Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing
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Bing Unbound: A roundup of wacky behavior from the new AI-powered Bing

Microsoft aimed to reinvent web search. Instead, it showed that even the most advanced text generators remain alarmingly unpredictable. In the two weeks since Microsoft integrated an OpenAI chatbot with its Bing search engine, users have reported...

February 22, 20233 min read
Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.
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Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.

An experiment in using chatbots to dispense mental-health counseling raised questions about ethics.

January 18, 20232 min read
Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.
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Bot Therapy and Informed Consent: Discord's Kokobot triggers an ethics controversy.

An experiment in using chatbots to dispense mental-health counseling raised questions about ethics.

January 18, 20232 min read
Synthetic Images Everywhere: 2022 was the year text-to-image AI went mainstream.
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Synthetic Images Everywhere: 2022 was the year text-to-image AI went mainstream.

Pictures produced by AI went viral, stirred controversies, and drove investments. A new generation of text-to-image generators inspired a flood of experimentation, transforming text descriptions into mesmerizing artworks and photorealistic fantasies.

December 21, 20222 min read
Synthetic Images Everywhere: 2022 was the year text-to-image AI went mainstream.
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Synthetic Images Everywhere: 2022 was the year text-to-image AI went mainstream.

Pictures produced by AI went viral, stirred controversies, and drove investments. A new generation of text-to-image generators inspired a flood of experimentation, transforming text descriptions into mesmerizing artworks and photorealistic fantasies.

December 21, 20222 min read
Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?
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Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?

A blockbuster app produces sexualized avatar images, even when the original portraits were safe for work.

December 14, 20222 min read
Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?
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Avatars Gone Wild: What's going on with Lensa, the AI-powered selfie app?

A blockbuster app produces sexualized avatar images, even when the original portraits were safe for work.

December 14, 20222 min read
More Plausible Text, Familiar Failings: ChatGPT hasn’t overcome the weaknesses of other large language models
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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.

December 7, 20223 min read
More Plausible Text, Familiar Failings: ChatGPT hasn’t overcome the weaknesses of other large language models
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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.

December 7, 20223 min read
Creatives Fight Back: Generative AI from DeviantArt Creates Controversy
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Creatives Fight Back: Generative AI from DeviantArt Creates Controversy

Artists are rebelling against AI-driven imitation. DeviantArt, an online community where artists display and sell their work and marketplace for digital art, launched DreamUp, a text-to-image generator that aims to help artists thwart attempts to imitate their styles or works.

November 23, 20222 min read
Creatives Fight Back: Generative AI from DeviantArt Creates Controversy
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Creatives Fight Back: Generative AI from DeviantArt Creates Controversy

Artists are rebelling against AI-driven imitation. DeviantArt, an online community where artists display and sell their work and marketplace for digital art, launched DreamUp, a text-to-image generator that aims to help artists thwart attempts to imitate their styles or works.

November 23, 20222 min read
When Safety Becomes Surveillance: Colleges Track Students Using AI Designed to Monitor Mental Health
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When Safety Becomes Surveillance: Colleges Track Students Using AI Designed to Monitor Mental Health

United States colleges tracked activists using a natural language processing system intended to monitor their mental health.

November 9, 20222 min read
When Safety Becomes Surveillance: Colleges Track Students Using AI Designed to Monitor Mental Health
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When Safety Becomes Surveillance: Colleges Track Students Using AI Designed to Monitor Mental Health

United States colleges tracked activists using a natural language processing system intended to monitor their mental health.

November 9, 20222 min read
Pushing Voters' Buttons: How AI is Used to Create Persuasive Political Ads
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Pushing Voters' Buttons: How AI is Used to Create Persuasive Political Ads

As the United States (along with several other countries) gears up for general elections, AI is helping campaigns attract voters with increasing sophistication.

November 2, 20222 min read
Pushing Voters' Buttons: How AI is Used to Create Persuasive Political Ads
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Pushing Voters' Buttons: How AI is Used to Create Persuasive Political Ads

As the United States (along with several other countries) gears up for general elections, AI is helping campaigns attract voters with increasing sophistication.

November 2, 20222 min read

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