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The future is here, whether some like it or not, and artificial intelligence is already impacting the film industry. But just how far can, and should, it go? Last year, Rachel Antell, an archival producer for documentary films, started noticing AI-generated images mixed in with authentic photos. There are always holes or limitations in an archive; in one case, film-makers got around a shortage of images for a barely photographed 19th-century woman by using AI to generate what looked like old photos...
Company after company is swallowing the hype, only to be forced into embarrassing walkbacks by anti-AI backlash Earlier this month, a popular lifestyle magazine introduced a new "fashion and lifestyle editor" to its huge social media following. "Reem" , who on first glance looked like a twentysomething woman who understood both fashion and lifestyle, was proudly announced as an "AI enhanced team member". That is, a fake person, generated by artificial intelligence. Reem would...
X is now using your posts (and more) to train its Grok AI, but there's something you can do about it
X (formerly Twitter) thinks it's circumvented some of the issues other social media companies such as Meta have bumped up against in regard to training its AI , Grok , on user data and information - but there's something you can do about it. X quietly added a setting that allows your posts, interactions, inputs, and results to be used to train and fine-tune' Grok. X now features a checkbox in the app's settings that is checked by default, and this setting's disclaimer also mentions...
NEW YORK (AP) New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system, but the pilot program launched Friday is already being met with skepticism from riders and the threat of a lawsuit from civil liberties advocates who say the searches are unconstitutional. The Evolv scanner a sleek-looking weapons detector using artificial intelligence to search riders for guns and knives was on display at a lower Manhattan subway station where Mayor Eric Adams announced...
Social media platform uses pre-ticked boxes of consent, a practice that violates UK and EU GDPR rules Elon Musk's X platform is under pressure from data regulators after it emerged that users are consenting to their posts being used to build artificial intelligence systems via a default setting on the app. The UK and Irish data watchdogs said they have contacted X over the apparent attempt to gain user consent for data harvesting without them knowing about it. Continue reading...
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has a new startup called Lumi aimed at helping creators complete, publish, and sell books and comics. Lumi offers a suite of AI tools to complement users' existing talents and merchandise what they create. Lumi's pitch is that most people aren't equally proficient at every aspect of making and selling a book and that AI can fill in those gaps. For instance, if a writer can't draw, Lumi can produce illustrations. Or, if a comic artist has...
U.S. antitrust agencies should disavow a joint statement on antitrust and artificial intelligence entered into with European and British enforcers. The statement would harm AI improvements and competition.
Quartz - 16 hours 15 min agoAs generative artificial intelligence takes off and tensions between the U.S. and China rise , the Biden administration is making a multi-billion dollar effort to bring chipmaking back to the U.S. Read more...
Quartz - 17 hours 25 min agoMany AI companies run into the pervasive data issue. Free data on the internet is running out to train AI models. AI bot-makers like OpenAI , Google , and Microsoft have found themselves in the crosshairs of newspapers, authors, and visual artists for using their content to train their artificial intelligence tools. Read more...
The new SearchGPT feature introduced by OpenAI has stumbled in its rollout, as first discovered by The Atlantic. SearchGPT is a new tool designed to combine OpenAI's AI models with real-time web data for faster, more accurate answers. It's not widely available but represents OpenAI's vision of how AI and search will augment each other in the future. In a prerecorded video showcasing SearchGPT, the tool provided incorrect information about the dates of the Appalachian Summer Festival...
The Biden-Harris administration Friday announced new artificial intelligence actions as Apple signed on to voluntary commitments in line with the administration's previous AI executive order.
ABC News - 21 hours 55 min agoThe federal Justice Department is defending the legal right to challenge robocalls sent to New Hampshire voters that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden's voice...
A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth's oceans are changing, and it's not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It's tagging seals.
There has been an unavoidable buzz around artificial intelligence in recent years, with commentators quick to highlight both the positive and negative aspects of AI technology. Businesses have been quick to try to adopt AI and attempt to reap the promised benefits of innovation, efficiency, and productivity , with research from IBM's 2024 Global AI Adoption Index' showing that over half of companies surveyed (59%) are exploring or deploying AI and plan to accelerate investments in this area...
Quartz - 23 hours 36 sec agoWhen people unfamiliar with AI envision artificial intelligence , they may imagine Will Smith's blockbuster I, Robot, the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, or the Disney movie Smart House nightmarish scenarios where intelligent robots take over to the doom of their human counterparts. Read more...
ABC News - 23 hours 23 min agoHollywood's video game performers are going on strike, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections...
Paolo Ardoino says that the company has already made more money than he could have ever dreamed. Now he plans to use the company's balance sheet to replicate its success with digital dollars in the fields of data, artificial intelligence and education.
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