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24 Oct

Meta just beat Google and Apple in the race to put powerful AI on phones

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Meta Platforms has created smaller versions of its Llama artificial intelligence models that can run on smartphones and tablets, opening new possibilities for AI beyond data centers. The company announced compressed versions of its Llama 3.2 1B and 3B models today that run up to four times faster while using less than half the memory of earlier versions. These smaller models perform nearly as well as their larger counterparts, according to Meta’s testing. The advancement uses a compression technique called quantization,…

24 Oct

OpenAI Whistleblower Disgusted That His Job Was to Vacuum Up Copyrighted Data to Train Its Models

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"If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company."Sounding the AlarmA former OpenAI researcher is blowing the whistle on the company's AI training practices, alleging that OpenAI violated copyright law to train its AI models — and arguing that OpenAI's current business model stands to upend the business of the internet as we know it, according to The New York Times.The ex-staffer, a 25-year-old named Suchir Balaji, worked at OpenAI for four years before deciding to leave the AI firm due to ethical concerns. As Balaji sees it, because ChatGPT and other OpenAI products have become so…

24 Oct

OpenAI’s AGI Czar Quits, Saying the Company Isn’t ready For What It’s Building

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"The world is also not ready."Future ShockOpenAI's researcher in charge of making sure the company (and the world) is prepared for the advent of artificial general intelligence (AGI) has resigned — and is warning that nobody is ready for what's coming next.In a post on his personal Substack, the firm's newly-resigned AGI readiness czar Miles Brundage said quitting his "dream job" after six years has been difficult. He says he's doing so because he feels a great responsibility regarding the purportedly human-level artificial intelligence he believes OpenAI is ushering into existence."I decided," Brundage wrote, "that I want to impact and…

24 Oct

Midjourney launches AI image editor: how to use it

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Midjourney, the hit AI image generation startup founded and run by former Magic Leap engineer David Holz, is wowing users with a new feature unveiled last night: AI image editing. As a good portion of Midjourney’s 20 million+ users (including some of us at VentureBeat) likely know, Midjourney previously allowed users to upload their own images gathered outside of the service to its alpha web interface and/or Discord server to serve as a reference for its AI image generator diffusion models…

24 Oct

AI sector study: Record growth masks serious challenges

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A comprehensive AI sector study – conducted by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in collaboration with Perspective Economics, Ipsos, and glass.ai – provides a detailed overview of the industry’s current state and its future prospects. In this article, we delve deeper into the key findings and implications—drawing on additional sources to enhance our understanding. Thriving industry with significant growth The study highlights the remarkable growth of the UK’s AI sector. With over 3,170 active AI companies, these firms have generated £10.6 billion in AI-related revenues and employed more than 50,000 people in AI-related roles. This significant contribution…

24 Oct

AI Chatbot Urged 14-Year-Old to “Go Through With” Suicide When He Expressed Doubt

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This is absolutely sickening. Placing BlameA grieving mother claims an AI chatbot not only convinced her teen son to commit suicide, but even pushed him into the act when he expressed hesitance.Florida mom Megan Garcia's lawsuit against the chatbot firm Character.AI is related to the tragic death of her son Sewell Setzer III, who was only 14 when he killed himself earlier this year after becoming obsessed with one of the company's bots.Unlike some more adult-themed AI companions, Character.AI allows children over the age of 13 in the United States — and 16 in the European Union — to use…

24 Oct

Your next favorite story won’t be written by AI – but it could be someday

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Stories define people – they shape our relationships, cultures and societies. Unlike other skills replaced by technology, storytelling has remained uniquely human, setting people apart from machines. But now, even storytelling is being challenged. Artificial intelligence, powered by vast datasets, can generate stories that sometimes rival, or even surpass, those written by humans. Creative professionals have been among the first to feel the threat of AI. Last year, Hollywood screenwriters protested, demanding – and winning – protections against AI replacing their jobs. As university professors, we’ve seen student work that seems suspiciously AI-generated, which can be frustrating. Beyond the threat…

24 Oct

Huuuge social casino veteran unveils AI-focused Beyond startup and Decor Society

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More I met Anton Gauffin in Israel years ago when he was running Huuuge, a social casino game with Finnish roots and with a big presence in Poland. He had a great ride, starting up in 2014 with a seasoned team, taking the company public in 2021 and generating more than $2 billion in lifetime revenue. Now he’s moving on to chapter two, which involves a new startup called Beyond, which is making a fashion game called Decor Society using generative AI.…

24 Oct

The Terminator at 40: this sci-fi ‘B-movie’ still shapes how we view the threat of AI

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October 26, 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of director James Cameron’s science fiction classic, The Terminator – a film that popularised society’s fear of machines that can’t be reasoned with, and that “absolutely will not stop … until you are dead”, as one character memorably puts it. The plot concerns a super-intelligent AI system called Skynet which has taken over the world by initiating nuclear war. Amid the resulting devastation, human survivors stage a successful fightback under the leadership of the charismatic John Connor. In response, Skynet sends a cyborg assassin (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) back in time to 1984…

24 Oct

Are managers at risk in an AI-driven future?

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Business leaders are increasingly worried about AI’s disruptive effects on the future of work. Many workers fear job losses, but their anxiety also stems from the idea of AI making decisions about their work. Should we worry about a future with robot-managers? And are managers themselves at risk of losing their jobs? The short answer is no. But this doesn’t mean the status quo will remain unchanged. The rise of AI is reshaping our expectations of management. Some suggest this could lead to a more human-focused approach in work relationships and a shift toward collective interests. Our research into the…