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Sam Altman officially returns to OpenAI as Microsoft finally joins board

Sam Altman, one of the founders of OpenAI, has officially returned to office as the firm’s CEO, ending a whirlwind few weeks caused by his abrupt and unexpected temporary departure. Addressing OpenAI employees in a company memo made public on Nov. 29, Altman confirmed that ...

Amazon launches ‘Q’ — a ChatGPT competitor purpose-built for business

Amazon has launched its own artificial intelligence-powered assistant built for business, “Amazon Q.” The AI chatbot can be used to have conversations, solve problems, generate content, gain insights and connect with a company’s information repositories, code, data and en ...

Oxford quantum computing spinout announces $100M funding round led by Japan’s SBI

Oxford University physics spinout Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) recently announced the launch of Toshiko, a 32-qubit quantum computing services platform, alongside a $100-million Series B funding round led by Japan’s SBI Group’s investment arm.The company claims that Toshiko is ...

Vitalik Buterin thinks AI may surpass humans, community responds

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin’s blog post highlighting the threats he sees that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose to humanity has attracted a slew of fiery responses from AI and blockchain community members.On Nov. 27, Buterin published a blog post titled “My techno-op ...

Amnesty International head says AI innovation vs regulation is ‘false dichotomy’

The Secretary-General of Amnesty International, Anges Callamard, released a statement on Nov. 27 in response to three European Union member states pushing back on regulating artificial intelligence (AI) models. France, Germany and Italy reached an agreement that included not adopting ...

Vitalik Buterin: AI may surpass humans as the ‘apex species’

Super-advanced artificial intelligence, left unchecked, has a “serious chance” of surpassing humans to become the next “apex species” of the planet, according Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. But that will boil down to how humans potentially intervene with AI de ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich created a jailbreak attack that bypasses AI guardrails

A pair of researchers from ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, have developed a method by which, theoretically, any artificial intelligence (AI) model that relies on human feedback, including the most popular large language models (LLMs), could potentially be jailbroken.Jailbreaking is a colloquia ...

IBM brings ‘utility-scale’ quantum computing to Japan as China and Europe struggle to compete

IBM announced the completed installation of a 127-qubit quantum computing system at the University of Tokyo on Nov. 27. According to the company, this marks the arrival of the first “utility-scale” quantum system in the region.  ...

US, Britain and other countries ink ‘secure by design’ AI guidelines

The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and 15 other countries have released global guidelines to help protect AI models from being tampered with, urging companies to make their models “secure by design.”On Nov. 26, the 18 countries released a 20-page document outlining h ...

California governor calls for statewide generative AI training

California Governor Gavin Newsom has stressed the importance of people staying ahead of the curve in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by acquiring new skills and becoming acquainted with the emerging technology.As outlined in the report, there is a suggestion that residents of Ca ...

Indian government set to introduce rules against deepfake menace

India is formulating regulations to oversee deepfakes, the country’s Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Nov. 23, expanding on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement the day before about his concerns about the technology. ...

Hong Kong to use AI against superbugs and antibiotic overprescription

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority (HKKA) is planning to tackle a notable rise of two superbugs, vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Candida auris, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). According to a South China Morning Post report from Nov. 24, citing the HKKA, the increase in ...

EU tech coalition warns of over-regulating AI before EU AI Act finalization

A group of businesses and tech companies have issued a joint letter to European Union regulators warning against over-policing powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems at the expense of innovation. The letter, which was sent on Nov. 23 and undersigned by 33 companies working ...

Nigeria’s NITDA advocates AI integration in payments for global recognition

In a bid for greater global recognition and domestic use of the Nigeria Payments System, the Director-General (DG) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has stressed the importance of collaboration between NITDA, the Central Bank of Niger ...

Italian regulators investigate online AI data scraping

The Italian Data Protection Authority, a local privacy regulator, announced the launch of a “fact-finding” investigation on Nov. 22, in which it will look into the practice of data gathering to train artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.The investigation aims to verify the adoption of a ...

U.S. 5th Circuit Court seeks regulation on lawyers’ AI use in legal filings

A federal appeals court in New Orleans is considering a proposal that would mandate lawyers to confirm whether they utilized artificial intelligence programs to draft briefs, affirming either independent human review of AI-generated text accuracy or no AI reliance in their court submissions. ...

Nvidia posts record $18B third quarter revenue, cites generative AI as primary driver

Nvidia announced third-quarter revenue for 2023 of $18.12 billion, a company record, as the firm’s market cap now reaches $1.22 trillion.The better-than-expected earnings follow a 12-month growth trend, during which the company saw earnings increase by 34% over the last quarter and 206% ov ...

How an ‘internet of AIs’ will take artificial intelligence to the next level

HyperCycle is a decentralized network that connects AI machines to make them smarter and more profitable. It enables companies of all sizes to participate in the emerging AI computing economy.Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving field that seems likely to fall into the ...

OpenAI and Microsoft sued over alleged unauthorized use of authors’ work

OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a lawsuit alleging the improper use of nonfiction authors’ work to train AI models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT service. Author and reporter Julian Sancton sued the companies on Nov. 21. According to Sancton, OpenAI allegedly utilized tens of thousands o ...

FTC enhances investigative procedures to deal with AI-related lawbreaking

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a new streamlined process for investigating cases involving the unlawful use of artificial intelligence (AI), marking an increased focus on addressing potential legal violations related to AI applications.The commission unanimously ...

OpenAI to rehire Sam Altman as CEO with new initial board members

Just two days after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hired former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to lead a new advanced AI research team, OpenAI backtracked on its decision to let go tOn Nov. 22, OpenAI announced a new agreement that would see the return of Altman as the company CEO. The company co ...

Microsoft, Salesforce, and Nvidia swoop in to hire OpenAI employees as walkout threats increase

OpenAI’s decision to fire CEO Sam Altman may have put the company’s future in jeopardy. Reportedly, a lion’s share of its employees have threatened to walkout unless the ousting is reversed. Complicating matters further, a number of executives from big tech orgnaniza ...

Can blockchain supply the guardrails to keep AI on course?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are emerging digital technologies that have captured the public imagination but also raised serious concerns.So it bears asking: Can AI and blockchain be integrated in a way that benefits humanity? There are reasons to think so. As far bac ...

OpenAI seeks to diffuse internal tensions after Altman departure: Report

OpenAI executives are trying to smooth out internal discord after the abrupt termination of former CEO and co-founder Sam Altman and others through “intense discussions,” according to a Bloomberg report. An internal memo from OpenAI vice president of global affairs Anna Ma ...

Microsoft and Nvidia stocks reach all-time highs amid OpenAI CEO shuffle

Microsoft (MSFT) stocks hit an all-time high of $378.81 on Nov. 20 on the back of a tumultuous weekend for the AI sector involving the ousting of OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman. Not to be outdone, Nvidia (NVDA) stocks also reached an all-time high of $499.60, continuing a trend that’s ...

Scientists developed an AI monitoring agent to detect and stop harmful outputs

A team of researchers from artificial intelligence (AI) firm AutoGPT, Northeastern University, and Microsoft Research have developed a tool that monitors large language models (LLMs) for potentially harmful outputs and prevents them from executing. The agent is described in a preprint ...

OpenAI staff tells board to resign after Sam Altman ousting: Report

OpenAI staff are reportedly not happy about their board of directors firing founder Sam Altman. According to a social media post from tech podcaster Kara Swisher, employees sent a letter to the board demanding that they resign. A total of 505 out of 700 employees signed the letter, the post state ...

Dfinity taps SingularityNET to bring AI services to DApps

Research and development firm Dfinity Foundation has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI)-focused blockchain firm SingularityNET to improve the infrastructure of decentralized AI and allow decentralized applications (DApps) on the Internet Computer blockchain to access large language model ...

Mastercard combats crypto fraud with latest AI integration

The financial services provider Mastercard revealed a new partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Feedzai, according to reports from CNBC on Nov. 20. Mastercard says this integration aims to boost its ability to detect and prevent fraud routed through cryptocurrency exchang ...

Who is the new OpenAI CEO Emmet Shear?

The Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI had a major shift in leadership over the weekend after its board of directors abruptly ousted former CEO and co-founder Sam Altman on Nov. 17. In the days following the board received pressure to reinstate Altman as CEO ...

Microsoft hires Sam Altman, Greg Brockman after departure from OpenAI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X, stating that the company is hiring both former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman.On Nov. 20, Nadella posted that he is “extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will ...

Sam Altman’s OpenAI ouster sees rollercoaster Worldcoin price

Worldcoin (WLD), the token of Sam Altman’s retina-scanning project of the same name, saw major volatility over the past few days as he was ousted from OpenAI, reported to be in talks to make a return before finally being replaced. WLD saw a Nov. 16 high of $2.48 before starting a slide tha ...

A timeline of Sam Altman’s outing from OpenAI

The tech world reeled and Altman’s colleagues rallied to his side, with then-OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman announcing his own resignation. With enormous public backlash from shareholders and employees, the board of directors is holding talks to possibly reinstate Altman. ...

Who is Mira Murati, OpenAI’s interim CEO?

OpenAI’s board of directors ousted founder Sam Altman on Nov. 17, shocking the technology world, while appointing Mira Murati as its interim CEO. Since then, the board has been facing strong criticism from the startup major clients and investors. According to a Bloomberg report, ...

Meta dissolves responsible AI division amid restructuring

Social media giant, Meta has reportedly disbanded its Responsible AI division, the team dedicated to regulating the safety of its artificial intelligence ventures as they get developed and deployed. According to a report, many RAI team members have transitioned to roles within the Gen ...

OpenAI investors push for Sam Altman’s return as CEO: Report

The board of directors at OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, are reportedly receiving criticism from investors for the decision to terminate its CEO Sam Altman.According to a November 19 Bloomberg report, citing people familiar with the matter, investors of OpenAI are reportedly in contact ...

OpenAI’s crisis escalates as more staff resign after CEO removal: Report

The turmoil at OpenAI continues to escalate after its founder Sam Altman was abruptly ousted on Nov. 17, with three senior researchers reportedly quitting the artificial intelligence company.OpenAI’s board of directors announced Altman's removal from the CEO position in a blog post, ...

