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04 Nov

GitHub expands AI suite: Copilot goes multi-model, Spark debuts for web dev

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GitHub is marking a significant evolution of its developer tools with two major announcements: a multi-model upgrade to Copilot and the introduction of Spark, a natural language web development platform. The code hosting giant is expanding Copilot beyond its OpenAI-only architecture to include Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro models while simultaneously launching GitHub Spark to simplify web application development through natural language instructions. The expansion includes additional integration news as Copilot arrives on Apple’s Xcode in public preview. Since Copilot’s initial release, this three-pronged update represents GitHub’s most ambitious AI toolkit expansion. Enhanced model support for…

04 Nov

Devious humour and painful puns: will the cryptic crossword remain the last thing AI can’t conquer?

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The Times hosts an annual crossword-solving competition and it remains, until such time as the Guardian has its own version, the gold standard.This year’s competitors included a dog. Rather, an AI represented as a jolly coffee-drinking dog named Ross (a name hidden in “crossword”), and who is embedded on the Crossword Genius smartphone app.The human competitors at the event – which took place at Times’ parent company News UK’s London headquarters, in the shadow of the Shard – were, as usual, bafflingly fast: pondering the next clue while scribbling the letters of the previous. An AI can conceivably “think” about…

04 Nov

Hidden traces of humanity: what AI images reveal about our world – podcast

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As generative AI advances, it is easy to see it as yet another area where machines are taking over – but humans remain at the centre of AI art, just in ways we might not expect. By Rachel Ossip Continue reading... Source link lol

03 Nov

Enter the ‘Whisperverse’: How AI voice agents will guide us through our days

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A common criticism of big tech is that their platforms treat users as little more than glassy eyeballs to be monetized with targeted ads. This will soon change, but not because tech platforms are moving away from aggressively targeting users. Instead, our ears are about to become the most efficient channel for hammering us with AI-powered influence that is responsive to the world around us. Welcome to the Whisperverse. Within the next few years, an AI-powered voice will burrow into your…

03 Nov

Google and Meta could face defamation risks over AI-generated responses, Australian experts warn

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Meta and Google using user comments or reviews as part of generative AI responses to queries on restaurants or to summarise sentiment could introduce new defamation risks, experts have warned.In Australia, when a user makes an allegedly defamatory post or review on Google or Facebook it is usually the user that faces legal action for defamation. But a landmark 2021 high court ruling in Dylan Voller’s case against news outlets – over comments on their social media pages relating to the young Indigenous man’s mistreatment in Don Dale youth detention centre – has also held that the page that hosts…

03 Nov

The chatbot optimisation game: can we trust AI web searches?

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Does aspartame cause cancer? The potentially carcinogenic properties of the popular artificial sweetener, added to everything from soft drinks to children’s medicine, have been debated for decades. Its approval in the US stirred controversy in 1974, several UK supermarkets banned it from their products in the 00s, and peer-reviewed academic studies have long butted heads. Last year, the World Health Organization concluded aspartame was “possibly carcinogenic” to humans, while public health regulators suggest that it’s safe to consume in the small portions in which it is commonly used.While many of us may look to settle the question with a quick…

03 Nov

White House limits AI and chip investments to China over national security concerns – SiliconANGLE

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The Treasury Department today issued a final rule which serves to restrict and monitor U.S. tech investments in China in an effort to bolster national security. The main areas of investment are artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The finalized rules build upon an executive order issued by President Biden in 2023, which blocked Americans and American firms from investing in Chinese sectors to thwart China’s military and intelligence capabilities. Officials at the White House said such investments “pose a particularly acute national security risk” to the U.S. Paul Rosen, the assistant secretary of Treasury for investment security, explained…

03 Nov

Salesforce launches Agentforce AI agent platform into general availability – SiliconANGLE

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Salesforce Inc. today announced the general availability of Agentforce, its suite of tools for building autonomous artificial intelligence agents to augment work for enterprise employees worldwide. Agentforce allows companies to build and customize AI agents, which can connect to any company data and take actions on behalf of employees across sales, service, marketing and commerce. The platform’s agents don’t depend on human engagement and can take action based on changes in data, business logic or prebuilt automations following a new trend known as agentic AI. “The agent revolution is real and as exciting as the cloud revolution was, the social…

02 Nov

Zenity raises $38M to secure enterprise AI copilots and low-code app development – SiliconANGLE

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Zenity Ltd., a platform that secures artificial intelligence and low-code app development, said today it raised $38 million in early-stage funding to grow its platform and assist enterprise companies as AI and low-code programming is adopted more broadly. The Series B round was led by Third Point Ventures and DTCP. Existing investors Intel Capital Corp. and Vertex Ventures also participated, bringing the total raised by the company to over $55 million, including $16.5 million raised in September 2023 led by Intel Capital. Established in 2021, Zenity started in the low-code/no-code application security platform industry by providing companies with a way…

02 Nov

Brightwave raises $15M to accelerate financial research with AI – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTBrightwave raises $15M to accelerate financial research with AI, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Brightwave Inc., creator of an artificial intelligence-powered financial research platform for investment banks, hedge fund managers and other finance professionals, said today it has closed on a $15 million early-stage round of funding. Today’s Series A round was led by Decibel Partners and saw participation from Omers Ventures, bringing the company’s total amount raised to date to $21 million. Brightwave says its AI platform is all about providing accurate insights and forecasts to financial professionals, so they can make smarter investment decisions. Its AI system works by synthesizing insights from thousands of pages of financial reports and documents, including earnings…