Eugene comes from an electronic engineering background and loves all things tech. When he takes a break from consuming AI news, you'll find him at the snooker table.
LinkedIn ↗OpenAI announced that it will use the C2PA standard to add metadata to images generated using DALL-E 3. The announcement comes as companies continue to look…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
A new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) says that the narrative depicting AI’s energy consumption as out of control is overblown and…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Microsoft is teaming up with media platform Semafor to help its journalists leverage AI to create news content. Media companies are cautiously feeling their way around…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Amazon has started giving select users access to its AI shopping assistant called Rufus which launched in beta this week. Rufus is a text-based chatbot that…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Google expanded its upgrade of Bard as Gemini Pro now powers the free chatbot in over 40 languages across more than 230 countries. Users can now…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Welcome to this week’s roundup of artisanal handcrafted AI news. This week we found out AI can’t help you build a bio-weapon after all, or maybe…
By Eugene van der Watt · 6 min read
The RAND think tank published a report in October saying AI “might” help to build a bioweapon, and then published a subsequent report to say it…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
AI tools can create images of personalized digital identities but that involves fine-tuning LoRAs to get good results. InstantID is a zero-shot plugin that enables generative…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Fake AI-cloned voices made the news recently because of a “Biden” robocall, but ordinary people are being affected as the technology becomes more accessible and harder…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Elon Musk announced yesterday that the first human had received a Neuralink brain implant and was recovering well. The FDA gave the company the go-ahead last…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