OpenAI: Altman’s removal triggers co-founder Brockman’s exit

The internal discord at OpenAI appears to be escalating rapidly, with the removal of Sam Altman announced by the company, citing a confidence deficit. Shortly thereafter, Greg Brockman, co-founder, and president of OpenAI, revealed his exit from the organization.Greg Brockman, expressing p ...

Canada flags concern on AI-generated deepfake disinformation campaigns

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service — Canada’s primary national intelligence agency — raised concerns about the disinformation campaigns conducted across the internet using artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes. Canada sees the growing “realism of deepf ...

Meta introduces AI models for video generation, image editing

Social media giant Meta has introduced its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models for content editing and generation, according to a blog post on Nov. 16. The company is introducing two AI-powered generative models. The first, Emu Video, which leverages Meta's previous Emu model, ...

AI identity platform combats ownership and deep fakes

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced new possibilities for human expression and capabilities to create content. Simultaneously, the ability to do almost anything and to do so with a digital AI-generated identity has caused new problems to troubleshoot. According to ...

Microsoft Maia AI chip ‘last puzzle piece’ for infrastructure systems

The Big Tech giant Microsoft announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip, the Microsoft Azure Maia AI Accelerator, according to a blog post on Nov. 15. The chip is designed for AI tasks and generative AI and debuted alongside the Microsoft Azure Cobalt CPU, which w ...

OpenAI halts new ChatGPT Plus sign-ups amid high demand

OpenAI, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, said it has put on hold new signups for the premium version of the AI tool, ChatGPT Plus, due to a high surge in usage after DevDay.The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, announced this via a post on the X p ...

YouTube says creators must disclose gen AI use or face suspension

YouTube, the video streaming social platform, released new community guidelines relating to the disclosure of artificial intelligence (AI) used in content. The platform published a blog on Nov. 14 saying that the updates will have creators on its platform inform their viewers if the c ...

Google sues scammers over creation of fake Bard AI chatbot

Google has filed a lawsuit against three scammers for creating fake advertisements for updates to Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Bard, among other things, which, when downloaded, installs malware.The lawsuit was filed on Nov. 13 and names the defendants as “DOES 1-3,” as the ...

SAG-AFTRA strike ends as AI deal reached, Hollywood still torn

The Hollywood actors’ union SAG-AFTRA concluded its strike on Nov. 9 after 118 days of picketing with new deals on various proposed stipulations including artificial intelligence (AI) usage. Since then, the union has released a summary of its final deal with studios, which inclu ...

Researchers claim Bitcoin experiment generated almost 300% higher returns than hodling

A team of academic researchers from the International Hellenic University and Democritus University of Thrace in Greece recently published a paper supporting the “efficient market hypothesis” (EMH) for bitcoin trading.EMH is a controversial theory that the researchers claim contributed to ...

Elon slings AI-generated insults at GPT-4 after OpenAI’s CEO mocks Grok

The launch of Elon Musk’s new “Grok” artificial intelligence (AI) system may not have made waves throughout the machine learning community or directly threatened the status quo, but it’s certainly drawn the attention of Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.  ...

Nigeria and UK foundation launch Code Clubs for digital literacy

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, has entered into a partnership with a UK-based computing education charity, Raspberry Pi Foundation, to launch Code Clubs across Nigeria.The initiative is crafted for students aged 7 ...

OpenAI and Microsoft partner with Humane on wearable AI pin

The artificial intelligence (AI) startup Humane released a physical device on Nov. 10 that serves as a wearable AI virtual assistant. The AI Pin is a lapel pin-style device that the user wears and taps to speak with a virtual AI-powered assistant. It is equipped with technology from O ...

Microsoft enters $100M partnership with Canadian firm after quantum breakthrough

Canadian quantum computing firm Photonic has emerged from stealth to raise $100 million for its all-silicon quantum computing platform. Among the investors is new partner Microsoft, who will co-develop quantum networking solutions with the startup.The investment and partnership come as num ...

China AI chip market finds expansion paths despite US export restrictions

The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip market has been subject to ongoing export restrictions which imposed by the United States from October 2022, which prohibited the sale of certain U.S. products to China. The U.S. initially blocked the export of the highest level of chips p ...

Nigeria’s 3MTT program draws 1M+ applicants, introduces AI course

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) program’s million applicants will undergo an introductory artificial intelligence (AI) course.The minister shared this information on X (formerly know ...

Chinese president calls for unity on AI challenges and cyber development

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed an audience on Nov. 8 at the World Internet Conference Summit in Wuzhen, China calling for international cooperation on risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI). Xi’s speech, pre-recorded and broadcast at the conference, stressed the need for ...

AI infrastructure startup Ritual raises $25M to fill gaps in crypto

Decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) network Ritual came out of stealth mode to announce a $25 million Series A financing for the company, led by Archetype. The company offers an AI-powered infrastructure that aims to execute complex logic currently infeasible for smart contracts.Whi ...

Visa launches global AI advisory practice focused on generative systems

Visa announced the launch of its new global AI advisory practice on Nov. 8. The consultation service will be part of Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) and, according to a press release, will focus on “providing actionable insights and recommendations to empower clients to unlock the potential ...

YouTube is testing experimental AI that chats with you about what you’re watching

Google’s testing a pair of experimental artificial intelligence (AI) systems for creators and viewers on its YouTube video sharing platform. The first experiment, according to a post on YouTube Help, involves an “AI that organizes large comment sections of long-form videos into easily ...

‘107,000 GPUs on the waitlist’ — io.net beta launch attracts data centers, GPU clusters

Over 100,000 GPUs from data centers and private clusters are set to plug into a new decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) beta launched by io.net.As Cointelegraph previously reported, the startup has developed a decentralized network that sources GPU computing power from va ...

Biden AI executive order ‘certainly challenging’ for open-source AI — industry insiders

Last week the administration of United States President Joe Biden issued a lengthy executive order intended to protect citizens, government agencies and companies through ensuring AI safety standards. The order established six new standards for AI safety and security, along with ...

Xbox to enhance game dialogues with generative AI through new partnership

Gaming console Xbox is tapping into artificial intelligence (AI) with a new partnership intending to boost game creators by integrating generative AI into their game creation toolkits. In a blog post, Xbox general manager of gaming AI Haiyan Zhang announced that the company is buildin ...

Meta bans usage of generative AI ad creation tools for political advertisers

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is not allowing political campaigns and advertisers to use its generative artificial intelligence (AI) advertising tools, a company spokesperson said in a Reuters exclusive report. On Nov. 6 Meta updated its help center to reflect th ...

OpenAI promises to fund legal costs for ChatGPT users sued over copyright

OpenAI says it will cover the legal costs for business-tier ChatGPT users that find themselves in hot water over copyright infringement.OpenAI is calling its pledge Copyright Shield which only covers users of its business-tier ChatGPT Enterprise and its developer platform. OpenAI isn’t cov ...

ChatGPT launches new feature that lets subscribers make their own GPTs

Artificial intelligence (AI) system ChatGPT now allows users to create their own generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs), according to a November 6 blog post from developer Open AI. This means that users can now create custom ChatGPT apps that handle a variety of tasks, instead of needing to e ...

Scammers play a long game using bogus, AI-backed ‘law firm’

A new artificial intelligence-backed scam is as multi-faceted and lengthy as it is unconvincing  — at least for would-be victims who dig below the surface.I recently received a threatening “DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice” email from an alleged law firm claiming that a Cointel ...

Jury finds SBF guilty on all charges, sentencing set for March 2024: Law Decoded

Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s public trial in a New York court ended with the jury finding him guilty on all seven charges on Nov. 3, including two counts of wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of securities fraud, one count of commodities fraud conspiracy and on ...

Grimes collaboration with music platform makes 200+ AI songs available for creators

The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) into the public sector has proven to be one of the biggest developments of the year on a global scale. Major industries have been turned upside down with AI now on the scene. In the creative sectors, the music industry in particular, ...

How blockchain, AI can help research into extending human life

Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) have long been paired to change how people view identity and verification. Between those innovations come data, described by experts as the new oil — extracted, amassed, refined, processed and turned into something useful.While most blockch ...

Elon Musk launches AI chatbot ‘Grok’ — says it can outperform ChatGPT

Elon Musk and his artificial intelligence startup xAI have released “Grok” — an AI chatbot which can supposedly outperform OpenAI’s first iteration of ChatGPT in several academic tests.The motivation behind building Gruk is to create AI tools equipped to assist huma ...

DeepMind co-founder chides Elon over UK AI summit comments: ‘He’s not an AI scientist’

Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Inflection AI and co-founder of Google’s DeepMind, had some strong words for Elon Musk during a post-event interview with the BBC after the recent United Kingdom artificial intelligence (AI) summit concluded on Nov. 2.As Cointelegraph reported, Musk leane ...

Universal Music releases Beatles ‘last song’ with help from AI

The Beatles have released what they’re calling their “last song” featuring vocal tracks of the late John Lennon developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) on Nov. 2. “Now and Then” was released by Universal Music Group (UMG), one of the world’s leading music compani ...

UK AI Safety Summit: Musk likens AI to ‘magic genie,’ says no jobs needed in future

The United Kingdom’s global summit on artificial intelligence safety, the AI Safety Summit, concluded on Nov. 2 with a one-on-one chat between U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and billionaire Elon Musk. Musk was one of the many big names to attend the summit, including heads of O ...

NIST establishes AI Safety Institute Consortium in response to Biden executive order

The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Commerce are soliciting members for the newly-established Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Institute Consortium. Participate in a new ...

Over half of musicians concerned over audience perception of AI use: Survey

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be pervasive in global industries, the music industry has been receptive to its transformative capabilities while remaining cautious about the risks to artists. In a recent survey released by the private music studio house Pirate, 53% ...

UK to invest 300M pounds in 2 AI supercomputers, Harris presses for AI safety

The United Kingdom announced on Nov. 1 after the conclusion of the first day of its global “AI Safety Summit” that it will increase funding for two artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputers to 300 million pounds ($363.57 million).These supercomputers, also known as the &ldquo ...

UK AI Safety Summit begins with global leaders in attendance, remarks from China and Musk

The United Kingdom’s global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, “AI Safety Summit” began on Nov. 1 and will carry on through Nov. 2 with government officials and leading AI companies from the world in attendance, including from the United States and China. U.K. Prime Minist ...

AI and real-world assets gain prominence in investor discussions

As nations make progress in promoting the expansion of the artificial intelligence sector, market data from Santiment indicates an uptick in conversations among investors and traders regarding the potential of real-world assets and artificial intelligence. At the same time, discussions con ...

