AI & politics: Elon Musk shares AI video of Kamala Harris
Elon Musk shared a video on X which mimics the voice of Kamala Harris raising concerns over the effect AI deep fakes could have on the…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
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SAG-AFTRA launches strike against video game companies over AI concerns
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has initiated a strike against video game companies. The union is primarily concerned about the…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
AI models face collapse when trained on AI-generated data, study finds
A new study published in Nature reveals that AI models, including large language models (LLMs), rapidly degrade in quality when trained on data generated by previous…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
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…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
DAI#49 – Open Llamas, AI fear, and all too easy jailbreaks
Welcome to this week’s roundup of handwoven AI news. This week Llamas streaked ahead in the open AI race. Big Tech firms talk up safety while…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
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…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
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…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Google’s AI predicts weather using fraction of computing power
Google unveiled NeuralGCM, a hybrid weather prediction model that combines machine learning with traditional forecasting techniques and has surprising benefits. Weather prediction has enjoyed dramatic improvements…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
LLM refusal training easily bypassed with past tense prompts
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) found that writing dangerous prompts in the past tense bypassed the refusal training of the most…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Is ‘fear’ the key to building more adaptable, resilient, and natural AI systems?
AI research is fueled by the pursuit of ever-greater sophistication, which includes training systems to think and behave like humans. The end goal? Who knows. The…
By Sam Jeans · 10 min read