DAI#42 – Hot chips, bad memory, and AI ups and downs
Welcome to this week’s roundup of triple-distilled AI news. This week, battle lines were drawn in the chip wars in Taiwan. Microsoft may need to forget…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
Features
Deep-dives into AI’s most fascinating stories, personalities, and breakthroughs.
Harnessing AI for good: opportunities and challenges
The AI for Good Global Summit 2024 took place on May 30-31 in Geneva, bringing together a group of over 2,500 participants representing some 145 countries. …
By Sam Jeans · 4 min read
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
DAI#40 – Imitation, OpenAI drama, and AI safety scrambles
Welcome to this week’s roundup of human-generated AI news. This week AI offended an actress and lost its voice. Sony doesn’t want AI to listen to…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
OpenAI’s superalignment meltdown: can any trust be salvaged?
Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike from OpenAI‘s “superalignment” team resigned this week, casting a shadow over the company’s commitment to responsible AI development under CEO Sam…
By Sam Jeans · 5 min read
Interview: Chris Benjaminsen, co-founder and Director of Channels at FRVR
Imagine a world where anyone, regardless of their technical skills, could create the video game they want to play – and not those dictated to them…
By Sam Jeans · 13 min read
DAI#39 – Protests, flirty models, and AI resurrections
Welcome to our roundup of this week’s spiciest AI news. This week OpenAI and Google dished out AI surprises. AI models are better at moral judgments…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
DAI#38 – VR, careless Whispers, and unfixable ChatGPT lies
Welcome to this week’s roundup of AI news written by humans for humans. This week AI and VR made us plug in and disconnect. OpenAI says…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
(Dis)connected: mitigating isolation in a virtually connected world
Our ancestors once huddled in small, isolated communities, their faces illuminated by flickering fires. Evidence of controlled campfires for cooking and warmth dates back some 700,000…
By Sam Jeans · 8 min read
DAI#37 – Slaughter bots, fake audio, and mysterious AI
Welcome to this week’s roundup of handmade AI news. This week AI got a gym teacher arrested. A mysterious chatbot appeared and then vanished. And countries…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read