‘AI’ takes Collins dictionary word of the year, ‘debanking’ makes shortlist

Artificial intelligence, more specifically its abbreviation “AI,” was crowned word of the year for 2023 in the Collins dictionary, one of the world’s earliest English-language dictionary publishers.The Collins dictionary defines AI as “the modeling of human mental functions by computer pro ...

AI chatbots are illegally ripping off copyrighted news, says media group

Artificial intelligence developers heavily rely on illegally scraping copyrighted material from news publications and journalists to train their models, a news industry group has claimed.On Oct. 30, the News Media Alliance (NMA) published a 77-page white paper and accompanying submission t ...

Siemens and Microsoft partner to push AI adoption in industrial sectors

The German technology company Siemens has partnered with Microsoft and announced its new generative artificial intelligence (AI) -powered assistant the Siemens Industrial Copilot. On Oct. 31, the companies revealed the AI assistant to promote “human-machine collaboration” and enhance ...

TikTok, Snapchat, OnlyFans and others to combat AI-generated child abuse content

A coalition of major social media platforms, artificial intelligence (AI) developers, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have issued a joint statement pledging to combat abusive content generated by AI.On Oct. 30, the United Kingdom issued the policy statement, which inc ...

Leveraging automated trading tools can be a game-changer in the volatile crypto market

At the end of October, Bitcoin (BTC) managed to break above a strong resistance level and continued to rise, reaching the psychological level of $35,000, the highest in about 16 months.This is good news for active crypto traders, who have been waiting for such a long-awaited bull ru ...

US judge deals blow to artists in copyright suit over AI generated art

Artists have been dealt a setback in their copyright fight against generative AI firms after a class-action lawsuit against several of the firms was dismissed by a United States judge, citing a lack of evidence.In an Oct. 30 order, California District Court Judge William Orrick said the co ...

Jed McCaleb-backed nonprofit will provide easier access to AI computing capacity

Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb’s nonprofit Navigation Fund is helping to tackle the AI chip shortage by offering leasable capacity large machine learning models. A new cloud was officially launched on Oct. 29 that will be accessible on an hourly, monthly or long-term basis.An organization c ...

Biden administration releases executive order for new AI safety standards

The administration of United States President Joe Biden released an executive order on Oct. 30 establishing new standards for artificial intelligence (AI) safety and security. Biden’s address said it is building off previous actions taken, including AI safety commitments from 15 leadi ...

G7 countries to launch AI code of conduct: Report

The Group of Seven (G7) industrial countries are scheduled to agree upon an artificial intelligence (AI) code of conduct for developers on Oct. 30, according to a report by Reuters. According to the report, the code has 11 points that aim to promote “safe, secure, and trustworthy AI w ...

Google to invest another $2B into AI firm Anthropic: Report

Google has doubled down on its artificial intelligence bets by investing another $2 billion into AI startup Anthropic, according to a new report.Google invested $500 million upfront into Anthropic, a rival to ChatGPT creators OpenAI, and will pay off the remaining $1.5 billion over time, a ...

ChatGPT creator OpenAI builds new team to check AI risks

OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research and deployment firm behind ChatGPT, is launching a new initiative to assess a broad range of risks related to AI.OpenAI is building a new team dedicated to tracking, evaluating, forecasting and protecting potential catastrophic risks stemmin ...

UN launches international effort to tackle AI governance challenges

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, revealed the establishment of a 39-member advisory committee aimed at tackling matters related to the global regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), on Thursday, Oct. 26.According to the announcement, the roster comprises individu ...

How Google’s AI legal protections can change art and copyright protections

Google has been facing a wave of litigation recently as the implications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on copyright and privacy rights become clearer.Amid the ever-intensifying debate, Google has not only defended its AI training practices but also pledged to shield users of i ...

Meta faces legal scrutiny as AI advancements raise concerns over child safety

A group of 34 American states are filing a lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram owner, Meta, accusing the company of engaging in improper manipulation of minors who use the platforms. This development comes amid rapid artificial intelligence (AI) advancements involving both text and generative ...

FTX probes $6.5M in payments to AI safety group amid clawback crusade

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is looking to demand information on millions of dollars in payments it had previously given to a nonprofit AI safety organization — the Center for AI Safety (CAIS).In an Oct. 25 bankruptcy court filing, the lawyers helming FTX claimed the firm gave $6.5 million ...

Researchers in China developed a hallucination correction engine for AI models

A team of scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China and Tencent’s YouTu Lab have developed a tool to combat “hallucination” by artificial intelligence (AI) models. Hallucination is the tendency for an AI model to generate outputs with a high level of confidence ...

Humans and AI often prefer sycophantic chatbot answers to the truth — Study

Artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) built on one of the most common learning paradigms have a tendency to tell people what they want to hear instead of generating outputs containing the truth, according to a study from Anthropic. In one of the first studies ...

‘Every customer solution’ will be integrated with AI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft looks set to go all-in on artificial intelligence, with CEO and chairman Satya Nadella outlining intentions to integrate AI with essentially all its customer solutions and every layer of tech stacks. The firm has made several significant AI plays in 2023, with its partnership wit ...

Greece establishes AI advisory committee to create national strategy

Greek Prime Minister Kryiakos Mitsotakis announced the establishment of an advisory committee to create a national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) in Greece on Oct. 19.The Greek government said the “exponential pace” of AI development has created the necessity for an advisory com ...

IBM’s new AI chip offers 22X speedup with ‘mind-blowing’ energy efficiency

IBM recently debuted a new prototype artificial intelligence (AI) chip purported to be both faster and far more energy efficient than any chip currently available. According to research published in Science Magazine on Oct. 19, the new chip, dubbed NorthPole, “achieves a 25 time ...

Google Cloud teams up with MultiversX amid blockchain firm’s focus on metaverse

Google Cloud has teamed up with blockchain infrastructure firm MultiversX (formerly Elrond) to boost its Web 3 presence. Google Cloud has integrated MultiversX into the platform which will in turn help Web3 projects and users derive valuable insights from powerful data analytics and artificial in ...

How decentralization can mitigate ‘dystopic’ artificial intelligence risks: SingularityNET exec

While the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) comes with a truckload of benefits, it also comes with massive risks if the technology falls into the wrong hands. However, decentralization using blockchain technology might help prevent a catastrophe, according to Janet Adams, the c ...

Meta chief AI scientist says AI won’t threaten humans

The chief artificial intelligence (AI) scientist at Meta has spoken out, reportedly saying that worries over the existential risks of the technology are still “premature,” according to a Financial Times interview. On Oct. 19 the FT quotes Yann LeCun as saying the premature regulation ...

Tim Draper warns of crypto scams using his AI-synthesized voice

American venture capitalist Tim Draper issued a warning on social media that scammers are attempting to con crypto users using an artificial intelligence (AI) voice generator.In an Oct. 19 post on X (formerly Twitter), Draper warned his roughly 254,000 followers to be mindful of “thi ...

Universal Music Group sues Anthropic AI over copyright infringement

Universal Music Group (UMG), Concord Publishing and ABKCO Music & Records have filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic on accusations of the latter committing copyright infringement in training its AI chatbot Claude.The lawsuit was filed on Oct. 18 an ...

US surveillance and facial recognition firm Clearview AI wins GDPR appeal in UK court

U.S. surveillance and facial recognition firm Clearview AI has won a court appeal in the United Kingdom after being accused of alleged infractions related to the U.K’s general data protection regulation (GDPR). Originally, the company was fined nearly $10 million for breaches of the U ...

Bitcoin-centric AI language model aims to drive BTC education and adoption

“It’s good at answering Bitcoin and economics-related questions, at least better than GPT-4”, Aleksandar Svetski tells Cointelegraph at a bustling Bitcoin Amsterdam.The entrepreneur, author and founder of Spirit of Satoshi, a novel AI large language model (LLM), begins to unpack the a ...

UAE emirate launches new free zone for digital assets, Web3 and AI

Ras Al Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi inaugurated the new RAK Digital Assets Oasis (RAK DAO), an economic free zone dedicated to supporting companies involved in digital and virtual assets, blockchain, Web3, and artificial intelligence (AI), on Oct. 19.As previously reported ...

OpenAI partners with G42 in Dubai eyeing Middle East expansion

OpenAI, the maker of popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, and Dubai-based technology holding group G42 announced a new partnership on Oct. 18 to expand AI capabilities in the Middle East region. The two companies plan to leverage OpenAI’s generative AI models in secto ...

UK to target potential AI threats at planned November summit

The United Kingdom (U.K.) will be hosting the world's inaugural international summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety in Nov. 2023. This event seeks to establish the U.K.'s presence as a mediator between the United States, China and the European Union in the critical field of technology, po ...

Google requests dismissal of AI data scraping class-action suit

Big Tech player Google is seeking to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit that claims it’s violating the privacy and property rights of millions of internet users by scraping data to train its artificial intelligence models. Google filed the motion on Oct. 17 in a California Distri ...

US expands export controls for AI semiconductor chips to China

The United States Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a notice on Oct. 17 expanding the already existing export controls of artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. The BIS wrote that the newly released rules “reinforce” those put in place back ...

Baidu unveils Ernie 4.0 AI system, says overall performance ‘on par with ChatGPT’

Baidu, one of China’s largest technology companies, released version 4.0 of its popular “Ernie” artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM) chatbot.According to an English language translation provided by Baidu, embedded in an X post alongside the usual Google ...

Pension funds could use AI to cut costs, increase returns, says report

Artificial intelligence could be used by pension funds to cut costs, increase investment returns and highlight possible risks, but there are still “significant challenges to overcome” with its use, says the Mercer CFA Institute global pension report.On Oct. 17, the annual joint report from ...

Dev platform Stack Overflow axes 28% of staff as AI competition grows

Developer and programmer platform Stack Overflow is cutting the company’s headcount by approximately 28% amid a rise in the popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. On Oct. 16, Stack Overflow CEO, Prashanth Chandrasekar, made the announcement citing the challenges of macro ...

NYC mayor releases plans for responsible AI usage in local government

The administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams released a plan for the adoption and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) within the local government, along with a new integration into city applications. On Oct. 16, the administration released an update saying it is develop ...

