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OpenAI may leave the EU if regulations bite - CEO
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Wednesday the ChatGPT maker might consider leaving Europe if it could not comply with the upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) regulations by the European Union.
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Meta Is Training Its AI on the Bible and Other Religious Texts
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram says it has developed an AI-powered text-to-speech technology that can identify over 4,000 languages.
OpenAI Raises $175 Million For Startup Investment Fund
OpenAI has closed an investment fund, according to a Securities a Exchange Commission filing. The fund has a value of more than $175 million, the document shows.
Elon Musk Warns AI Could ‘Disarm Humanity’ to Achieve World Peace
Besides total annihilation, Musk offered another vision: the potential for AI to take a self-appointed role as a global peacekeeper or, as he phrased it, become our "uber nanny."
Applied use cases
ChatGPT: Can China overtake the US in the AI marathon?
Artificial intelligence has emerged as enough of a concern that it made it onto what was already a packed agenda at the G7 summit at the weekend.
Art made by AI is developing a style of its own
First prize in the creative category of this year’s Sony World Photography Awards was presented in April to Boris Eldagsen, who impressed judges with his ethereal, vintage-style portrait of two women in black and white.
Some climate-tech startups allege AI tools can save the planet
AI-powered robots that can separate a water bottle from a diaper may bring the world one step closer to a cooler planet — or at least that's what Matanya Horowitz hopes.
Ethics
OpenAI leaders call for regulation to prevent AI destroying humanity
The leaders of the ChatGPT developer OpenAI have called for the regulation of “superintelligent” AIs, arguing that an equivalent to the International Atomic Energy Agency is needed to protect humanity from the risk of accidentally creating something with the power to destroy it.
EU, Google to develop voluntary AI pact ahead of new AI rules
Alphabet (GOOGL.O) and the European Commission aim to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) pact involving European and non-European companies before rules are established to govern the technology, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Wednesday.
Ethics — what ethics? For Microsoft, it’s full speed ahead on AI
After a lost decade in which it flailed and lost its prominence in the world of tech, Microsoft is again on the rise — thanks to ChatGPT and the company's focus on AI.
Robotics
AI startup Figure raises $70 million to build humanoid robots
Figure, a startup that wants to build general-purpose humanoid robots, has raised $70 million from investors led by Parkway Venture Capital in its first external round, the company said on Wednesday.
OpenAI-backed 1X deploys world’s 1st AI robot in workforce
The humanoid robot EVE, developed by 1X, is agile and can do a variety of tasks similar to humans. 1X is backed by OpenAI and is currently building humanoid for the AI startup.
Is the GPT Breakthrough in Robotics Approaching Soon?
Be it Agility Robotics’ bots lifting weights to Google DeepMind’s playing football, we have seen tech companies heavily training and working on improving a robot’s capabilities.
Research
Diversity and Inclusion in Artificial Intelligence
In this chapter, we present a clear definition of diversity and inclusion in AI, one which positions this concept within an evolving and holistic ecosystem.
Academic integrity and AI: is ChatGPT hype, hero or heresy?
The limitations associated with algorithms have been largely overcome by the recently released ChatGPT; a chatbot powered by GPT-3.5 capable of producing accurate and human-like responses to questions in real-time.
Robots in the Garden: AI and Adaptive Landscapes
This paper introduces ELUA, the Ecological Laboratory for Urban Agriculture, a collaboration among landscape architects, architects and computer scientists who specialize in artificial intelligence, robotics and computer vision.
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