Enlarge / An AI-generated chatbot flying like a superhero. (credit: Stable Diffusion / OpenAI) On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a sizable update to its large language model API offerings (including GPT-4 and gpt-3.5-turbo), including a new function calling capability, significant cost reductions, and a 16,000 token context window option for the gpt-3.5-turbo model. In large language...
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Paul McCartney: “Final” Beatles song out this year, thanks to AI
Enlarge / A portrait of The Beatles in 1966, as imagined by AI image synthesis. (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Tuesday, BBC Radio 4’s Today program aired an interview with Paul McCartney in which he announced that thanks to AI technology, a “final Beatles record” has been finished and will be released later this year. He...
Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 60 feet away
Enlarge / Left: a smart card reader processing the encryption key of an inserted smart card. Right: a surveillance camera video records the reader’s power LED from 60 feet away. (credit: Nassi et al.) Researchers have devised a novel attack that recovers the secret encryption keys stored in smart cards and smartphones by using cameras...
FTC Sues to Stop Microsoft’s Activision Deal From Closing
The agency had sued to halt the blockbuster deal last year. Its latest move in federal court would prevent the acquisition from being completed.
How Could AI Destroy Humanity?
Researchers and industry leaders have warned that A.I. could pose an existential risk to humanity. But they’ve been light on the details.
Silicon Valley Confronts the Singularity
The frenzy over artificial intelligence may be ushering in the long-awaited moment when technology goes wild. Or maybe it’s the hype that is out of control.
Reddit Communities Go Dark to Protest New App Policy
Volunteer moderators closed off access to numerous subreddits and denounced the platform’s pricing plan for developers of popular outside apps used to navigate the site.
Founders of Three Arrows, Failed Crypto Fund, Are Living Large
The implosion of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, devastated the industry. Its two founders spent the next year surfing, meditating and traveling the world.
Nature bans AI-generated art from its 153-year-old science journal
Enlarge / This artist’s impression of an asteroid fireball hurtling toward earth is not AI-generated and, thus, not banned from Nature. (credit: Romolo Tavani / Getty Images) On Wednesday, renowned scientific journal Nature announced in an editorial that it will not publish images or video created using generative AI tools. The ban comes amid the...
AI-powered church service in Germany draws a large crowd
Enlarge / Visitors and attendees during the AI-created worship service in Fürth, Germany. In St. Paul Church, a service created by ChatGPT. (credit: Daniel Vogl/picture alliance via Getty Images) On Friday, over 300 people attended an experimental ChatGPT-powered church service at St. Paul’s church in the Bavarian town of Fürth, Germany, reports the Associated Press....