internet-users-are-getting-younger-now-the-uk-is-weighing-up-if-ai-can-help-protect-them/
Maserati Says AI Is a Design Tool, Not a Shortcut to Cool Cars: Artificial intelligence can only reinterpret the past rather than innovate ...
thedrive.com/news/maserati-recognizes-ai-as-a-design-tool-but-not-a-shortcut
Tecno's New Phone Is All About the Camera: But the Camon 30 Premier 5G promises a half charge in just 16 minutes.
cnet.com/tech/mobile/tecnos-new-phone-lets-camera-take-center-stage/
Meta Faces Oversight Board Investigation Over AI Deepfakes: Meta's Oversight Board examines two incidents where sexually explicit AI deepfakes of real-life women ...
pcmag.com/news/meta-oversight-board-investigation-over-ai-deepfakes
Cloud office sit-in strike: Google fires 28 employees after Israel protests: Several Google employees occupy the Google Cloud manager's office in California to ...
n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Google-feuert-28-Mitarbeiter-nach-Israel-Protesten-article24885254.html
Quick Glance: Google terminates 28 employees after office occupation due to anti-Israel protests
- Google terminated 28 employees on Thursday who had occupied its offices to protest against contracts with the Israeli government, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson.
- The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.
- No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."
- The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
Ramp raises another $150 million co-led by Khosla, Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation
techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/ramp-raises-another-150-million-co-led-by-khosla-founders-fund-at-a-7-65b-valuation/
Brave Search is adopting AI to answer your queries: The new "Answer with AI" feature returns neatly formatted answers for questions like "People ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/brave-search-is-adopting-ai-to-answer-your-queries/
X’s AI bot is so dumb it can’t tell the difference between a bad game and vandalism
engadget.com/xs-ai-bot-is-so-dumb-it-cant-tell-the-difference-between-a-bad-game-and-vandalism-172707401.html
Google Maps: Improvements for electric cars: If you have an electric car and rely on Google Maps, you probably already know some of the ways the company makes it ...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/google-maps-verbesserungen-fuer-e-autos/
LinkedIn testing Premium Company Page subscription with AI-assisted content creation
techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/linkedin-premium-company-page-visit-visibility-update/
VASA: Microsoft AI generates “talking face” from photo and voice recording: Microsoft has developed a video generator that creates a video from a photo and an ...
heise.de/news/VASA-Microsoft-KI-generiert-aus-Foto-und-Sprachaufnahme-sprechendes-Gesicht-9690420.html
Elon Musk's Grok AI Pushes False News Stories About Indian Election, Iran Strike: X users were surprised to see that Prime Minister Modi was 'ousted' in a ...
uk.pcmag.com/ai/151901/elon-musks-grok-ai-pushes-false-news-story-about-indian-election-more
Using the DinoRobotStudio software developed by Dino Robotics, AI and machine vision enable this robot to see and understand its cooking environment with ... Show more
AI Scientists Create Humanoid Robot That 'Thinks' Its Way Through Tasks: The MenteeBot prototype responds to voice commands and can pick up and carry a range of ...
pcmag.com/news/ai-scientists-humanoid-robot-that-thinks-its-way-through-tasks
Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist: Copyright Office changed course after initially denying request.
wired.com/story/the-us-copyright-office-loosens-up-a-little-on-ai/
TNW Podcast: Caroline Viarouge on EIT Manufacturing and EU-UK collaboration:
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the ...
thenextweb.com/news/podcast-caroline-viarouge-eit-manufacturing
Boeing wants to have flying cars by 2030: A company executive revealed the plans in a new interview
qz.com/boeing-wisk-autonomous-flying-cars-asia-2030-1851420651
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