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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In late September, former journalist turned angel investor Alex Roy, previously colleague of mine at defunct self-driving car startup Argo AI, published a piece on the website of his newly launched boutique deep tech VC firm, […]
Like many people who write for a living, I’m notoriously anti-AI. However, a new tool from Perplexity is forcing me to reconsider the benefits of using AI as part of my productivity workflow. What Is Perplexity AI? Perplexity AI is billed as the “Swiss Army Knife of information discovery and curiosity.” Really, that’s a fancy […]
OpenAI accidentally released the full ChatGPT o1 model to the AI chatbot platform a few days ago. The leak only lasted a few hours, but that was plenty of time to show that the model will be even more formidable than the genius riddle solver preview version introduced to the platform in September. ChatGPT o1’s […]
The ASI Alliance has introduced AIRIS (Autonomous Intelligent Reinforcement Inferred Symbolism) that “learns” within the popular game, Minecraft. AIRIS represents the first proto-AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) to harness a comprehensive tech stack across the alliance. SingularityNET, founded by renowned AI researcher Dr Ben Goertzel, uses agent technology from Fetch.ai, incorporates Ocean Data for long-term memory […]
Samsung has quietly introduced the next generation of its native virtual assistant Bixby in China. The upgraded virtual assistant now comes with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and can understand complex commands made in natural language. The new Bixby AI assistant was recently added to the Samsung Galaxy W25 series that was launched in China. Currently, […]
If 2022 marked the moment when generative AI’s disruptive potential first captured wide public attention, 2024 has been the year when questions about the legality of its underlying data have taken center stage for businesses eager to harness its power. The USA’s fair use doctrine, along with the implicit scholarly license that had long allowed […]
While the UX community has quickly embraced Large Language Models as design tools, we’ve largely overlooked their more profound implications. Now, as AI agents become integrated throughout our digital products, we face a fundamental transformation: these systems are evolving from tools into active participants in our digital environments, and we need to design for them. […]
The combination of artificial intelligence and policymaking can occasionally have unforeseen repercussions, as seen recently in Alaska. In an unusual turn of events, Alaska legislators reportedly used AI-generated citations that were inaccurate to justify a proposed policy banning cellphones in schools. As reported by /The Alaska Beacon/, Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) […]
A global study has unveiled a stark contrast in attitudes towards embracing in-vehicle AI between Eastern and Western markets, with European drivers particularly reluctant. The research – conducted by MHP – surveyed 4,700 car drivers across China, the US, Germany, the UK, Italy, Sweden, and Poland, revealing significant geographical disparities in AI acceptance and understanding. […]
“But the story of humanity, and much of its beauty, is the struggle of the good against the powerful forces that generate misery.”— No, Sam Altman, AI Won’t Solve All Of Humanity’s Problems. Steven Levy, 27/9/24, Wired If you have a general conversation with anyone, unless they are philosophers, it is unlikely we will be […]