SEC chair Gary Gensler warns impending AI-wrought financial crisis ‘nearly unavoidable’

United States Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler has reportedly stated that, without some form of intervention, a financial crisis stemming from the widespread use of artificial intelligence was “nearly unavoidable.” The chair’s comments came during an interview wit ...

Restaurant Implements $50 Cleaning Fee for Overindulgent Brunch Guests

Google has announced its commitment to protect users of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems within its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms in cases where they face allegations of intellectual property infringement. This move aligns Google with other companies like Microsoft, Adobe, and ...

UNESCO and Netherlands design AI supervision project for the EU

The United Nations and the Dutch government have unveiled plans to establish a framework for the ethical oversight of artificial intelligence (AI). The project, titled "Supervising AI by Competent Authorities," is a collaboration between the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure and UNESCO (the ...

Nodle, Adobe, and Linux Foundation Collaborate on Blockchain Solution to Verify Real-World Content Authenticity

Decentralized network provider Nodle is collaborating with Adobe and the Linux Foundation to employ blockchain technology in confirming the legitimacy of real-world content captured by devices. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Garrett Kinsman, co-founder of Nodle, outlined the company's upcomi ...

Tenstorrent and Samsung Partner to Revolutionize AI Chip Production

Canadian startup Tenstorrent has entered into a partnership with Samsung's chip manufacturing division, marking a significant development in the AI chip industry. The collaboration aims to bring the next generation of AI chiplets to market, revolutionizing chip production for data centers. The partn ...

How AI and Blockchain Are Revolutionizing the Gaming Experience

The world has enthusiastically embraced artificial intelligence (AI), recognizing its potential to revolutionize various aspects of life. AI has been tested across different industries, challenging the status quo and revitalizing ecosystems that have faced trials and errors over the years. In thi ...

Crypto Analytics Firm Nansen Reports Security Breach Affecting 6.8% of Users

Nansen, a well-known crypto and blockchain analytics company, has reported a security breach involving one of its third-party vendors, affecting 6.8% of its users. The breach granted hackers access to admin rights for an account used to provision customer access to the Nansen platform. While Nans ...

UK Competition Watchdog Warns of AI Dominance and Potential Consumer Harm

The United Kingdom's competition watchdog has expressed concerns about the potential for a small number of firms to dominate the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, which could lead to consumers being exposed to harmful information. In a report released on September 18, the Competition and Market ...

Ripple’s Fortress Trust Acquisition: Ensuring Customer Security Amidst Security Breach and Ongoing Expansion

Ripple's Fortress Trust Acquisition: Ensuring Customer Security Amidst Security Breach and Ongoing Expansion A security breach involving third-party vendor cloud tools shook Fortress Trust, but Ripple's swift intervention during an ongoing acquisition process ensured customer security. While the ...

Scientists created ‘OpinionGPT’ to explore explicit human bias — and you can test it for yourself

A team of researchers from Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin have developed a large language artificial intelligence model with the distinction of having been intentionally tuned to generate outputs with expressed bias.Called OpinionGPT, the team’s model is a tuned variant of Meta&rsquo ...

Human vs. AI: Who is better at crypto investing?

Cointelegraph video journalist and YouTube host Giovanni Pigni challenged ChatGPT to a crypto investment game. Both contenders had $100 to build a strong crypto portfolio and make as much money as possible in two weeks. The goal of the experiment was to find out whether artificial int ...

AI usage on social media has potential to impact voter sentiment

Artificial intelligence (AI) usage in social media has been targeted as a potential threat to impact or sway voter sentiment in the upcoming 2024 presidential elections in the United States. Major tech companies and U.S. governmental entities have been actively monitoring the situatio ...

ChatGPT web traffic drops for third consecutive month in August

The popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, has seen a decrease in user traffic worldwide for the third consecutive month this August, according to data from analytics company Simliarweb. In August, desktop and mobile site traffic to OpenAI’s popular chatbot from visito ...

Tencent unveils ChatGPT rival in China amid continuing US AI chip ban

Chinese technology corporation Tencent unveiled its “Hunyuan” artificial intelligence (AI) system, a multimodal large language model (LLM) similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, at the Global Digital Ecosystem Summit in Shenzhen on Aug. 7.  ...

Meta’s assault on privacy should serve as a warning against AI

In an increasingly AI-driven world, blockchain could play a critical role in preventing the sins committed by apps like Facebook from becoming widespread and normalized.Artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT and Google’s Bard have entered the mainstream and have already be ...

AI and blockchain will ‘reshape sectors’ and create new markets from scratch — Moody’s

Artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technologies have reached a "tipping point" and are set to shrink established industries while creating new ones, forecasts a report from Moody's Investors Service published on Sep. 6. According to the authors, the combined impact of AI and ...

AI-generated Drake song up for Grammy nomination

A viral track from the anonymous producer “Ghostwriter” using an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated vocal track of the rapper Drake has been submitted for consideration for a Grammy award, according to a Sept. 5 New York Times report.The track “Heart on My Sleeve&rdqu ...

Google makes AI disclosure mandatory in political campaign ads

Google is making updates to its political content policy to include a new mandate that all verified election advertisers must disclose uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in campaign content. On Sept. 6 the tech giant said the disclosures are required where there is “synthetic conten ...

OpenAI and Microsoft accused of stealing data to train ChatGPT in new class action suit

OpenAI and Microsoft have been named as the defendants in yet another class action lawsuit over their alleged use of web scraping techniques to obtain supposedly private data for the use of training ChatGPT and other associated artificial intelligence models. The most recent class act ...

Ronaldo hints at NFT plans, and will the metaverse be a ‘tax haven?’: Nifty Newsletter

In this week’s newsletter, read about how German flagship airline Lufthansa uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to reward loyal customers and how soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo teased his future NFT plans during a lie detector test. Check out why a law professor believes the metaverse should be ta ...

Paris Hilton, a16z back IP ownership network Story Protocol

The new blockchain-based IP ownership network Story Protocol closed a $54 million funding round on Sept. 7, which included investments from big names like Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media, and Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z. The platform uses blockchain technology to help content c ...

AI to reinvent DAOs while tokenized models will become valuable: VC firm

Artificial intelligence could be the missing piece for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), while trained AI models could become valuable assets on-chain, according to the co-founder of Framework Ventures.Speaking to Cointelegraph on Sept. 5 at Korea Blockchain Week, Vance Spence ...

AI-coded smart contracts may be flawed and ‘fail miserably’ when attacked: CertiK

Artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will create more problems, bugs and attack vectors if used to write smart contracts and build cryptocurrency projects, says an executive from blockchain security firm CertiK.Kang Li, CertiK’s chief security officer, explained to Cointe ...

Oxford scientists develop GPU-accelerated limit order book sim to teach AI how to trade

A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Oxford recently developed a GPU-accelerated limit order book (LOB) simulator called JAX-LOB, the first of its kind. JAX is a tool for training high-performance machine learning systems developed by Google. In the context of a LO ...

Computer science experts say US should create new fed agency for AI: Survey

A plurality of experts believe the United States should create a new federal agency dedicated to artificial intelligence governance, according to a survey conducted by Axios, Generation Lab, and Syracuse University.The survey polled 215 computer science professors across 65 of the most pre ...

Chinese tech-giant CEO says over 70 AI models have been released in China

The CEO of Chinese tech company Baidu, Robin Li, said on Sep. 5 that more than 70 artificial intelligence (AI) models have been released in the country, according to a report from Reuters. Li commented that the over 70 AI language models that have been released were created with over ...

Crypto is in ‘arms race’ against AI-powered scams: Quantstamp co-founder

With the field of artificial intelligence evolving at near breakneck speed, scammers now have access to tools that can help them execute highly sophisticated attacks en masse, warns the co-founder of Web3 security firm Quantstamp.Speaking to Cointelegraph at Korea Blockchain Week, Quantsta ...

Bybit debuts AI-powered ‘TradeGPT’ for market analysis and data driven Q&A

Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has developed a language based trading tool that uses AI to generate trading insights and answer technical questions from its market data.TradeGPT is being touted as an AI-powered education tool that taps into the generative ability of ChatGPT’s la ...

The UK releases key ambitions for global AI summit

The United Kingdom released its five “ambitions” for its global artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit on Sep. 4, with a big focus on risks and policy to support the technology. The summit, which will take place on Nov. 1-2, is anticipated to unite thought leaders from around the ...

Cathie Wood bullish on Bitcoin and AI convergence

In a recent Twitter post, Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, expressed her positive view on the intersection of Bitcoin (BTC) and artificial intelligence (AI)In her tweet, Cathie Wood subtly hinted at the immense transformative potential inherent in the dynamic synergy between artificial inte ...

UK MPs call for global alliance to tackle AI misuse

A group of influential members of parliament (MP) suggests that the UK collaborate with its democratic allies to address artificial intelligence (AI)'s potential misuse, emphasizing London's aim to be a key player in advancing this emerging technology.The Science, Innovation and Technology ...

AI could revolutionize human resources, but there are risks

As businesses globally grapple with the challenges of talent acquisition, employee retention and optimizing workplace dynamics, the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to offer innovative solutions has become a focal point of discussion among human resources (HR) professionals.  ...

US regulators deny blocking AI chip exports to Middle East

The United States Department of Commerce said on Aug. 31 that the Biden administration has “not blocked chip sales to the Middle East,” according to a report from Reuters. This comes after disclosures were revealed in a Nvidia report that the U.S. government had expanded requirements ...

Worldcoin signs up over 9K users in Argentina in a single day despite criticism

Human ID project Worldcoin signed up over 9,500 users in Argentina in a single day in August, setting a record for single-day signups. To achieve this feat, facilitators onboarded participants at an average rate of less than nine seconds per person, according to an Aug. 31 announcement from the p ...

US officials extend export curbs on Nvidia AI chip to ‘some Middle Eastern countries’

Regulators in the United States have asked Nvidia to curb exports of artificial intelligence (AI) chips to “some Middle East countries,” according to its latest quarterly report. The report was released on Aug. 28, in which the company said the new regulations affect its A100 and H100 ...

How AI analysis can change finance and crypto trading

As artificial intelligence (AI) and its various subsets — such as machine learning (ML) — become more complex and developed, their presence within the financial realm has increased drastically. According to a 2022 report by Nvidia, over 75% of companies operating in the financial sect ...

