Zendata raises $2M to redefine AI governance and data privacy with no-code platform

Zendata raises $2M to redefine AI governance and data privacy with no-code platform

Time's almost up! There's only one week left to request an invite to The AI Impact Tour on June 5th. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore various methods for auditing AI models. Find out how you can attend here. Zendata, a San Francisco-based startup, quietly announced this week its emergence from stealth mode with a $2 million seed funding round led by PayPal Ventures, First-hand Alliance, Geek Ventures, and Altari Ventures. The company aims to revolutionize how organizations manage data security, AI governance, and privacy across the entire data lifecycle. Founded by industry veterans Narayana Pappu and…
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What is the EU’s AI Office?

What is the EU’s AI Office?

The European Commission has unveiled details about its new AI Office, which is being formed to govern the deployment of the general purpose models and the AI Act in the E.U. The office will be composed of five units covering different areas, including regulation, innovation and AI for Societal Good. General purpose models refer to foundational AI models that can be used for a wide range of purposes, some of which may be unknown to the developer, like OpenAI’s GPT-4. Coming into effect on June 16, the office will take charge of tasks such as drawing up codes of practice…
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Evaluating Vision-Language Models on Bistable Images

Evaluating Vision-Language Models on Bistable Images

[Submitted on 29 May 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled Evaluating Vision-Language Models on Bistable Images, by Artemis Panagopoulou and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Bistable images, also known as ambiguous or reversible images, present visual stimuli that can be seen in two distinct interpretations, though not simultaneously by the observer. In this study, we conduct the most extensive examination of vision-language models using bistable images to date. We manually gathered a dataset of 29 bistable images, along with their associated labels, and subjected them to 116 different manipulations in brightness, tint, and rotation. We evaluated…
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OpenAI disrupts five covert influence operations

OpenAI disrupts five covert influence operations

In the last three months, OpenAI has disrupted five covert influence operations (IO) that attempted to exploit the company’s models for deceptive activities online. As of May 2024, these campaigns have not shown a substantial increase in audience engagement or reach due to OpenAI’s services. OpenAI claims its commitment to designing AI models with safety in mind has often thwarted the threat actors’ attempts to generate desired content. Additionally, the company says AI tools have enhanced the efficiency of OpenAI’s investigations. Detailed threat reporting by distribution platforms and the open-source community has significantly contributed to combating IO. OpenAI is sharing…
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Robot ANYmal can do parkour and walk across rubble

Robot ANYmal can do parkour and walk across rubble

ANYmal has for some time had no problem coping with the stony terrain of Swiss hiking trails. Now researchers at ETH Zurich have taught this quadrupedal robot some new skills: it is proving rather adept at parkour, a sport based on using athletic manoeuvres to smoothly negotiate obstacles in an urban environment, which has become very popular. ANYmal is also proficient at dealing with the tricky terrain commonly found on building sites or in disaster areas. To teach ANYmal these new skills, two teams, both from the group led by ETH Professor Marco Hutter of the Department of Mechanical and…
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The Daylight Tablet Returns Computing to Its Hippie Ideals

The Daylight Tablet Returns Computing to Its Hippie Ideals

“Do you mind if I hug you?” asks Anjan Katta. This is not the usual way to wrap up a product demo, but given the product and its creator, I wasn’t really surprised. Katta, a shaggy-haired, bearded fellow, he’d shown up to the WIRED office in San Francisco dressed like he was embarking on a summertime mountaintop trek. He had immediately began rhapsodizing about the idealistic early days of personal computers and the amazing figures who produced that magic, knowledge he gathered in part through my writings. And he seemed like the hugging type.The device Katta pulls out of his…
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Beyond Agreement: Diagnosing the Rationale Alignment of Automated Essay Scoring Methods based on Linguistically-informed Counterfactuals

Beyond Agreement: Diagnosing the Rationale Alignment of Automated Essay Scoring Methods based on Linguistically-informed Counterfactuals

arXiv:2405.19433v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While current automated essay scoring (AES) methods show high agreement with human raters, their scoring mechanisms are not fully explored. Our proposed method, using counterfactual intervention assisted by Large Language Models (LLMs), reveals that when scoring essays, BERT-like models primarily focus on sentence-level features, while LLMs are attuned to conventions, language complexity, as well as organization, indicating a more comprehensive alignment with scoring rubrics. Moreover, LLMs can discern counterfactual interventions during feedback. Our approach improves understanding of neural AES methods and can also apply to other domains seeking transparency in model-driven decisions. The codes and…
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Empowering the next generation for an AI-enabled world

Empowering the next generation for an AI-enabled world

Experience AI's course and resources are expanding on a global scaleAI has the potential to drive one of the greatest social, economic and scientific transformations in history, and we need to ensure the technology benefits as many people as possible.One important way to do this is through access to AI education to develop the next wave of thinkers, researchers, and AI leaders. It’s equally important to ensure that these new generations are diverse, bringing different perspectives that are essential for creating AI solutions that meet society's needs.However, not every young person currently has access to AI education and resources.Today, Google…
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