AI

Microsoft is planning to offer dedicated, private ChatGPT servers as early as next month. A private installation of ChatGPT (in the Azure cloud, of course) would allow a business to keep its proprietary data separate and safe. When it launches, this will be "the" product of the year. Continue Reading →

Generative AI has presented the music industry with new challenges. You've probably heard about the AI-generated song featuring cloned vocals of Drake and The Weeknd. It went viral, but was taken down because Universal Music Group (UMG) claimed copyright violations. (I'm not sure if copyright laws actually apply here.) Continue Reading →

Artificial intelligence has given everyone the ability to easily create audio deepfakes. Now what? Shelly Palmer speaks with Dan Bowens and Tashanea Whitlow on Fox 5's Good Day New York about the technology, ways to protect yourself and your voice, and how worried we should be. Continue Reading →

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ted W. Lieu (CA-36), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Ken Buck (CO-04) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act legislation to safeguard the nuclear command and control process from any future change in policy that allows AI to make nuclear launch decisions. Continue Reading →

For reasons that are theorized – but not fully understood – human beings "default-to-trust." This strategy has stood the test of time. We generally trust others until given a reason to do otherwise. However, as the output from large language models and generative AI becomes increasingly indistinguishable from that produced by humans, it's time to consider a new paradigm: "default to distrust." Continue Reading →

Snapchat want to use artificial intelligence to help users have a conversation. Should parents be worried? Shelly Palmer joins a panel on NewsNation Now to discuss what these tools are, how they work, and whether anyone really understands them. Continue Reading →

When you're doing a text-to-image prompt for a generative AI model like Midjourney or Stable Diffusion, I'm sure you can conjure a Matisse-like image in your mindseye to help you inspire the model to create avant-garde or fauvistic images for your project. Continue Reading →

During yesterday's livestream, I made a claim that I could take anyone who uses a computer for work and, in 45 minutes, make them 5-25% more productive at their job. The only prerequisites: a ChatGPT Plus account and WiFi access. Continue Reading →

Am I human... or a synthetic? I'm still human (as far as I can tell). Continue Reading →

Yesterday, Stability AI unveiled StableLM, an open source AI language model family designed to offer an alternative to ChatGPT. Continue Reading →