China’s Baidu and other tech companies release ChatGPT-like AI chatbots

Four China-based tech companies launched their own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on Aug. 30 for public use after receiving approval from the Chinese government. Baidu, Baichuan Intelligent Technology, SenseTime and Zhipu AI all launched their chatbots less than two weeks after ...

US Copyright Office issues notice of inquiry on artificial intelligence

The United States Copyright Office issued an official request for comments and notice of inquiry on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI) in the Federal Register on Aug. 30. The Copyright Office issued a notice of inquiry in t ...

Animoca subsidiary builds AI and NFT tools for educators

TinyTap, an ed-tech subsidiary of Web3 developer Animoca Brands, announced on Aug. 30 the integration of new artificial intelligence (AI) and nonfungible token (NFT) tools aimed at educators and parents. The integration of AI will now allow educators, and anyone using the platform, to ...

Nigeria calls on global experts for national AI strategy co-creation

Nigeria is extending an invitation to scientists of Nigerian heritage, as well as globally renowned experts who have worked within the Nigerian market, to collaborate in the formulation of its National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy.According to Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communi ...

British MPs call on government to scrap AI exemptions that hurt artists

A British parliamentary committee is pressuring the government to axe plans that would allow artificial intelligence developers to freely train their systems on existing works of music, literature and art. In an Aug. 30 report, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee warned the governm ...

7 ChatGPT prompts for learning Web3 development

The landscape of web development has undergone a profound transformation with the emergence of Web3 technologies. As blockchain and decentralized applications (DApps) gain momentum, developers are embracing this new paradigm to create a more open, secure and user-centric internet. This article wi ...

Iris Energy buys 248 Nvidia GPUs worth $10M for generative AI & Bitcoin mining

Nasdaq-listed Iris Energy has bought 248 state of the art Nvidia H100 GPUs for $10 million as it looks to explore opportunities in generative AI in addition to its core business focus on Bitcoin mining.The firm expects to receive delivery of the 248 GPUs in the coming months and plans to d ...

Media companies grapple with AI both inside and outside newsrooms

Many leading media companies have taken a stance against allowing artificial intelligence (AI), like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, into the newsrooms, and have withheld permission for AI to scan their content on the web. It has been reported that multiple mainstream media companies including CNN, ...

Survey Reveals 1 in 3 US Investors Open to AI-Generated Financial Advice

Around 1 in 3 United States investors would be open to following AI-generated financial advice without verifying it with another source, according to a recent survey. On Aug. 22 the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards released the results of a poll that surveyed over 1,100 adults in ea ...

Nvidia’s Soars 10% on Q2 Earnings Beat and Strong AI Chip Demand

Shares of computer chip manufacturer Nvidia soared nearly 10% in after-hours trading as surging demand for AI chips saw the firm post Q2 earnings that significantly beat Wall Street estimates. In its Q2 earnings report, the company posted a whopping $13.5 billion in revenue for the quarter — an 8 ...

AMPTP Proposal Addresses AI Usage and Data Transparency in Entertainment Industry

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) released details of its proposal for striking actors and writers on Aug.22, which included standards for the entertainment industry surrounding the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and data transparency. Under the proposed condi ...

Generative AI Impact on Jobs: A Closer Look at Automation Potential and Gender Disparities

Generative AI is more likely to complement existing jobs than take over them entirely, though certain roles, such as clerical work, could see more of their tasks automated than others. According to an Aug. 21 Generative AI and Jobs study by the International Labour Organization — a United Nations ...

YouTube’s AI Principles for Music Industry Collaboration: Balancing Innovation and Creativity

YouTube released its “principles” for working with players in the music industry on artificial intelligence (AI) technology, on Aug. 21. The CEO of YouTube, Neal Mohan, outlined in a blog post that now is a critical time to “ boldly embrace this technology with a continued commitment to responsib ...

Exploring Crypto Funding: Grants vs. Venture Capital in the Bear Market

As the bear market keeps slashing venture capital investments in the crypto industry, alternative funding options, such as grants, have been gaining traction as a means of supporting the community while enabling the growth of established projects. According to Blockchain Grants, at least 40 c ...

Scientists used AI to find and track 95K ‘cryptocurrency free giveaway’ scams on Twitter

Researchers from San Diego State University in California developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to identify, track and expose free cryptocurrency giveaway scams on X (formerly Twitter). Called GiveawayScamHunter, the automated system discovered 95,111 scam lists between Jun ...

Pentagon forms ‘Task Force Lima’ to map generative AI for US defense

The United States Department of Defence has launched a new task force to look into how generative artificial intelligence can be used for the nation’s defense.On Aug. 10, the Pentagon announced the formation of “Task Force Lima” that would look into integrating AI ac ...

Anthropic cracks open the black box to see how AI comes up with the stuff it says

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) research organization responsible for the Claude large language model (LLM), recently published landmark research into how and why AI chatbots choose to generate the outputs they do. At the heart of the team’s research lies the questio ...

Aptos token rises 11.6% after Microsoft deal to marry AI with blockchain

Aptos (APT), the cryptocurrency powering layer-1 blockchain Aptos Network, is up approximately 11.6% since announcing it will leverage Microsoft’s suite of artificial intelligence tools to advance Web3 adoption among banks and financial enterprises.This will be achieved by enabling t ...

ChatGPT and Claude are ‘becoming capable of tackling real-world missions,’ say scientists

Nearly two dozen researchers from Tsinghua University, Ohio State University and the University of California at Berkeley collaborated to create a method for measuring the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) as real-world agents.LLMs such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude ...

OpenAI launches web crawler ‘GPTBot’ amid plans for next model: GPT-5

Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has launched “GPTBot” — its new web crawling tool which it says could potentially be used to improve future ChatGPT models.“Web pages crawled with the GPTBot user agent may potentially be used to improve future models,” Open ...

Zoom updates terms after backlash, won’t train AI without consent

Video-conferencing platform Zoom has updated its terms of service after widespread backlash over a section concerning AI data scraping, clarifying that it won’t use user content to train AI without consent. In an Aug. 7 post, Zoom said its terms of service were updated to further con ...

India House passes bill to ease Big Tech data compliance

The lower house of India’s parliament voted in approval of a bill that would ease data compliance regulations for Big Tech companies on Aug. 7, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 would ease storage, processing and transfer standards fo ...

The absurd AI mania is coming to an end

Venture capital interest in cryptocurrency has decreased significantly since the bull run of 2021. At $2.3 trillion in market capitalization, every VC wanted a piece of the industry.The picture is now very different. Another dominant force in the market has attracted the vast majority of v ...

Crypto Biz: Worldcoin plans to open source data, MicroStrategy preps for BTC halving, and more

The launch of the controversial digital ID crypto project, Worldcoin, has stirred up a wave of attention and debate. Led by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, Worldcoin made headlines with its promise to introduce a futuristic digital identity system based on iris scanning, differentiating humans fro ...

Google accused of illegally terminating contract staffers who worked on AI: Report

Google and Accenture, which have a joint business venture, are being accused by the Alphabet Workers Union of being in violation of federal labor laws in the United States, according to a Bloomberg report. The union claims that Alphabet acted against a law that prohibits retaliat ...

Worldcoin: Should you let Sam Altman scan your eyeballs for WLD?

OpenAI founder Sam Altman launched Worldcoin in July, a cryptocurrency token offered to people willing to share their biometric data by scanning their eyeballs with an Orb, seeking to link real-world identity with decentralized blockchain identity. Many aspects of the project embody the dystopian ...

AI boom to beat electricity and PCs, $200B investment by 2025: Goldman Sachs

Artificial intelligence could eventually have a bigger financial impact on the American economy than electricity and personal computers, according to economists at investment banking giant Goldman Sachs.In an Aug. 1 investment report, Goldman Sachs economists Joseph Briggs and Devesh Kodna ...

5 Python libraries to interpret machine learning models

Understanding machine learning models’ behavior, predictions, and interpretation is essential for ensuring fairness and transparency in artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Many Python modules offer methods and tools for interpreting models. Here are five to examine:What is a P ...

GitHub, Hugging Face, urge EU to relax open-source AI rules

An open letter from GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons and other tech firms are calling the European Union to ease upcoming rules for open-source artificial intelligence models.The letter urges policymakers to review some of the provisions of the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, claim ...

Worldcoin stuck after 70% drop from peak — More downside for WLD price?

The price of Worldcoin (WLD) has stabilized after a volatile debut across mainstream cryptocurrency exchanges.On July 29, the WLD price rose nearly 6% to $2.35. Still, the token was down 70% from its market debut peak of $7.50. It now appears stuck inside the $2–2.50 trading ra ...

Worldcoin is making reality look like a lot like Black Mirror

Scanning your iris to become a “verified human” in exchange for digital currency sounds like a Black Mirror episode. But this is not the story arc of a dystopian science fiction show — it’s happening now with one of the latest projects in Web3.The launch of Worldcoi ...

AI researchers say they’ve found a way to jailbreak Bard and ChatGPT

United States-based researchers have claimed to have found a way to consistently circumvent safety measures from artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bard to generate harmful content. According to a report released on July 27 by researchers at Carnegie Mellon Universit ...

7 real-world IoT applications and examples

The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a transformative technology, connecting physical devices to the digital world and enabling data-driven decision-making. This interconnectivity has given rise to innovative applications across various industries, streamlining processes, enhancing efficie ...

Researcher envisions smart education system built with blockchain, DAOs, NFTs and AI

Mehmet Fırat, a researcher at Anadolu University in Turkey, recently published research envisioning a multi-tech solution to the problems challenging the traditional educational system called the “Smart Open Education Ecosystem” (SOEE).The research combines blockchain, decentralized autono ...

OpenAI creator launches Worldcoin

In the latest episode of The Market Report, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses the Worldcoin token launch, why it is controversial, and the differences between it and most altcoins. According to the analysis, investors should take time to understand the project before even considering an ...

AI and dot-com bubble share some similarities but differ where it counts

Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen tremendous growth in recent years, exploding into popular culture and industry and leading to comparisons with the now infamous dot-com bubble and crash of the 1990s.During the late 1990s up until the early 2000s, internet-based companies were the subj ...

OpenAI shutters AI detector due to low accuracy

Artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI has discreetly pulled the pin on its AI-detection software, citing a low rate of accuracy.The OpenAI-developed AI classifier was first launched on Jan. 31 and aimed to aid users, such as teachers and professors, in distinguishing human-written text ...

