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[ IN the good old days, we would read books like “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, “The Catcher in the Rye” and “On the Road”, just to name a few. And from our reading, we gained insights on life at certain times in history. This “long read” to finish a … Read more

As AI takes over GDC, SAG-AFTRA fights for tech ethics

[ Nvidia Every year, the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) acts as an all-important watercooler moment for the video game industry. It’s the one time a year where developers can widely gather to share their innovations, discuss the state of the industry, and advocate for change at scale. This year’s show, though, is especially crucial. … Read more

‘Haunted’ ChatGPT cranks out gibberish for hours

[ SAN FRANCISCO: ChatGPT spewed nonsensical answers to users’ queries for hours Tuesday into Wednesday before eventually returning to its senses. OpenAI, which makes the world-leading generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool, said a software tweak had “introduced a bug with how the model processes language”. “Upon identifying the cause of this incident, we rolled out … Read more

‘Slow Horses\ Director James Hawes On Generative AI & Apple TV+ Hit

[ A TV series made entirely by generative AI is only three-to-five years away, according to the director of hits including Slow Horses and Anthony Hopkins movie One Life. James Hawes spoke with legal teams at SAG-AFTRA and the WGA and undertook a poll with fellow directors and VFX workers after the BBC canceled long-running … Read more

Mid-size Indian IT company comes up with AI tool for improving company operations

[ Pune-based mid-sized IT services company Birlasoft has come up with an in-house AI engine, called Cogito. However, unlike AI engines like ChatGPT and Google’s GEMINI, Cogito is aimed at helping Birlasoft’s client companies, and will be more concerned with identifying and fixing business problems that writing essays or creating pictures. Once installed, it will … Read more

Nvidia clarifies how it is training its generative AI game tools

[ Nvidia Nvidia has clarified what data it’s using to train its generative AI Ace microservice, which saw an expansion at CES this year. The company now confirms that its tools are “commercially safe” and only trained on data it has the rights to. Nvidia’s announcement was met with skepticism earlier this week when the … Read more

Google restricting election-related responses on AI products ahead of 2024

[ Google plans to restrict the types of election-related questions its generative artificial intelligence (AI) products, including the AI-powered chatbot Bard, will return responses to ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The tech giant will begin restricting responses to such queries early next year “out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic,” … Read more

EU agrees to first-of-its-kind comprehensive AI regulations

[ The European Union reached a deal Friday on the world’s first regulations for artificial intelligence (AI), paving the way for legal oversight of the popular technology used in services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The European Parliament and its 27 member countries had to overcome major differences on a number of sticking points, including generative AI … Read more