Day: March 17, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the technology of the hour, and it’s something the Big Tech companies are keen to capitalise on. It comes as no surprise then that two of the industry’s giants, Microsoft and Google, have both announced the introduction of new AI-assisted software in the same week. Google, which has been investing in artificial intelligence (AI) for many years, said it had reached “a pivotal moment” in its AI journey. GPT-4: OpenAI has released a new version of its ChatGPT chatbot but what’s different?Earlier this week, the company revealed it’s introducing new AI-powered featur… Read More “Google vs Microsoft: What you can expect from their newly-launched AI office tools”

By Nikolas Kozloff In the fight against climate change, will the Metaverse be helpful or hinder environmental efforts? Essentially an updated internet and virtual World where participants can pose as avatars and interact with others inside a three-dimensional simulation, the Metaverse relies on artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR), both of which require wasteful data processing. Hailed as a more realistic version of the internet, the Metaverse allows people to forge social connections while conducting business, purchasing real estate, exchanging crypto-currency, trading artwor… Read More “On wildlife and the Metaverse, some ethical considerations (commentary)”

By XH4D / Getty Images Faced with the rise of ChatGPT, many people are experiencing a feeling of hopelessness. All kinds of jobs could be threatened by the technology, provoking, in some people, a new form of anxiety that’s directly related to this artificial intelligence. Faced with the rise of ChatGPT, many people are experiencing a feeling of hopelessness. All kinds of jobs could be threatened by the technology, provoking, in some people, a new form of anxiety that’s directly related to this artificial intelligence. If anxiety surrounding the development of new technologies and some form of… Read More “Scared of losing your job to ChatGPT? Maybe you’re suffering from ‘AI-nxiety’”

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – A computer scientist who has waged a global campaign for patents covering inventions conceived by his artificial intelligence system asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to hear his case. Stephen Thaler petitioned the high court to review an appeals court’s decision that patents can only be issued to human inventors and that his AI system cannot be the legal creator of inventions it generated. Thaler said in his brief that AI is being used to innovate in fields ranging from medicine to energy, and that rejecting AI-generated patents “curtails our patent system’s… Read More “U.S. Supreme Court asked to decide if AI can be a patent ‘inventor’”

By Danor_a / Getty Images A new alternative to ChatGPT was recently unveiled by the American start-up Anthropic. Named Claude, this artificial intelligence could stand out from its famous rival by being more ethical and interactive with users. A new alternative to ChatGPT was recently unveiled by the American start-up Anthropic. Named Claude, this artificial intelligence could stand out from its famous rival by being more ethical and interactive with users. While Claude has an interface and a way of working that’s similar to ChatGPT, this chatbot is also intended to be simpler and more natural… Read More “Meet Claude, the AI-powered chatbot that could rival ChatGPT”

San Francisco (AFP) – Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday put out word that he will make public the long-secret algorithm for recommending tweets. The code used for recommending the posts suggested to users will become “open source” at the end of March, Musk said in a tweet of his own. “People will discover many silly things, but we’ll patch issues as soon as they’re found!” Musk tweeted. “Providing code transparency will be incredibly embarrassing at first, but it should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality.” Musk contended that the recommendation algorithm used at Twitter is ove… Read More “Musk says code for recommending tweets will be public”