New research shows how brain-like computers could revolutionize blockchain and AI

Researchers from Technische Universität Dresden in Germany recently published breakthrough research showcasing a new material design for neuromorphic computing, a technology that could have revolutionary implications for both blockchain and AI.Using a technique called “reservoir computing, ...

OpenAI launches official ChatGPT app for Android

On July 21, OpenAI revealed its plan to launch an Android version of the popular artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT chatbot in the coming week. The launch follows its release to iOS users in May.The company announced the launch in a tweet and provided a preorder page in the Google Play S ...

AI companies commit to safe and transparent AI — White House

On July 21, The White House announced that prominent artificial intelligence (AI) companies, such as OpenAI, Google and Microsoft, have committed to developing AI technology that is safe, secure and transparent. The White House also acknowledged other companies like Amazon, Anthropic, Meta and In ...

AI21 Labs debuts anti-hallucination feature for GPT chatbots

AI21 Labs recently launched “Contextual Answers,” a question-answering engine for large language models (LLMs). When connected to an LLM, the new engine allows users to upload their own data libraries in order to restrict the model’s outputs to specific information. ...

OpenAI launches ‘custom instructions’ for ChatGPT so users don’t have to repeat themselves in every prompt

OpenAI announced the beta launch of “custom instructions” for ChatGPT on July 20. The much-requested feature will allow users to create a preface for their prompts featuring instructions for the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to consider before responding to queries.  ...

Can AI tools like ChatGPT replace dedicated crypto trading bots?

As Twitter, Instagram and TikTok users scroll through their feeds, reels and stories, compelling posts can catch their eye. Many of these posts claim that ChatGPT can turn anyone into a trading genius if offered the right prompts. Curiosity piqued, users are diving deeper into ChatGPT, an ...

ChatGPT’s capabilities are getting worse with age, new study claims

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT seems to be getting worse as time goes on and researchers can’t seem to figure out the reason why. In a July 18 study, researchers from Stanford and UC Berkeley found ChatGPT’s newest models had become far less ...

AI opens doors for NFT artist Ellie Pritts at Bitforms gallery in NYC

This month, Los Angeles-based nonfungible token (NFT) artist Ellie Pritts is celebrating “In the Screen I am Everything,” her first solo show in New York City — and her first time taking over pioneering net art gallery Bitforms. Eight animations from the technicolor exhibition are ava ...

AI optimizing crypto exchange functions — Bitget exec

Cryptocurrency exchanges are finding novel ways to improve internal departments and functions using artificial intelligence (AI), according to Bitget managing director Gracy Chen.Speaking to Cointelegraph editor Zhiyuan Sun during the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris, Chen highlighte ...

Meta and Microsoft launch open-source AI model Llama 2

Big Tech firms Meta and Microsoft have teamed up to launch Llama 2, an open-source large language model from Meta that will feature on Microsoft’s Windows and cloud computing platform Azure.The pair announced the collaboration on July 18 saying Llama 2 was made free for research and ...

EU stays on top of Web3 with metaverse, AI and crypto strategies

The European Union has been vocal about its place in the rapidly expanding ecosystem of emerging technologies. It has been a leader in establishing clear crypto regulations with its long-awaited Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework signed into law in late May. The EU has als ...

9 AI coding tools every developer must know

In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI), developers constantly seek tools and technologies to enhance their coding efficiency and productivity. From machine learning frameworks to code generation utilities, various AI coding tools have emerged to simplify complex tasks and a ...

SEC’s Gary Gensler believes AI can strengthen its enforcement regime

Gary Gensler, the chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, believes staff at its agency could benefit from greater use of artificial intelligence.During a July 17 speech before the National Press Club, where he later broke his silence about the recent Ripple cour ...

Elon Musk’s new AI startup is as ambitious as it is doomed

Almost nothing is known about Elon Musk’s latest endeavor, an artificial intelligence startup named xAI. But “almost nothing” is still something. And we can glean a lot from what little we do know.As Cointelegraph recently reported, Musk announced xAI on July 12 in a statement compris ...

AI signals vs. human intuition: Decision-making in crypto trading

Traditionally, traders have relied on human-based pattern recognition and technical analysis, looking at the company’s financial health, competitors and other methods for determining what trades to make on an asset.However, with the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), there are additio ...

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin passes 2M sign-ups after months of touring

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency and digital identification project has seen more than two million users sign up to its “global identity protocol” dubbed World ID. According to a July 13 statement, the World ID project — which is still in beta testing— passed two mi ...

7 game-changing uses of ChatGPT

As technology continues to evolve, ChatGPT is getting a lot of attention for various reasons. For instance, ChatGPT can introduce users to a variety of game-changing applications that can improve everyday life and revolutionize interactions with technology, such as serving as a virtual assistant, ...

Crypto miner Hive Digital drops ‘blockchain’ from name amid pivot to AI

Crypto mining firm Hive Blockchain is now calling itself Hive Digital Technologies — after enacting a branding pivot that seeks to highlight its foray into artificial intelligence.The Vancour-based mining company said in a July 12 statement it has dropped “blockchain” fro ...

Elon Musk kickstarts new AI company to ‘understand the universe’

American business magnate Elon Musk has launched a novel company dubbed “xAI” with the goal of understanding “the true nature of the universe."According to the July 12 announcement, xAI will work closely with Twitter, Tesla and other companies owned by Musk to “make ...

What is QuillBot, and how do I use it?

QuillBot, an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) writing tool, offers features such as sentence rephrasing, article rewriting and AI-generated content creation. QuillBot serves as a complete language processing and productivity tool with its grammar checking and writing enhancement features. ...

Crypto scams are down 77% — but this exploit is making a huge comeback

Cryptocurrency scams have fallen a massive 77% from $3.3 billion to $1.1 billion over the first six months of 2023, according to a recent report by blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis.The catch, though, is that ransom attacks are back in trend, with perpetrators pocketing 62.4% more r ...

AI in healthcare: New tech in diagnosis and patient care

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a concept confined to science fiction; instead, it has become a part of our everyday lives, driving advancements in various sectors, from finance to transportation. However, one of the most profound impacts of AI is being felt in the healthcare industry.& ...

Experiments show AI could help to audit smart contracts, but not yet

While artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed a myriad of industries, from healthcare and automotive to marketing and finance, its potential is now being put to the test in one of the blockchain industry’s most crucial areas — smart contract security.Numerous tests have shown ...

How to use ChatGPT for project management

It takes careful planning, coordination, and communication to successfully manage a project, which is a challenging and difficult undertaking. Utilizing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions is becoming increasingly important in the modern digital world to boost productivity and improve ...

The UN holds a robot press conference about the state of AI

At the AI for Good 2023 global summit, a panel of robots and their creators sat in front of the press to answer journalists’ questions on topics such as job automation, artificial intelligence (AI) leadership and collaboration with humans for a better future. The summit was hosted by ...

BlackRock ETF stirs US Bitcoin buying as research says ‘get off zero’

Bitcoin (BTC) will suck in “all prosperity gains” in future and leave behind those who have no exposure as a result, a new prediction says.In a Twitter thread on July 8, investor Luke Broyles delivered a bold vision of how Bitcoin would become “society’s base money.”Investor tells woul ...

How to land a high-paying job as an AI prompt engineer

The field of AI is rapidly expanding, and one niche area that has gained significant attention is prompt engineering. As the demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications and customization grows, the need for skilled AI prompt engineers is on the rise. This article will explore the steps a ...

What is prompt engineering, and how does it work?

Prompt engineering has become a powerful method for optimizing language models in natural language processing (NLP). It entails creating efficient prompts, often referred to as instructions or questions, to direct the behavior and output of AI models.Due to prompt engineering’s ...

Crypto Biz: Winklevoss slams Silbert, Twitter’s double-edged sword and more

Twitter’s plans to roll out a payment platform took a major step forward this week as its subsidiary, Twitter Payments, received its first money transmitter licenses in the United States states of Michigan, New Hampshire and Missouri. The company — reportedly building a so ...

AI tool revolutionizes brain tumor treatment by guiding surgeons: Study

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool has emerged to assist doctors in combating aggressive brain tumors. It aids in identifying crucial characteristics that provide guidance during surgery.The Cryosection Histopathology Assessment and Review Machine (Charm) is an advanced tool that efficie ...

AI has potential to send Bitcoin price over $750K — Arthur Hayes

Bitcoin (BTC) will be the currency of artificial intelligence (AI) and could reach a price per coin of $760,000 in the process, Arthur Hayes says.In his latest essay titled “Massa,” the former BitMEX CEO concluded that the AI revolution would naturally gravitate toward BTC.Hayes: Bitco ...

Lightning Labs releases tools letting AI transact and hold Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network development firm Lightning Labs unveiled a new set of tools for artificial intelligence to send and receive BTC on the network’s layer-2 solution.On July 6, Lightning Labs announced the toolkit which helps enable AI applications such as OpenAI’s ...

Elon Musk calls for AI regulatory oversight: Report

Twitter's executive chairman Elon Musk continues to push for more regulatory oversight of artificial intelligence, claiming it may be "smarter than all humans at everything" in the future.In a video keynote address at a Chinese government-backed AI conference on July 5, Musk reportedly not ...

Pentagon is testing whether AI can plan response to an all-out war

The United States military has begun tests to see if generative AI can assist when planning responses to potential global conflicts or taking on more mundane tasks like providing faster access to internal information.On July 6, Bloomberg reported the U.S. Department of Defense and unnamed ...

Searches for ‘AI jobs’ in 2023 are 4x higher than ‘crypto jobs’ when BTC hit $69K

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a clear-cut winner in the battle for job seekers, according to a new analysis from cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGecko. From 2020 to 2022, searches for “AI jobs” and “crypto jobs” remained fairly close, with AI takin ...

DeFi meets AI: Can this synergy be the new focus of tech acquisitions?

The crypto industry has faced significant challenges over the past few years, dealing with issues such as failed exchanges, regulation, collapsing projects and depegged stablecoins. These hurdles have contributed to an atmosphere of uncertainty and skepticism within the industry. However, ...

How to use ChatGPT like a pro

OpenAI created the sophisticated language model known as ChatGPT. It makes use of deep learning to produce text responses that sound human in conversational circumstances. ChatGPT can comprehend and produce logical and pertinent responses when given a large enough training set.It can be ut ...

