applications of artificial intelligence
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OpenAI Throws a Paltry $US5 Million at Journalism Philanthropy in Attempt to Spur AI-Driven News
OpenAI is on a quest to conquer the world—and it’s doing pretty well on that front. It’s ascended to the heights of industry. It’s managed to suck up to politicians in countries scattered across the planet. And now it’s begun a charm offensive aimed at an entirely new sphere of influence: the news media. On…
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A U.S. State Has Outlawed Sexual Deepfakes of Children
Louisiana has become one of the first states to pass legislation explicitly criminalizing the creation of deepfaked child sexual abuse material. The legislation, called SB175, makes it a crime to knowingly create or possess an AI-generated image or video depicting a person under the age of 18 engaged in a sexual act. People convicted of…
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This E-Bike With Built-In ChatGPT Is the Epitome of Overblown AI Hype
AI hype has officially reached “Metaverse” levels of incomprehensibility. Large language models are a wormhole sucking in any and all tech companies looking to promote long-existing products, and now e-bike maker Urtopia is one of the first companies trying to force chatbots on users who are simply trying to travel from A to B. In…
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Now You Can Narrate Your Friend’s Lives Like Morgan Freeman With Augmented Voice
I wanted to see how alike I could be to HAL-9000 in my own, ragged rendition of the song Daisy Bell. It turns out, I actually sound better as the vague approximation of the demented artificial intelligence from 2001: A Space Odyssey than either HAL’s actor Douglas Rain or my normal, human voice.