Day: November 2, 2023

The Beatles are still pioneering, over 60 years after their founding. The Thursday release of the band’s last “new” song, “Now and Then,” is blazing a new trail with the use of artificial intelligence. Using the same technology “Lord of the Rings” auteur Peter Jackson did for the Apple TV docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back,” the group’s surviving members, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, were able to reunite with late bandmates John Lennon and George Harrison to finish the song that originated nearly 50 years ago. “Now and Then” was written and sung by Lennon, who died in 1980 at the age of 40. … Read More “The Beatles release their last new song, the AI-powered ‘Now and Then’”

Elon Musk has issued a stark warning about the capabilities of AI (Artificial Intelligence) during a talk with Rishi Sunak. The Prime Minister spoke to the tech billionaire after the UK Government’s AI safety summit, where he said the technology could bring a future involving humanoid robots that can “chase you anywhere”. He told Rishi Sunak that jobs may not be “needed” in the future given the potential it bestows. Speaking about robots, Musk stressed the importance of having an off-switch. “A humanoid robot can basically chase you anywhere”, he said in the talk. “It’s something we should be … Read More “‘They can chase you anywhere!’ Elon Musk issues chilling robot warning in AI talk with Rishi Sunak”

Elon Musk has issued a stark warning about the capabilities of AI (Artificial Intelligence) during a talk with Rishi Sunak. The Prime Minister spoke to the tech billionaire after the UK Government’s AI safety summit, where he said the technology could bring a future involving humanoid robots that can “chase you anywhere”. He told Rishi Sunak that jobs may not be “needed” in the future given the potential it bestows. Speaking about robots, Musk stressed the importance of having an off-switch. “A humanoid robot can basically chase you anywhere”, he said in the talk. “It’s something we should be … Read More “‘They can chase you anywhere!’ Elon Musk issues chilling robot warning in AI talk with Rishi Sunak”

Elon Musk has issued a stark warning about the capabilities of AI (Artificial Intelligence) during a talk with Rishi Sunak. The Prime Minister spoke to the tech billionaire after the UK Government’s AI safety summit, where he said the technology could bring a future involving humanoid robots that can “chase you anywhere”. He told Rishi Sunak that jobs may not be “needed” in the future given the potential it bestows. Speaking about robots, Musk stressed the importance of having an off-switch. “A humanoid robot can basically chase you anywhere”, he said in the talk. “It’s something we should be … Read More “‘They can chase you anywhere!’ Elon Musk issues chilling robot warning in AI talk with Rishi Sunak”

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk welcomed China’s engagement on artificial intelligence safety and said he wanted to see Beijing aligned with Britain and the United States on the subject, speaking in London on Thursday alongside British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Musk backed China’s inclusion in the first AI Safety Summit, hosted at Bletchley Park, England, which has drawn leading companies and nations together to agree initial steps on how to manage the risks of cutting-edge AI models. “If the United States and the UK and China are aligned on safety, then that’s goin… Read More “Elon Musk and Rishi Sunak chat China, killer robots and the meaning of life”

By AFP A new Beatles song produced with a little help from artificial intelligence and including the vocals of John Lennon was released on Thursday — to lukewarm reviews. A new Beatles song produced with a little help from artificial intelligence and including the vocals of John Lennon was released on Thursday — to lukewarm reviews. The song comes more than four decades after it was originally recorded as a demo, but despite the hype left critics distinctly underwhelmed. “‘Now and Then’ is not terrible… But ultimately, it’s kind of mundane,” wrote Geoff Edgers in the Washington Post. The T… Read More “New Beatles single ‘Now and Then’ released”

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Capacity Blocks for ML, an industry-first consumption model that enables any customer to access highly sought-after GPU compute capacity to run their short duration machine learning (ML) workloads. With EC2 Capacity Blocks, customers can reserve hundreds of NVIDIA GPUs colocated in Amazon EC2 UltraClusters designed for high-performance ML workloads. Customers can use EC2 Capacity Blocks with P5 instances, powered by the latest NVIDIA H100 Tensor … Read More “AWS Announces Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML Workloads”