OpenAI pauses ChatGPT’s Bing feature as users were jumping paywalls

ChatGPT’s Browse, a Bing-based search engine feature, has been temporarily disabled by OpenAI after a loophole enabled users to bypass paywalled content.In a July 4 tweet, OpenAI notified users of the temporary halt so it could patch the issue and “do right by content owners.&r ...

Google updates its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI training

Google has made updates to its privacy policy that now allow it to take any publicly available data and use it for artificial intelligence (AI) training purposes. The update to the company’s privacy policy came on July 1 and can be compared to previous versions of the policy via a link pub ...

Robot guest-conducts the Korean National Symphony Orchestra

A robot graced the stage at the National Theatre of Korea to conduct the Korean National Symphony Orchestra on June 30, marking South Korea’s first robot-conductor public appearance.EveR 6, the android that co-conducted the performance titled “Absence,“ is a design produc ...

Elon Musk imposes ‘rate limit’ on Twitter citing extreme ‘system manipulation’

Social media platform Twitter is temporarily limiting the number of posts that users will be allowed to read per day, after seeing “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation,” according to executive chairman Elon Musk. In a July 1 post, Musk said the temporary lim ...

AI-generated fake news sparks rumors of Gary Gensler’s resignation

False rumors have again been spreading over the resignation of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler — this time, however, artificial intelligence has seemingly played a part.On July 1, a news story appeared on a website dubbed “thecryptoaler ...

5 entry-level machine learning jobs

The area of machine learning, which is quickly expanding, uses statistical methods and data analysis to teach computers how to learn and make predictions or judgements without being explicitly programmed. There is a rising need for employees with entry-level expertise in machine learn ...

Inflection AI raises $1.3B in funding led by Microsoft and Nvidia

On June 29, Palo Alto-based Inflection AI announced the completion of a $1.3 billion raise led by Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and Nvidia. The new capital will be partly allocated to building a 22,000-unit Nvidia H100 Tensor GPU cluster, which the company claims is the larges ...

How to start a career in artificial intelligence

Global industry disruption brought about by artificial intelligence (AI) is creating interesting job prospects for anyone interested in this cutting-edge subject. AI is revolutionizing how we live and work with technologies like self-driving cars and virtual assistants. If you’r ...

BlackRock lauds AI as ‘mega force’ to drive returns

Global investment titan BlackRock, which manages some $10 trillion in assets, has declared artificial intelligence a “mega force” that could create significant returns for investors in today’s “unusual” market.In its mid-year outlook report, the BlackRock Inve ...

Girlfriends, murdered kids, assassin androids — is AI cursed?

Is artificial intelligence (AI) cursed? It seems to be accelerating us toward a dystopia that humanity isn’t ready for.It's true that AI has had positive effects for some people. Twitter hustlers have an endless stream of new AI tools, giving them endless content about useless ChatGP ...

FTX suspends $500M sale of stake in AI firm Anthropic: Report

The sale of FTX's $500 million stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has reportedly been put on hold, adding a potential delay to the bankrupt crypto exchange's efforts to fill a $2 billion hole remaining in its balance sheet.Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg&n ...

Crypto scams are going to ramp up with the rise of AI

With talk about integrating artificial intelligence and the cryptocurrency industry mostly focusing on how AI can help the crypto industry combat scams, experts are failing to pay attention to the fact that it could have the complete opposite effect. In fact, Meta recently warned that hackers app ...

Amazon to invest $100M in generative AI center: Report

Amazon's cloud unit, commonly known as AWS, is building a $100 million solution to catch up with Microsoft and Google in the market for generative artificial intelligence.According to Bloomberg, the upcoming AWS Generative AI Innovation Center will connect Amazon experts in AI and machine ...

How this AgTech firm transforms agriculture with its powerful tech stack

Blockchain technology has shown that it can transform data-driven markets, such as finance. However, the technology is industry-agnostic and can be applied across the board in ways specific to each industry. For example, it can be used in agriculture, the oldest industry in the world, and ...

5 AI tools for translation

Translation is the process of converting written or spoken content from one language to another while preserving its meaning. By automating and enhancing the translation process, artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly contributed to changing the translation industry.To evaluat ...

100K ChatGPT logins have been leaked on dark web, cybersecurity firm warns

Over the past year, more than 100,000 login credentials to the popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT have been leaked and traded on the dark web, according to a Singaporean cybersecurity firm.A June 20 blog post by Group-IB revealed just over 101,000 compromised logins for OpenAI ...

Google launches ‘Anti Money Laundering AI’ after successful HSBC trial

Google Cloud recently announced the launch of its “Anti Money Laundering AI” (AMLAI) service after a successful trial with London-based financial services group HSBC.AMLAI uses machine learning to create risk profiles, monitor transactions and analyze data. Per a blog post from Google Clou ...

How AI is changing the way humans interact with machines

The past 12 months have seen the global digital paradigm evolve tremendously, especially regarding how humans interact with machines. In fact, the space has undergone such a radical transformation that people of all ages are now fast becoming conversant with artificial intelligence (AI) models, m ...

Limited generative AI usage to be allowed in Japanese schools

The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology plans to allow schools from elementary to high school level limited usage of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms. According to a local news outlet, a source close to the matter said that gene ...

German newspaper giant denies reports of replacing editors with AI

Disclaimer: This article has been updated following a comment from a Bild Group spokesperson regarding the reason for the job cuts and the role of AI.German tabloid company Bild has denied reports it is laying off parts of its editorial team and replacing t ...

EU consumer protection groups urge governments to investigate AI

Consumer protection groups from the European Union (EU) have urged regulators to conduct investigations on artificial intelligence (AI) models behind popular chatbots. According to a report from the AP on Tuesday, 13 watchdog groups issued a warning to their national consumer, data pr ...

Lawmakers vs. the SEC vs. Binance: Law Decoded, June 12–19

Once again, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) became the week’s headliner. Its intention to freeze the entirety of Binance.US’s assets got a reality check from U.S. district court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who advised the regulator and the crypto exchange to negotiate a d ...

5 AI tools for video editing

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the field of video editing, providing advanced tools and capabilities that enhance the editing process and open up new creative possibilities. Here are five remarkable AI tools for video editing that can transform your editing workflow and elevate y ...

Twitter suspends memecoin-linked AI bot after Elon Musk’s ‘scam crypto’ claim

Twitter has suspended the account of the popular memecoin-linked artificial intelligence-powered bot “Explain This Bob” after Elon Musk alleged it was a “scam crypto account.”Musk alleged the account was a scam in a tweet on June 18 in a reply to the bot; the accoun ...

How to write effective ChatGPT prompts for better results

Writing good ChatGPT prompts to receive precise and pertinent responses is crucial. For the artificial intelligence (AI) model to produce the required information, clear and accurate context is essential, which allows ChatGPT to better comprehend the aim and scope of a user’s inquiry. ...

5 AI tools for learning and research

AI tools are revolutionizing learning and research in today’s digital age by providing sophisticated capabilities and effective solutions. These tools make use of artificial intelligence to speed up various tasks, increase output and offer insightful data. Consensus, QuillBot, Gradesc ...

Think AI tools aren’t harvesting your data? Guess again

The meteoric ascent of generative artificial intelligence has created a bonafide technology sensation thanks to user-focused products such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Dall-E and Lensa. But the boom in user-friendly AI has arrived in conjunction with users seemingly ignoring or being left in the da ...

Meta’s new ‘Voicebox’ AI is a text-to-speech tool that learns like ChatGPT

Meta AI recently unveiled a “breakthrough” text-to-speech (TTS) generator it claims produces results up to 20 times faster than state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models with comparable performance. The new system, dubbed Voicebox, eschews traditional TTS architecture in favor o ...

Crypto Biz: Crypto outflows surge, a16z’s UK office, and the silent altcoins ban

A combination of escalating interest rates and a tight regulatory environment in the United States has driven a $417 million outflow from the crypto industry in the past eight weeks, with halts in trading for many altcoins draining liquidity and prolonging the ongoing crypto winter.This en ...

‘Hey Mercedes’ — Mercedes-Benz trials ChatGPT-powered voice control

Luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is integrating artificial intelligence into more than 900,000 vehicles as part of a new trial of a ChatGPT-powered voice assistant system.The company announced on June 16 that the optional beta feature is now accessible to the owner of any vehicle equi ...

AI automation could take over 50% of today’s work activity by 2045: McKinsey

In just 22 years, generative AI may be able to fully automate half of all work activity conducted today, including tasks related to decision-making, management, and interfacing with stakeholders, according to a new report from McKinsey & Co.The prediction came from the management consu ...

UN report highlights ‘serious and urgent’ concerns about AI deepfakes

The United Nations has called artificial intelligence-generated media a “serious and urgent” threat to information integrity, particularly on social media.In a June 12 report, the UN claimed the risk of disinformation online has “intensified” due to “rapid adv ...

UK to get ‘early or priority access’ to AI models from Google and OpenAI

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently announced that Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic — three tech outfits widely considered the global industry leaders in generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies — have agreed to provide the United Kingdom with early access to their AI mod ...

OpenAI CEO highlights South Korean chips sector for AI growth, investment

Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on June 9 and urged South Korea to play a leading role in manufacturing the chips needed for artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Altman also expressed an interest in investing in Korean startups an ...

Crypto Biz: The SEC’s summer crackdown, Apple’s ‘spatial computing,’ and Mercado Bitcoin gears up

After a period of relative calm, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) kicked off its summer crypto crackdown by targeting two major exchanges, Binance and Coinbase.A total of 13 charges have been filed against Binance. One of the allegations in the suit claims that fu ...

Pro-Bitcoin DeSantis tagged over AI-faked photos in Trump smear campaign

Pro-Bitcoin (BTC) presidential bidder Ron DeSantis has been tagged for apparently using artificial intelligence-generated images in an ad campaign smearing rival and former president Donald Trump.It comes amid a rise in AI-generated deep fakes being used in political ads and movements in r ...

Intuit introduces proprietary large language models for fintech with GenOS

Fintech giant Intuit, whose product offerings include TurboTax, Mint, Credit Karma, Mailchimp and QuickBooks, recently expanded its software services platform to include GenOS, an operating system for generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. According to Intuit, the new o ...

