Meet GOODY-2, The World’s Most Responsible (And Least Helpful) AI

AI guardrails and safety features are as important to get right as they are difficult to implement in a way that satisfies everyone. This means safety features tend to err on the side of caution. S…

AI’s Existence Is All It Takes To Be Accused Of Being One

New technologies bring with them the threat of change. AI tools are one of the latest such developments. But as is often the case, when technological threats show up, they end up looking awfully hu…

This AI learnt language by seeing the world through a baby’s eyes

A neural network that taught itself to recognize objects using the filmed experiences of a single infant could offer new insights into how humans learn.

»Democracy Dies in Darkness«: Im Maschinenraum des Journalismus

Wie unabhängig sind Nachrichtenagenturen? Dieses informative und gut lesbare Buch beleuchtet die Welt des Agenturjournalismus. Eine Rezension (Rezension zu „Democracy Dies in Darkness“ von Clemens Pig)

Human-Written Or Machine-Generated: Finding Intelligence In Language Models

What is the essential element which separates a text written by a human being from a text which has been generated by an algorithm, when said algorithm uses a massive database of human-written text…

AI On The Hunt For Better Batteries

While certain dystopian visions of the future have humans power the grid for AIs, Microsoft and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) set a machine learning system on the path of better soli…

Creators Can Fight Back Against AI With Nightshade

If an artist were to make use of a piece of intellectual property owned by a large tech company, they risk facing legal action. Yet many creators are unhappy that those same tech companies are usin…

»Die KI war's!«: Wenn die künstliche Intelligenz den Kredit verweigert

Wie entscheidet eine künstliche Intelligenz? Und was bedeutet das für ihren Einsatz? Dieses anregende Buch gewährt wertvolle Einblicke. Eine Rezension (Rezension zu Die KI war's! von Katharina Zweig)

AI Binoculars Know More About Birds Than You

2024 is the year of adding Artificial Intelligence to everything. Now, even a pleasant walk in the woods is getting a dose of AI: optics manufacturer Swarovski has announced the AX Visio, a binocul…

Bringing The Voice Assistant Home

For many, the voice assistants are helpful listeners. Just shout to the void, and a timer will be set, or Led Zepplin will start playing. For some, the lack of flexibility and reliance on cloud ser…

Adding AI To NPCs Is Easy, Doing It Well Is Hard

Adding natural language interfaces to software is easier than ever, and that led [creikey] to prototype a game that hinges on communicating with NPCs. The prototype went through multiple iterations…

AI Pet Door Rejects Dead Mice

If you have pet with a little access door to the outside world, and that pet happens to be a cat, you’re likely on the receiving end of all kinds of lifeless little lagniappes. Don’t wo…

FTC offers $25,000 prize for detecting AI-enabled voice cloning

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started accepting submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge, a public competition with a $25,000 top prize for ideas that protect consumers from the danger of AI-enabled voice cloning for fraudulent...

Audio Synthesizer Hooked Up With ChatGPT Interface

ChatGPT is being asked to handle all kinds of weird tasks, from determining whether written text was created by an AI, to answering homework questions, and much more. It’s good at some of the…