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The rise of generative AI has unlocked the potential for exponential productivity increases for everyone. We're seeing 5 to 15% productivity increases from workers who are simply leveraging ChatGPT. Imagine if you could create a custom AI that was an expert in your industry, an expert in the inner workings of your company, and always up to date. The term for processing your data and then using it to enhance a GPT model's expertise for your specific purposes is "embedding." There are a couple of ways to accomplish this, but one stands out as more practical than the other. Let's explore. Continue Reading →

This essay was originally published on November 16, 2019. It was updated and republished on November 11, 2022. Adobe announced Firefly, its generative AI assistant, on March 21, 2023. If you want a clear example of the exponential pace of technological change, most of the capabilities I hypothesized (and many I did not think of) are features of Firefly. Continue Reading →

Just about every major tech company has unveiled radical advancements in generative AI over the past few weeks. Shelly Palmer speaks with Dan Bowens and Tashanea Whitlow on Fox 5's Good Day New York about how our futures will be AI-assisted. Continue Reading →

The next generation of the World Wide Web (web3) is being built on blockchains using tools and technologies similar to the ones that empower cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, and the world of DeFi. While there is no agreed-upon technical definition for web3, my favorite philosophical definition is: "A decentralized platform that empowers both users and creators to share in the value they create." It's a nice idea, but how would it actually work? Continue Reading →

If you really want to have some fun today, do a quick overview of what's happening in generative AI. Continue Reading →

Shares of SVB Financial Group, also known as Silicon Valley Bank, experienced a second consecutive day of decline, causing negative effects on the overall banking sector. Continue Reading →

Microsoft's search engine Bing has surpassed 100 million daily active users after the launch of its chatbot AI, according to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's VP for Modern Life, Search and Devices. Continue Reading →

Hello, AI advocates. Art Fern here with today's featured AI, but first: Are you sick of hearing about ChatGPT? Are you done with stories about Bing's version of the ChatBot coming unhinged? Do you long for the days before conversational AI was all anyone ever talked about? Continue Reading →

Unlike existing, but newly popular, artificial intelligence (AI) systems which are designed to perform specific tasks such as image recognition, speech recognition, and natural language processing, artificial general intelligence (AGI) systems will be super-AI systems that will be able to learn anything and perform intellectual tasks at a level of expertise comparable to or exceeding that of human beings. Continue Reading →

The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week where family members of victims of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks and 2017 Turkey terrorist attack are suing Google and Twitter for not doing enough to remove dangerous content from their sites. Shelly Palmer talks to John Vause on CNN International about rumors of narrowing the scope of Section 230 and what that would mean for tech companies. Continue Reading →