Artificial Ignorance

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AI Roundup 048: The Robot Constitution

79 implied HN points • 05 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Innovation
  1. DeepMind revealed new advances in robotics like the 'Robot Constitution' inspired by Isaac Asimov.
  2. AI influencers gaining traction could raise concerns about authenticity and ethical implications.
  3. OpenAI is making headlines with developments like launching the GPT Store and exploring AI art.

AI Roundup 051: The Taylor Swift thing

71 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Chip Manufacturing Voice Cloning
  1. The ease of creating AI-generated celebrity fakes is increasing, raising concerns about mainstream visibility and regulatory backlash.
  2. Partnerships like Google Cloud and Hugging Face aim to democratize machine learning tools, but details remain vague.
  3. Efforts are being made to establish US-based alternatives to overseas chip manufacturing to address supply chain constraints and geopolitical concerns.

AI Roundup 054: Ten million tokens

58 implied HN points • 16 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Regulation Models Tools Research
  1. Google introduces Gemini 1.5, a powerful model with a context window of up to 10 million tokens, promising significant improvements in AI capabilities.
  2. OpenAI releases Sora, a text-to-video model that can create photorealistic videos and simulate the real world, showcasing advancements in video generation technology.
  3. US Patent and Trademark Office states that AI cannot be named as a patent inventor, aligning AI with being a tool and not a creative entity, impacting patent regulations and inventorship.

AI Roundup 055: Race conditions

54 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Models Deepfakes Partnerships Regulation
  1. Google faced criticism for its Gemini AI not depicting images of white people, prompting the company to pause that capability.
  2. Reddit made a $60 million content licensing deal with Google as part of its IPO plans, reflecting a trend in publishing deals for AI training purposes.
  3. Tech companies signed agreements to prevent deepfakes from impacting elections, with a focus on political deepfakes and the need for more regulations.

Lies, damned lies, and benchmarks

58 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Benchmarks Performance
  1. Benchmarks for large language models have limitations in reflecting real-world utility.
  2. Overfitting in benchmarks can hinder adaptability to new scenarios and tasks.
  3. Multi-modal capabilities are often lacking in benchmarks, missing out on testing language and image understanding together.
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AI Roundup 053: Bye bye Bard

54 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Deepfakes Regulation Tech Companies AI Applications
  1. Google rebrands AI product line Bard to Gemini, introducing multiple tiers including a paid plan powered by Gemini Ultra.
  2. Initiatives like the C2PA aim to address deepfake content issues, with companies like Google and OpenAI joining efforts for content authentication.
  3. FCC deems robocalls with fake AI-created voices as illegal, showcasing government agencies taking action on AI regulation independently.

AI Roundup 058: Devin and SIMA

42 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Governance Bioweapons Acquisitions
  1. Capable autonomous agents are an upcoming frontier in AI, with Devin showcasing potential in software development and SIMA displaying versatility in video games.
  2. OpenAI's board expands with new members, and the company makes strides in partnerships and technology development.
  3. Global concerns arise around the use of AI for bioweapons, leading to agreements to prevent misuse, alongside AI-related vulnerabilities and challenges in AI governance.

AI Roundup 050: Synthetic Geometry

54 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Hardware Elections Models Research
  1. A new Google Deepmind model named AlphaGeometry can solve International Math Olympiad problems at a near-gold medalist level.
  2. OpenAI is addressing concerns about AI in worldwide elections by focusing on preventing abuse, transparency of AI content, and improving access to voting information.
  3. Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event introduced new AI features for Samsung phones, including live translation and AI-powered note organization.

AI Roundup 057: Claude 3

42 implied HN points • 08 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Software Engineering Social media
  1. Anthropic released Claude 3, a chatbot with impressive features like a 200K token context window, vision support, and multiple language capabilities.
  2. Stability AI launched Stable Diffusion 3 with a Multimodal Diffusion Transformer architecture, showcasing advancements in foundation models.
  3. The US government's charges against a former Google engineer highlight the ongoing concerns of intellectual property theft in AI, affecting relationships and technology transfers with China.

AI Roundup 056: Data deals

42 implied HN points • 01 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI AI Applications
  1. User-generated content companies are capitalizing on the value of their posts and comments by offering them through licensing regimes.
  2. Tech giants like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and others are heavily investing in AI initiatives and tools to advance various industries.
  3. AI advancements are causing concerns regarding bias, safety, and potential misuse in areas like diverse data deals, model releases, and deepfakes.

Dismiss the AI hype at your own risk

92 implied HN points • 26 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI
  1. Dismiss the AI hype at your own risk, valuable technology in development
  2. AI practical usecases today surpass the impact of cryptocurrencies and blockchains
  3. AI has real potential and applications across various industries

AI Roundup 013: The "Godfather of AI" has some regrets

37 implied HN points • 05 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Future of AI
  1. Geoffrey Hinton, a prominent figure in AI, discusses his concerns and regrets in The New York Times profile.
  2. The AI safety debate continues to be a significant topic of discussion among many people.
  3. Hinton's decision to leave Google after a long career in AI sheds light on the challenges and future of artificial intelligence.