AI steals, lies, and spies, and it may be our fault.
This week AI got better at solving some of our problems and also found the time to create some new problems for us too. From detecting…
By Eugene van der Watt · 6 min read
Industry
Breaking down the trends, developments, and innovations in the dynamic AI industry.
The US government launches an AI challenge to bolster national security
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a government-backed “AI Cyber Challenge” (AIxCC). This intensive competition will unfold over two years, leveraging AI to protect America’s internet security…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Nvidia’s updated “Superchip” promises huge AI advancements
Nvidia unveiled an updated version of its Grace Hopper Superchip (GH200) that it announced 2 months ago. The GH200 was designed to power data centers for…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Stability AI under pressure as senior staff leave
Stability AI, the company behind the Stable Diffusion image generator, is going through some turbulent times as senior executives leave the company. When excitement around the…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Google and American Airlines collaborate on AI to reduce polluting contrails
A recent joint experiment by Google and American Airlines has shown promising results in the fight against aviation emissions. The experiment focused on aircraft contrails, the…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
OpenAI inconspicuously unveils its own data scraper, GPTBot
OpenAI discretely unveiled GPTBot, a dedicated web scraper for collecting training data. Edit: It’s currently unclear with GPTBot is the same/updated bot as OpenAI used to…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
AI-powered acoustic attack extracts data from keystrokes with 95% precision
Researchers from UK universities Durham University, University of Surrey, and Royal Holloway University of London developed an innovative AI-supported technique for extracting keystrokes from acoustic recordings. …
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Alibaba releases open-source LLM to take on Meta’s Llama 2
Alibaba released two open-source large language models on its cloud computing platform which are expected to compete with the smallest version of Meta’s Llama 2 model.…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Shortages of high-end GPUs threaten to slow AI development
The world’s tech companies are hungry for high-end GPU chips, and manufacturers can’t seem to chug out enough to meet demand. Behind every high-profile AI model…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
AI-integrated bionic limb gives hope to accident survivor
Sarah de Lagarde, 44, has become one of the first people in the world to receive an AI-supported bionic arm. In September 2022, Sarah slipped on…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read