Meta’s Zuckerberg grilled by senators over ‘leak’ of LLaMA AI model

Two United States senators have questioned Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg over the tech giant’s “leaked” artificial intelligence model LLaMA which they claim is potentially “dangerous” and could be used for “criminal tasks.”In a June 6 letter ...

SBF upset by criminal trial’s late evidence while FTX seeks sale of AI stock

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried claims prosecutors have missed discovery deadlines for key pieces of evidence required in the defense of a raft of fraud charges.On June 5, Bankman-Fried’s lawyers told United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in a letter that the government had not tur ...

AI should be regulated like medicine and nuclear power: UK minister

Developers working on artificial intelligence should be licensed and regulated similarly to the pharmaceutical, medical, or nuclear industries, according to a representative for Britain’s opposing political party.Lucy Powell, a politician and digital spokesperson for the United Kingd ...

AI-related crypto returns rose up to 41% after ChatGPT launched: Study

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Blockchain Research Lab in Hamburg, Germany indicates that OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT represented a rising tide scenario for cryptocurrency assets related to artificial intelligence (AI). Launched in November of 2022, ChatGPT quickly beca ...

Google searches for ‘crypto’ fall to 2020 levels as BTC sentiment neutral

A two-month-long lull in cryptocurrency optimism has seen online search interest for “crypto” and other common cryptocurrency terms stumble down to late 2020 levels.According to data from Google Trends, the term “crypto” currently has a score of 17, which is well of ...

5 free ChatGPT and generative AI courses

In the realm of technology, becoming proficient in using the most recent generation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has quickly become essential. These tools, like ChatGPT or Bard, have proven to be fun and have the ability to really help us in a variety of areas of our ...

Elliptic integrates ChatGPT to bolster crypto risk detection

Cryptocurrency risk management firm Elliptic has integrated ChatGPT to ramp up its efficiency in detecting crypto threats – a move which comes amid other crypto firms reporting mixed results in its implementation.Elliptic provides risk assessments to crypto users regarding transactio ...

OpenAI commits $1M to support AI-driven cybersecurity initiatives

The adverse effects of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the hands of criminals, enabling the creation of deep fakes and malware, have heightened the urgency for action. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and Dall-e, has announced a $1 million cybersecurity grant program to enhan ...

Microsoft pens AI cloud computing deal with former Ethereum miner CoreWeave: CNBC

Microsoft has reportedly signed a deal with former Ethereum miner CoreWeave to use its cloud computing infrastructure to support its Artificial Intelligence-powered services. According to a June 1 report from CNBC which cites “people with knowledge of the matter,” Microsoft is ...

​​OpenAI gets warning from Japanese regulators on data collecting

Officials in Japan are beginning to tighten their stance toward artificial intelligence (AI) after the country’s local privacy watchdog warned ChatGPT’s parent company about its data collection methods. On June 2, Japan’s Personal Information Protection Commission issued a statement a ...

Bitcoin did it better: AI search interest on Google reaches fever pitch

Global search interest for the term “AI” has reached a new all-time high on Google, though it’s yet to hold a candle to peak Bitcoin (BTC) mania in 2017, data has revealed.Artificial intelligence has dominated headlines over the past few months, with some suggesting that it’s the latest “t ...

AI drone kept killing its human operator during simulation: Air Force colonel

The United States Air Force (USAF) has been left scratching its head after its AI-powered military drone kept killing its human operator during simulations.Apparently, the AI drone eventually figured out that the human was the main impediment to its mission, according to a USAF colonel. ...

Don’t be surprised if AI tries to sabotage your crypto

As the world of cryptocurrency trading evolves, so does the technology supporting it. In recent years, we've seen a surge in AI tools like ChatGPT being integrated into various facets of the crypto landscape. This development, while exciting, is not without its drawbacks. A recent sur ...

ChatGPT can’t beat human smart contract auditors yet: OpenZeppelin’s Ethernaut challenges

While generative artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of doing a vast variety of tasks, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 is currently unable to audit smart contracts as effectively as human auditors, according to recent testing.In an effort to determine whether AI tools could replace human auditors, ...

Japanese AI experts raise concern over bots trained on copyrighted material

Japanese artificial intelligence experts and researchers are urging caution over the use of illegally obtained information to train AI, which they believe could lead to “a large number of copyright infringement cases,”  as well as job losses, false information and the leaking of confidential informa ...

Worldcoin Raises $115 Million in Funding Round Led by Blockchain Capital

The developer of the crypto project Worldcoin - Tools for Humanity - was able to raise $115 million in a new funding round, led by Blockchain Capital. A16z, Bain Capital Crypto and Distributed Global also participated in the round. "As we enter the era of ...

Baidu Shifts Focus from Meta-Universe to AI, Abandoning Virtual Reality Development

Chinese search company Baidu has shifted its focus from the meta-universe to artificial intelligence because of the hype surrounding ChatGPT Chinese search giant Baidu has changed its mind about investing in the meta universe and is now focusing on artificial intelligence (AI). Local newspaper ...

Meta Aims to Revive Interest in Meta-Universe with Educational Focus

The parent company of America's largest social network is changing its approach to the meta-universe to reignite waning interest in the technology Meta Platforms* wants to revive interest in the meta universe by positioning the technology not as a way to entertain, but as a tool to educate employ ...

The Frightening Reality of Artificial Intelligence and the Need for Regulation

Artificial intelligence has changed the course of history And it's very frightening to the famous philosopher Famous philosopher and historian Yuval Noah Harari released an article in the British magazine The Economist. He devoted it to the threats of artificial ...

PwC India Report Reveals 70% of Company Heads Plan to Integrate Metaverse into Business Activities

This is the result of an April survey Many firms have already begun to embrace virtual worlds According to a PwC India report, nearly 70% of company heads in India plan to integrate the metaworld into their business activities. A total of 150 executives from a ...

Cash App Reports $2.16 Billion in Bitcoin Sales in Q1 2023

Block, the company behind the popular investment app Cash App, reported a marked increase in bitcoin sales through the app. For the first quarter of 2023, volumes reached $2.16 billion. Trading volume increased along with the recovery of the first cryptocurrency, but the ...

US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with leaders of AI development companies

It was attended by representatives from Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic The parties discussed "responsible innovation" and additional security measures It's interesting that Mark Zuckerberg was not invited to the meeting Yesterday, May 4, US V ...

El Salvador Eliminates Taxes for Tech Companies to Boost Innovation

This includes the industries of AI, blockchain, computer technology, etc. This is how the country plans to become an outpost of innovation El Salvadoran President Naib Buquele has signed a law that eliminates all taxes on companies from the technological innovati ...

Learn About AI and Its Capabilities with a Free Course by Google and Ukrainian Government

This course is for those who are exploring the technology and its applications The course starts on May 16 and runs until June 8 The first session focuses on how AI can be used in specific areas While on May 3, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transforma ...

Crypto.com Launches AI Initiative ‘Amy’ to Educate Users on Cryptocurrency Industry

The exchange is currently pilot testing Amy is only available to select users Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com unveiled its first artificial intelligence (AI) initiative called Amy. ...

Venture Capital Investments in Crypto Projects Decrease in Miami

Venture capital investments in crypto projects in Florida's capital city decreased by 92% in the first quarter of the year, while funding for start-ups from Silicon Valley fell by 53%. According to observers, the fall in investment interest in crypto-currency projects in Miami was partly due to t ...

Bitget announces $10 million commitment to support Fetch.ai ecosystem

Bitget, a crypto exchange, has recently announced its strategic partnership with Fetch.ai and a pledge of $10 million to support the ecosystem. In addition to this, Bitget has also launched a fund that aims to support promising startups and place them on Launchpad. According to Bitget, there i ...

Solana Labs launches open-source plugin for blockchain interaction through ChatGPT chatbot

It lets you access the blockchain through a chatbot Through the plugin you can check the balance as well as conduct a transaction Solana Foundation will also give $1 million in grants to develop startups in the intersection of blockchain and AI Solana ...

The Sandbox Launches Land Sale and NFT Collection in Mega City 3

The Sandbox universe is having a land sale in the Mega City 3 location and launching a new NFT collection The Sandbox universe is launching a land sale in a new location in the virtual world of Mega City 3, which is inspired by the megacities of China. The new virtual space will open on April ...

OpenAI’s CTO on Government Regulation of AI and AGI Development

CTO of the company was interviewed by reporters And answered important questions CTO of OpenAI Mira Murati was interviewed by the Associated Press.. He brought up an important topic - who should regulate AI and how this should happen. The expert believes that ...

Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz on the Neglect of AI in Regulation

During a discussion of Galaxy Digital's Q4 results from last year, CEO Michael Novogratz expressed surprise at regulators' focus on cryptocurrency while neglecting the field of artificial intelligence (AI). He criticized the "totally inadequate" regulation of cryptocurrencies by US authorities, p ...

Automakers Fiat and KIA Look to Metaverse and Chatbot ChatGPT to Revolutionize Sales Market

Automotive companies KIA and Fiat are looking to revolutionize the sales market using cutting-edge technology such as the metaverse and chatbot ChatGPT. In a bid to boost sales, Fiat has incorporated AI support into its virtual dealerships, as reported by Axios citing technical developer Touchcas ...

Meta* joins the race to create a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot

Meta* has recently announced its plan to develop a new chatbot based on artificial intelligence (AI), joining the growing list of technology companies that are inspired by the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The CEO of Meta*, Mark Zuckerberg, shared the news on Facebook* that the company wou ...

DTS Group and GMO Open Mira Blockchain Center in Hanoi to Support Local Startups

DTS Group and GMO, two Vietnamese tech companies, have collaborated to establish the Mira Blockchain Center in Hanoi, a facility designed to assist local startups. According to the creators of the Mira Blockchain Center, the center will investigate the potential use of blockchain and artificial i ...

RBI and Central Bank of UAE partner for cross-border transfers using government stablecoins

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates have recently agreed to collaborate in the realm of cross-border money transfers, utilizing stablecoins backed by their respective governments. The central banks plan to conduct proof of concept (PoC) trials for paym ...

Bitget Expands Platform, Adding AI, Arbitrum, and NFT Zones for Token Listings

Bitget, a prominent crypto derivatives exchange, is expanding its platform by adding new areas for listing tokens, including AI, Arbitrum, and NFT zones. The goal is to provide users with early access to promising tokens and help them find high-quality crypto assets. Bitget will regularly review ...