Enlarge / An AI-generated image of robots looking inside an artificial brain. (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Tuesday, OpenAI published a new research paper detailing a technique that uses its GPT-4 language model to write explanations for the behavior of neurons in its older GPT-2 model, albeit imperfectly. It’s a step forward for “interpretability,” which is...
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The AI race heats up: Google announces PaLM 2, its answer to GPT-4
Enlarge (credit: Google) On Wednesday, Google introduced PaLM 2, a family of foundational language models comparable to OpenAI’s GPT-4. At its Google I/O event in Mountain View, California, Google revealed that it already uses PaLM 2 to power 25 products, including its Bard conversational AI assistant. As a family of large language models (LLMs), PaLM...
Striking Writers Are Worried About A.I. Viewers Should Be, Too.
A.I. screenwriting, a point of contention in the Writers Guild strike, may not yet be ready for prime time. But streaming algorithms and derivative programming have prepared the way for it.
Do You Have Something to Share About TikTok?
The Times would like to hear from current and former employees, avid TikTok users, educators and parents.
‘Rip and Replace’: The Tech Cold War Is Upending Wireless Carriers
As China and the United States jockey for tech primacy, wireless carriers in dozens of states are tearing out Chinese equipment. That has turned into a costly, difficult process.
Google I/O: AI Is Embedded in Search, Building on Tech’s New Craze
At the company’s annual conference, Google demonstrated dozens of products and features that work with artificial intelligence, along with new phones.
Pixel 7A Review: We’re Running Out of Reasons to Splurge on a ‘Pro’ Phone
Google’s latest entry-level phone, which costs $500, is just as good as devices nearly double its price.
Leak of MSI UEFI signing keys stokes fears of “doomsday” supply chain attack
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) A ransomware intrusion on hardware manufacturer Micro-Star International, better known as MSI, is stoking concerns of devastating supply chain attacks that could inject malicious updates that have been signed with company signing keys that are trusted by a huge base of end-user devices, a researcher said. “It’s kind of like a...
Google’s answer to ChatGPT is now open to everyone in US, packing new features
Enlarge (credit: Google) At Wednesday’s Google I/O conference, Google announced wide availability of its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, Bard, in over 180 countries with no waitlist. It also announced updates such as support for Japanese and Korean, visual responses to queries, integration with Google services, and add-ons that will extend Bard’s capabilities. Similar to how OpenAI...
How one of Vladimir Putin’s most prized hacking units got pwned by the FBI
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) FBI officials on Tuesday dropped a major bombshell: After spending years monitoring exceptionally stealthy malware that one of the Kremlin’s most advanced hacker units had installed on hundreds of computers around the world, agents unloaded a payload that caused the malware to disable itself. The counter-hack took aim at Snake, the...