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Talking to dead people through AI: the business of ‘digital resurrection’ might not be helpful, ethical… or even legal

Talking to dead people through AI: the business of ‘digital resurrection’ might not be helpful, ethical… or even legal

Earlier this year, a Spanish TV programme showed several people listening to digital recreations of the voices of their deceased relatives that had been generated by artificial intelligence from real audios. It sparked widespread debate in both public and professional spheres, as these recreations not only mimicked loved ones’ voices, but also asked poignant, evocative questions, provoking intense emotional reactions. This phenomenon, which has been dubbed “digital resurrection”, involves using advanced AI technology to recreate certain aspects of deceased individuals, such as their voice or physical appearance. While it may offer momentary comfort, such a practice opens a raft of…
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Is Google’s NotebookLM a secret CRM killer?

Is Google’s NotebookLM a secret CRM killer?

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More I’ve never worked in sales, at least not virtually. The closest I’ve come — and this will date me — is working in retail at the mall as a teenager, and then at the VHS/DVD rental store down the street from my childhood home, so I have tremendous respect for those who do it at a much higher level than I ever did. But as a result of my short-lived sales experience, I’ve never been a regular user of a customer…
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AI images, child sexual abuse and a ‘first prosecution of its kind’ – podcast

At Bolton crown court on Monday, Hugh Nelson was sentenced to 18 years in prison for using AI to generate sexually abusive images of children – based on real photos of real children.The Guardian’s North of England correspondent Hannah Al-Othman, who was present at his hearings, describes how Nelson was caught and prosecuted, in what Greater Manchester police have described as a landmark case in this country.Clare McGlynn, a professor of law at Durham University, tells Helen Pidd about the growing use of AI-generated images for child sexual abuse, and how the technology poses particular challenges for the authorities. Photograph:…
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AMD reports record revenue but Q4 forecast disappoints

AMD reports record revenue but Q4 forecast disappoints

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Advanced Micro Devices reported record revenue of $6.8 billion for the third fiscal quarter, up 18% from a year ago. But the shares fell due to a disappointing forecast for the fourth quarter. AMD saw record data center segment revenue of $3.5 billion in the quarter, up 122% from a year ago. It was driven by record Epyc CPU and Instinct GPU revenues. Client revenue in the quarter was $1.9 billion, up 29% from a year ago. That was driven by…
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AWS launches in-line Q Developer AI coding assistant to take on Microsoft’s Github Copilot

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making its Amazon Q Developer AI assistant available as an add-on developers can access directly at any point of their coding, within their Integrated development environments (IDEs) such as Visual Studio Code and JetBrains, the company announced today in a blog post authored by Jose Yapur, Senior Developer Advocate at AWS. Simply highlighting text will bring up a list of new Q Developer actions as options, including “Optimize this code”, “Add comments”, or “Write tests”. Selecting…
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LinkedIn upgrades its Recruiter with an AI Hiring Assistant

LinkedIn upgrades its Recruiter with an AI Hiring Assistant

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More LinkedIn will deploy AI agents to connect recruiters and potential candidates on its platform.  Hiring Assistant, LinkedIn’s recruiter agent, will read job descriptions or written prompts from recruiters and hiring managers and then suggest candidates based on specific criteria.  Hari Srinivasan, vice president of product for LinkedIn Talent Solutions, told VentureBeat that recruiters often spend so much time writing emails and messages to potential candidates and copy-pasting job descriptions on different platforms. He said this type of work keeps recruiters from…
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Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes

Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A well-known problem of large language models (LLMs) is their tendency to generate incorrect or nonsensical outputs, often called “hallucinations.” While much research has focused on analyzing these errors from a user’s perspective, a new study by researchers at Technion, Google Research and Apple investigates the inner workings of LLMs, revealing that these models possess a much deeper understanding of truthfulness than previously thought. The term hallucination lacks a universally accepted definition and encompasses a wide range of LLM errors. For…
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Godfather of AI Blasts Elon Musk

Godfather of AI Blasts Elon Musk

"Objectively, you are the biggest threat to democracy in America today."Serving LeCunAfter multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk decided to start talking smack about media and democracy, AI "godfather" Yann LeCun had a few choice words for the South African mogul.The debacle began with far-right pundit Ben Shapiro criticizing the New York Times' research methods. As he's wont to do, the website's billionaire owner Musk co-signed the pundit's position by shooting off his own quote-tweeted missive about what he thinks of the newspaper."The New York Times is a threat to our democracy," the self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" declared.In response, LeCun let Musk have it."Objectively," the Facebook…
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Microsoft just made it way easier for developers to build AI apps — and it could be bad news for AWS

Microsoft just made it way easier for developers to build AI apps — and it could be bad news for AWS

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Microsoft unveiled an ambitious expansion of its artificial intelligence tools on Tuesday, introducing GitHub Copilot for Azure and a suite of developer-focused features that could fundamentally change how software is built in the AI era. The move represents Microsoft’s boldest attempt yet to dominate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI application development. At the heart of the announcement is a deceptively simple idea: eliminate the cognitive burden that developers face when switching between different tools and interfaces. It’s a problem that,…
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