The UK government wants to see inside AI’s ‘black box’
The UK is negotiating with major tech companies, including OpenAI and DeepMind, aiming to gain deeper insight into the safety of their AI technologies. As the…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
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DeepMind’s AlphaMissense accelerates the hunt for disease-causing genes
Google’s AI laboratory, DeepMind, has announced a breakthrough in identifying genetic mutations that could lead to diseases. Known as AlphaMissense, the new AI model has the…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Mustafa Suleyman: “generative AI is just a phase”
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind and CEO of AI startup Inflection AI, believes that the industry’s future lies in interactive bots. “Generative AI is just…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Is Google Gemini poised to challenge OpenAI?
Google is throwing down the gauntlet with Gemini, its new large language model (LLM). Developed primarily by Google DeepMind, the Gemini project signals an upcoming showdown…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Google turns 25: Will AI herald another 25 years of success?
As Google turns 25, the behemoth tech company finds itself in a complex, dynamic technology environment that has radically changed since its inception in the late…
By Sam Jeans · 8 min read
Are current AI systems exhibiting any signs of consciousness?
Is AI gaining some level of consciousness? How will we know if and when it does? Large language models (LLMs) can engage in realistic conversations and…
By Sam Jeans · 8 min read
Google trials a digital watermark to identify AI images
Google’s DeepMind research lab has unveiled a beta version of SynthID, its new tool for watermarking and identifying AI-generated images. Concern over deepfakes and the potential…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Ex-Google researchers establish an innovative bio-inspired AI startup
Two ex-Google researchers have founded a new intriguing AI research lab to build ensembles of smaller AI models that work together. The research lab, Sakana, named…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Google DeepMind ventures into generative AI with life coach idea
Earlier this year, Google merged two key AI projects – London-based DeepMind and Silicon Valley’s Brain. Their work is beginning to come to fruition. Four months…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
“I Warned You Guys in 1984”: ‘Terminator’ Director James Cameron On AI
Canadian film director James Cameron, renowned for his monumental cinematic legacy from ‘Titanic’ to ‘Avatar,’ has long been vocal about his concerns regarding the rapid advancement…
By Ryan Cu · 3 min read