Amazon pulls AI-generated books on mushrooms
Amazon and other online retailers continue to be inundated with AI-generated books. The fiction may be passable but some of the self-help and advice books could…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Generative AI
OpenAI says authors’ copyright allegations are baseless
OpenAI has responded to two near-identical class-action lawsuits brought against it by a number of authors and argued that most of the allegations should be dismissed.…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
First generative AI tools receive approval for public rollout in China
China’s Cyberspace Administration has approved the first set of generative AI services for public rollout. This clears the way for companies like Baidu and SenseTime to…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise, set for $1B revenue
OpenAI has started rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise, a more secure and private version of ChatGPT. The enterprise offering also promises improved performance. There has been a…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 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
Former Deliveroo executives secure funding for AI property search engine
Three former executives from Deliveroo have secured a $2 million investment for their property search engine start-up, Jitty, backed by Google’s AI-focused fund, Gradient Ventures. Insiders…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
OpenAI partners with Scale to fine-tune GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI has partnered with Scale to provide customization of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo model which was recently made available for fine-tuning. Scale helps companies create custom AI…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Meta releases Code Llama, its AI tool for coding
Meta announced the release of Code Llama, its new AI tool for coding. Code Llama is a fine-tuned version of Meta’s Llama 2 LLM, which has…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Meta releases first-of-its-kind multimodal AI translator
Meta has released its new multimodal multilingual AI translator model called SeamlessM4T. This first-of-its-kind translator can translate and transcribe speech and text in up to 100…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
The WEF calls for policy addressing AI’s role in child development
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has highlighted an urgent need for answers on how generative AI affects children with a view to developing policy and regulation. …
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read