Former OpenAI employees publish ‘Right to Warn’ open letter
A group of former and current OpenAI and Google employees are calling AI companies out on what they say is a dangerous culture of secrecy surrounding…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
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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.
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Windows AI Recall feature could be a security disaster
Microsoft is preparing to launch its Recall feature which utilizes Windows Copilot Runtime to help you find anything you’ve seen on your PC. Experts say it…
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AMD targets Nvidia with a new AI chip, Instinct MI325X GPU
AMD announced that its MI325X GPU would be released later this year and that it beats NVIDIA’s H200 GPUs on several fronts. NVIDIA is the current…
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Google admits AI Overviews issue, says it is fixing it
After Google’s new AI Overviews search feature failed in dramatic fashion last week, the company downplayed the issue but said a fix was in progress. AI…
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Big Tech forms AI connectivity standard, excludes NVIDIA
Big Tech computing companies formed a consortium to define a new open standard for interconnecting AI accelerators. NVIDIA was not invited to be part of the…
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DAI#41 – Pizza glue, safety second, and AI friends with benefits
Welcome to our weekly roundup of artisanal handcrafted AI news. This week Google said we should put glue on pizza. OpenAI says it’s training a new…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
Interview: Vivien Lin, Chief Product Officer at BingX
BingX is a leading cryptocurrency exchange, serving over 10 million users worldwide. We got to speak with BingX CPO Vivien Lin about how AI and blockchain…
By Eugene van der Watt · 11 min read
GPT-4 outperforms financial analysts in predicting earnings
Could a generalized AI model like GPT-4 make better financial predictions than expert human analysts? Researchers from the University of Chicago explored this question and came…
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OpenAI board forms Safety and Security Committee
OpenAI’s board announced the formation of a Safety and Security Committee which is tasked with making recommendations on critical safety and security decisions for all OpenAI…
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EU ChatGPT Taskforce releases report on data privacy
The European Data Protection Board established the ChatGPT Taskforce a year ago to establish whether OpenAI’s handling of personal data was in compliance with GDPR laws.…
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