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OpenAI announces “SearchGPT” to try and stay at the front of the pack

OpenAI announced a prototype of its new AI-powered search engine, SearchGPT. SearchGPT aims to provide “fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources” to transform how we interact with online information. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed confidence in the new product, stating on X, “We think there is room to make search much better than it is today.” The company plans to eventually integrate SearchGPT, which is currently being tested with a small group of users, into its ChatGPT itself. ChatGPT already has Bing integration, but SearchGPT will combine generative AI with the real-time search index for an altogether…

Jul 24Industry

Meta releases Llama 3.1 models, sticks with open strategy

Meta has released its upgraded Llama 3.1 models in 8B, 70B, and 405B versions and committed to Mark Zuckerberg’s open source vision for the future of AI. The new additions to Meta’s…

Jul 23Industry

Senate probes OpenAI’s safety and governance after whistleblower claims

OpenAI has found itself at the center of a Senate inquiry following allegations of rushed safety testing. Five senators, led by Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), demanded that the company provide detailed information about…

Jul 23Industry

Google’s AI predicts weather using fraction of computing power

Jul 22Industry

LLM refusal training easily bypassed with past tense prompts

Jul 19Ethics & Society

AI model simulates 500 million years of evolution to create a novel fluorescent protein

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Jul 20Industry

Is ‘fear’ the key to building more adaptable, resilient, and natural AI systems?

Jul 03Ethics & Society

Modern battlefields have become a breeding ground for experimental AI weaponry

Jun 24Industry

The rise of ‘open source’ AI models: transparency and accountability in question

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Jul 19Industry

Big Tech AI names join the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI)

Some of the most prominent names in Big Tech have come together to cofound the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI). A global standard for safe AI development practices doesn’t exist yet, with current AI safety measures fragmented and often kept in-house by the companies that create AI models. CoSAI is an open-source initiative hosted by the OASIS global standards body…

Jul 18Industry

OpenAI releases “GPT-4o mini,” a high-performance, super-low cost-model

OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, a smaller and more cost-effective version of its powerful GPT-4o model. GPT-4o mini is being touted as “the most cost-efficient small model in the market,” with pricing that dramatically undercuts competitors. Developers will pay just $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens, compared to $5.00 and $15.00 for GPT-4o, respectively. Olivier…

Jul 18Industry

Meta to launch multimodal Llama 3 400B ‘soon’ but not in EU

Meta is reportedly preparing to release its 400B parameter Llama 3 model but the EU will miss out on the multimodal version. A Meta employee told The Information that Llama 3 400B will be released on 23 July. Since launching its 8B and 70B models in April, Meta has been hinting at a 400B multimodal that would “leave its predecessors…

Jul 17Industry

AI-powered ‘synthetic cancer’ worm represents a new frontier in cyber threats

Researchers have unveiled a new type of computer virus that harnesses the power of large language models (LLMs) to evade detection and propagate itself. This “synthetic cancer,” as its creators dub it, portrays what could be a new era in…

Jul 17Industry

Hacktivists steal Disney data, citing AI-related data acquisition as a motive

Walt Disney Co. has fallen victim to a massive data breach inflicted by hacktivists and motivated by AI-related reasons. As first reported by the WSJ, the hacker group called NullBulge allegedly obtained and leaked over one terabyte of data from…

Jul 17Industry

Trump allies preparing “Make America First in AI” framework

If Donald Trump is successful in his bid for the US presidency it could significantly impact the country’s policies on AI development. A group of Trump allies is preparing a framework that Trump could issue as an executive order which…

Jul 16Ethics & Society

Brain imaging study uses AI to reveal neural patterns for sex and gender in children

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have uncovered new insights into how sex and gender are represented in children’s brains. The study, published in Science Advances, contributes to debates surrounding the relationship between biological…

Jul 16Industry

Tech companies like Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Apple trade trust for data and talent

In the mad dash to dominate the AI industry, tech giants are pushing ethical boundaries and testing the limits of public trust. A pattern of recent revelations raises alarm bells about data privacy, fair competition, and the concentration of power…

Jul 16Industry

YouTube Music, Deezer test AI playlists and search functionality

YouTube Music and Deezer are beta testing and rolling out new AI features to make it easier to find music on their music streaming platforms. Music streaming services rely on your search activity, feedback, and listening history to get a…

Jul 15Ethics & Society

Tech company cancels AI workers’ rights after pushback

HR software company Lattice, founded by Sam Altman’s brother Jack Altman, became the first to give digital workers official employee records but canceled the move just 3 days later. Lattice CEO Sarah Franklin announced on LinkedIn that Lattice “made history…

Jul 14Industry

AI model performance: Is it reasoning or simply reciting?

When ChatGPT gives you the right answer to your prompt, does it reason through the request or simply remember the answer from its training data? MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researchers designed a series of tests to…

Jul 12Ethics & Society

NATO releases a revised AI strategy to combat threats

NATO has released a revised AI strategy to promote the responsible use of AI in defense applications and to combat threats from AI-enabled adversaries. NATO’s updated strategy is an indication of how quickly AI in defense is moving from novelty…

Jul 11Industry

AMD acquires private Finnish AI lab Silo AI in $665 million cash deal

Semiconductor giant AMD has announced the acquisition of Silo AI, Europe’s largest private AI lab, in a $665 million cash deal expected to close in the second half of 2024. This spurs on AMD’s strategy to offer end-to-end AI solutions…

Jul 11Industry

Scientists urge for ethical guidelines as LLMs play wider roles in healthcare

According to a new study, ethical guidelines are conspicuously absent as AI continues to transform healthcare, from drug discovery to medical imaging analysis. The study by Joschka Haltaufderheide and Robert Ranisch from the University of Potsdam, published in njp Digital…

Jul 10Industry

Microsoft surprisingly retreats from non-voting board seat at OpenAI

Microsoft has unexpectedly withdrawn from its observer role on OpenAI’s board. As first reported by the Financial Times, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel, Keith Dolliver, wrote a letter to OpenAI stating that the company’s board role was “no longer necessary” given…