Dec 07, 2022

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ChatGPT Mania, Crypto Fiasco Defunds AI Safety, Alexa Makes Up Stories, Vision Model Looks Into the Future
Dec 07, 2022

ChatGPT Mania, Crypto Fiasco Defunds AI Safety, Alexa Makes Up Stories, Vision Model Looks Into the Future

The Batch - AI News & Insights: One of the dangers of large language models (LLMs) is that they can confidently make assertions that are blatantly false. This raises worries that they will flood the world with misinformation. If they could moderate their degree of confidence appropriately...

10 min read
ChatGPT Mania, Crypto Fiasco Defunds AI Safety, Alexa Makes Up Stories, Vision Model Looks Into the Future
Dec 07, 2022

ChatGPT Mania, Crypto Fiasco Defunds AI Safety, Alexa Makes Up Stories, Vision Model Looks Into the Future

The Batch - AI News & Insights: One of the dangers of large language models (LLMs) is that they can confidently make assertions that are blatantly false. This raises worries that they will flood the world with misinformation. If they could moderate their degree of confidence appropriately...

10 min read
Seeing What Comes Next: Transformers predict future video frames.
Dec 07, 2022

Seeing What Comes Next: Transformers predict future video frames.

If a robot can predict what it’s likely to see next, it may have a better basis for choosing an appropriate action — but it has to predict quickly. Transformers, for all their utility in computer vision, aren’t well suited to this because of their steep computational and memory requirements...

3 min read
Seeing What Comes Next: Transformers predict future video frames.
Dec 07, 2022

Seeing What Comes Next: Transformers predict future video frames.

If a robot can predict what it’s likely to see next, it may have a better basis for choosing an appropriate action — but it has to predict quickly. Transformers, for all their utility in computer vision, aren’t well suited to this because of their steep computational and memory requirements...

3 min read
How Alexa Says Goodnight: Amazon Echo uses generative AI to create bedtime stories.
Dec 07, 2022

How Alexa Says Goodnight: Amazon Echo uses generative AI to create bedtime stories.

Too exhausted (or unimaginative) to tell your child a bedtime story? Amazon’s smart displays can spin bespoke tales on demand. A feature called Create with Alexa generates children’s stories complete with illustrations, music, and sound effects on the Amazon Echo Show device.

1 min read
How Alexa Says Goodnight: Amazon Echo uses generative AI to create bedtime stories.
Dec 07, 2022

How Alexa Says Goodnight: Amazon Echo uses generative AI to create bedtime stories.

Too exhausted (or unimaginative) to tell your child a bedtime story? Amazon’s smart displays can spin bespoke tales on demand. A feature called Create with Alexa generates children’s stories complete with illustrations, music, and sound effects on the Amazon Echo Show device.

1 min read
Cryptocurrency Unsafe for AI: How FTX's collapse impacts AI.
Dec 07, 2022

Cryptocurrency Unsafe for AI: How FTX's collapse impacts AI.

The demise of cryptocurrency exchange FTX threatens funding for some teams devoted to AI safety. FTX, the $32 billion exchange that plunged into bankruptcy last month amid allegations of fraud, had given or promised more than $530 million to over 70 AI-related organizations.

2 min read
Cryptocurrency Unsafe for AI: How FTX's collapse impacts AI.
Dec 07, 2022

Cryptocurrency Unsafe for AI: How FTX's collapse impacts AI.

The demise of cryptocurrency exchange FTX threatens funding for some teams devoted to AI safety. FTX, the $32 billion exchange that plunged into bankruptcy last month amid allegations of fraud, had given or promised more than $530 million to over 70 AI-related organizations.

2 min read
More Plausible Text, Familiar Failings: ChatGPT hasn’t overcome the weaknesses of other large language models
Dec 07, 2022

More Plausible Text, Familiar Failings: ChatGPT hasn’t overcome the weaknesses of other large language models

Members of the AI community tested the limits of the ChatGPT chatbot, unleashing an avalanche of tweets that made for sometimes-great, sometimes-troubling entertainment.

3 min read
More Plausible Text, Familiar Failings: ChatGPT hasn’t overcome the weaknesses of other large language models
Dec 07, 2022

More Plausible Text, Familiar Failings: ChatGPT hasn’t overcome the weaknesses of other large language models

Members of the AI community tested the limits of the ChatGPT chatbot, unleashing an avalanche of tweets that made for sometimes-great, sometimes-troubling entertainment.

3 min read
When Models are Confident — and Wrong: Language models like ChatGPT need a way to express degrees of confidence.
Dec 07, 2022

When Models are Confident — and Wrong: Language models like ChatGPT need a way to express degrees of confidence.

One of the dangers of large language models (LLMs) is that they can confidently make assertions that are blatantly false. This raises worries that they will flood the world with misinformation. If they could moderate their degree of confidence appropriately, they would be less likely to mislead.

1 min read
When Models are Confident — and Wrong: Language models like ChatGPT need a way to express degrees of confidence.
Dec 07, 2022

When Models are Confident — and Wrong: Language models like ChatGPT need a way to express degrees of confidence.

One of the dangers of large language models (LLMs) is that they can confidently make assertions that are blatantly false. This raises worries that they will flood the world with misinformation. If they could moderate their degree of confidence appropriately, they would be less likely to mislead.

1 min read

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