Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.
Software Development

Microsoft Cuts Ethics Squad: Microsoft eliminates its Ethics & Society unit.

Microsoft laid off an AI ethics team while charging ahead on products powered by OpenAI. On March 6, the tech giant dissolved the Ethics & Society unit in its Cognition group, which researches and builds AI services, amid ongoing cutbacks that have affected 10,000 workers to date...

March 22, 20232 min read
Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters
Software Development

Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters

What do your GitHub projects reveal about your professional prospects? A new model aims to help recruiters find out. Prog.ai analyzes GitHub repositories to help employers find engineers skilled in particular areas, TechCrunch reported.

March 15, 20232 min read
Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters
Software Development

Inferring Talent: NLP tools for technical recruiters

What do your GitHub projects reveal about your professional prospects? A new model aims to help recruiters find out. Prog.ai analyzes GitHub repositories to help employers find engineers skilled in particular areas, TechCrunch reported.

March 15, 20232 min read
China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.
Software Development

China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.

ChatGPT fever has reached China despite legal and technical barriers. Two months after its debut, ChatGPT is a viral sensation on Chinese social media, MIT Technology Review reported. Companies in that country are racing to cash in.

March 2, 20232 min read
China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.
Software Development

China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.

ChatGPT fever has reached China despite legal and technical barriers. Two months after its debut, ChatGPT is a viral sensation on Chinese social media, MIT Technology Review reported. Companies in that country are racing to cash in.

March 2, 20232 min read
AI Powers Strengthen Ties: Microsoft boosts its investment in OpenAI.
Software Development

AI Powers Strengthen Ties: Microsoft boosts its investment in OpenAI.

Microsoft deepened its high-stakes relationship with OpenAI. The tech giant confirmed rumors that it is boosting its investment in the research lab that created the ChatGPT large language model and other AI innovations.

January 26, 20232 min read
AI Powers Strengthen Ties: Microsoft boosts its investment in OpenAI.
Software Development

AI Powers Strengthen Ties: Microsoft boosts its investment in OpenAI.

Microsoft deepened its high-stakes relationship with OpenAI. The tech giant confirmed rumors that it is boosting its investment in the research lab that created the ChatGPT large language model and other AI innovations.

January 26, 20232 min read
Generated Code Generates Overconfident Coders: Copilot AI tool encourages programmers to write buggy code.
Software Development

Generated Code Generates Overconfident Coders: Copilot AI tool encourages programmers to write buggy code.

Tools that automatically write computer code may make their human users overconfident that the programs are bug-free. Stanford University researchers found that programmers who used OpenAI’s Codex, a model that generates computer code, were more likely...

January 18, 20232 min read
Generated Code Generates Overconfident Coders: Copilot AI tool encourages programmers to write buggy code.
Software Development

Generated Code Generates Overconfident Coders: Copilot AI tool encourages programmers to write buggy code.

Tools that automatically write computer code may make their human users overconfident that the programs are bug-free. Stanford University researchers found that programmers who used OpenAI’s Codex, a model that generates computer code, were more likely...

January 18, 20232 min read
ChatGPT Backlash: ChatGPT faces backlash over plagiarism fears.
Software Development

ChatGPT Backlash: ChatGPT faces backlash over plagiarism fears.

The Batch - AI News & Insights. The breakout text generator faces resistance — even within the AI community. Organizations including the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) and the New York Department of Education banned OpenAI's ChatGPT...

January 11, 20232 min read
ChatGPT Backlash: ChatGPT faces backlash over plagiarism fears.
Software Development

ChatGPT Backlash: ChatGPT faces backlash over plagiarism fears.

The Batch - AI News & Insights. The breakout text generator faces resistance — even within the AI community. Organizations including the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) and the New York Department of Education banned OpenAI's ChatGPT...

January 11, 20232 min read
Transparency for AI as a Service: Amazon introduces service cards to enhance responsible AI.
Software Development

Transparency for AI as a Service: Amazon introduces service cards to enhance responsible AI.

Amazon published a series of web pages designed to help people use AI responsibly. Amazon Web Services introduced so-called AI service cards that describe the uses and limitations of some models it serves.

January 4, 20232 min read
Transparency for AI as a Service: Amazon introduces service cards to enhance responsible AI.
Software Development

Transparency for AI as a Service: Amazon introduces service cards to enhance responsible AI.

Amazon published a series of web pages designed to help people use AI responsibly. Amazon Web Services introduced so-called AI service cards that describe the uses and limitations of some models it serves.

January 4, 20232 min read
Programmer’s Best Friend: Code generation services took off in 2022.
Software Development

Programmer’s Best Friend: Code generation services took off in 2022.

Behind schedule on a software project? There’s an app for that. Language models fine-tuned on computer code proved capable of generating software routines similar to the work of experienced developers — though the results can be hit-or-miss.

December 21, 20221 min read
Programmer’s Best Friend: Code generation services took off in 2022.
Software Development

Programmer’s Best Friend: Code generation services took off in 2022.

Behind schedule on a software project? There’s an app for that. Language models fine-tuned on computer code proved capable of generating software routines similar to the work of experienced developers — though the results can be hit-or-miss.

December 21, 20221 min read

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