Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. From a report: Now, with the biggest thorn in its side — TikTok — facing heightened government scrutiny amid growing tensions between Read more…
This year’s DEF CON AI Village has invited hackers to show up, dive in, and find bugs and biases in large language models (LLMs) built by OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others. The collaborative event, which AI Village organizers describe as “the largest red teaming exercise ever for any group of Read more…
At its annual Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday, Google is planning to announce a number of generative AI updates, including launching a general-use large language model (LLM) called PaLM 2. According to internal documents about Google I/O viewed by CNBC, the company will unveil PaLM 2, its most recent Read more…
Last year, BMW announced plans to charge a $18 per month subscription for heated seats. Now, Mercedes is considering making better EV engine performance an added subscription surcharge. “Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle owners in North America who want a little more power and speed can now buy 60 horsepower for just Read more…
While the systemic brutality used by Colombian police to quell national protests in 2021 was real and is well documented, photos recently used by Amnesty International to highlight the issue were not. The international human rights advocacy group has come under fire for posting images generated by artificial intelligence in Read more…
Back in 2017, Brynjolfsson published a paper (PDF) in one of the top academic journals, Science, which outlined the kind of work that he believed AI was capable of doing. It was called “What Can Machine Learning Do? Workforce Implications.” Now, Brynjolfsson says, “I have to update that paper dramatically Read more…
Google is taking a big step toward our supposedly passwordless future by enabling passkey-only Google accounts. In the blog post, titled “The beginning of the end of the password,” Google says: “We’ve begun rolling out support for passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. They’ll be an additional option Read more…