Mainstream companies have concerns about the lineage of the data that powers A.I. applications. An industry group is addressing that challenge.
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Disinformation Is Big Challenge as COP28 Opens in Dubai
Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods.
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ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world.
Enlarge / An artist’s interpretation of what ChatGPT might look like if embodied in the form of a robot toy blowing out a birthday candle. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) One year ago today, on November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT. It’s uncommon for a single product to create as much impact on the...
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Sam Altman officially back as OpenAI CEO: “We didn’t lose a single employee”
Enlarge (credit: OpenAI / Benj Edwards) On Wednesday, OpenAI announced that Sam Altman has officially returned to the ChatGPT-maker as CEO—accompanied by Mira Murati as CTO and Greg Brockman as president—resuming their roles from before the shocking firing of Altman that threw the company into turmoil two weeks ago. Altman says the company did not...
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How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US
Enlarge (credit: FT) In late 2020, Huawei was fighting for its survival as a mobile phone maker. A few months earlier, the Trump administration had hit the Chinese company with crippling sanctions, cutting it off from global semiconductor supply chains. The sanctions prevented anyone without a permit from making the chips Huawei designed, and the...
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Apple Is Doing Its Part to End Green Bubble Shaming. It’s Our Turn.
While texting technology will soon get better, the “blue versus green bubble” disparity is far from over.
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G.M. to Cut Spending on Cruise Self-Driving Unit
General Motors will “substantially lower spending” on autonomous vehicle efforts in 2024 after accidents with its self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
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2 municipal water facilities report falling to hackers in separate breaches
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In the stretch of a few days, two municipal water facilities that serve more than 2 million residents in parts of Pennsylvania and Texas have reported network security breaches that have hamstrung parts of their business or operational processes. In response to one of the attacks, the Municipal Water Authority of...
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Stable Diffusion Turbo XL can generate AI images as fast as you can type
Enlarge / Example images generated using Stable Diffusion XL Turbo. (credit: Stable Diffusion XL Turbo / Benj Edwards) On Tuesday, Stability AI launched Stable Diffusion XL Turbo, an AI image-synthesis model that can rapidly generate imagery based on a written prompt. So rapidly, in fact, that the company is billing it as “real-time” image generation,...
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Amazon unleashes Q, an AI assistant for the workplace
Enlarge / The Amazon Q logo. (credit: Amazon) On Tuesday, Amazon unveiled Amazon Q, an AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT that is tailored for corporate environments. Developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Q is designed to assist employees with tasks like summarizing documents, managing internal support tickets, and providing policy guidance, differentiating itself from consumer-focused...