A New EO to Regulate AI

Built on his previous executive order (EO), President Biden has signed a new EO with comprehensive AI guidelines for the federal government's deployment of AI. Under the new directives, federal agencies are mandated to ensure their AI systems do not compromise American citizens' rights and safety. Continue Reading →

Are we close to AGI?

At dinner last night, the conversation turned to AGI (artificial general intelligence) – what it is, what is isn't, and everything in between. There was no agreed-upon definition, but everyone's imagination was on full display. Continue Reading →

LLMusical Chairs

The game of LLMusical chairs continues. Emad Mostaque, CEO of Stability AI (makers of the text-to-image app Stable Diffusion), has stepped down. He tweeted: "The concentration of power in AI is bad for us all. I decided to step down to fix this at Stability & elsewhere." Continue Reading →

NVIDIA’s Digital Humans Bring AI Game Characters to Life

At its Game Developers Conference, NVIDIA presented a series of tech demos to demonstrate how their AI tools can be used to voice, animate, and script dialogue for non-playable characters (NPCs). These NPCs are capable of generating unique responses to player actions, enhancing the gaming experience with more dynamic and varied interactions. Continue Reading →

Sora: OpenAI’s Text-to-Video Is Almost Here

OpenAI's Sora, an almost unbelievable text-to-video generator, has been making waves since it was announced. In February, Sora was made available to a select group of "red teamers" for security and stability testing, as well as to a limited number of visual artists, designers, and filmmakers for feedback on its video generation capabilities. Continue Reading →