Standard for Media Watermarks: C2PA introduces watermark tech to combat media misinformation.
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Standard for Media Watermarks: C2PA introduces watermark tech to combat media misinformation.

An alliance of major tech and media companies introduced a watermark designed to distinguish real from fake media starting with images. The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) offers an open standard that marks media files with information about their creation and editing.

January 17, 20243 min read
Standard for Media Watermarks: C2PA introduces watermark tech to combat media misinformation.
Tech & Society

Standard for Media Watermarks: C2PA introduces watermark tech to combat media misinformation.

An alliance of major tech and media companies introduced a watermark designed to distinguish real from fake media starting with images. The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) offers an open standard that marks media files with information about their creation and editing.

January 17, 20243 min read
OpenAI Expands Platform Play: OpenAI releases the GPT store, a curated chatbot marketplace.
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OpenAI Expands Platform Play: OpenAI releases the GPT store, a curated chatbot marketplace.

The GPT Store is open for business, providing curated, searchable access to millions of chatbots tailored for specific purposes.

January 17, 20241 min read
OpenAI Expands Platform Play: OpenAI releases the GPT store, a curated chatbot marketplace.
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OpenAI Expands Platform Play: OpenAI releases the GPT store, a curated chatbot marketplace.

The GPT Store is open for business, providing curated, searchable access to millions of chatbots tailored for specific purposes.

January 17, 20241 min read
AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.
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AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.

The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas showcased products that take advantage of increasingly powerful, increasingly accessible AI capabilities. Many debuts at the massive CES show showed that large language models (LLMs) are moving beyond browsers and smartphones.

January 17, 20242 min read
AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.
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AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.

The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas showcased products that take advantage of increasingly powerful, increasingly accessible AI capabilities. Many debuts at the massive CES show showed that large language models (LLMs) are moving beyond browsers and smartphones.

January 17, 20242 min read
AGI Defined: Researchers propose a taxonomy for artificial general intelligence (AGI).
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AGI Defined: Researchers propose a taxonomy for artificial general intelligence (AGI).

How will we know if someone succeeds in building artificial general intelligence (AGI)? A recent paper defines milestones on the road from calculator to superintelligence.

January 10, 20243 min read
AGI Defined: Researchers propose a taxonomy for artificial general intelligence (AGI).
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AGI Defined: Researchers propose a taxonomy for artificial general intelligence (AGI).

How will we know if someone succeeds in building artificial general intelligence (AGI)? A recent paper defines milestones on the road from calculator to superintelligence.

January 10, 20243 min read
OpenAI Revamps Safety Protocol: Inside OpenAI's framework to evaluate and mitigate model risks
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OpenAI Revamps Safety Protocol: Inside OpenAI's framework to evaluate and mitigate model risks

Retrenching after its November leadership shakeup, OpenAI unveiled a new framework for evaluating risks posed by its models and deciding whether to limit their use. 

January 10, 20242 min read
OpenAI Revamps Safety Protocol: Inside OpenAI's framework to evaluate and mitigate model risks
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OpenAI Revamps Safety Protocol: Inside OpenAI's framework to evaluate and mitigate model risks

Retrenching after its November leadership shakeup, OpenAI unveiled a new framework for evaluating risks posed by its models and deciding whether to limit their use. 

January 10, 20242 min read
The New York Times versus OpenAI and Microsoft: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, but the real issues and harms are not clear.
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The New York Times versus OpenAI and Microsoft: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, but the real issues and harms are not clear.

Last week, the New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging massive copyright infringements. The suit claims, among other things, that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of copyrighted NYT articles to train their models...

January 3, 20243 min read
The New York Times versus OpenAI and Microsoft: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, but the real issues and harms are not clear.
Tech & Society

The New York Times versus OpenAI and Microsoft: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, but the real issues and harms are not clear.

Last week, the New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging massive copyright infringements. The suit claims, among other things, that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of copyrighted NYT articles to train their models...

January 3, 20243 min read
Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.
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Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.

AI ventures are thriving in the French capital. Paris is host to a crop of young companies that focus on large language models. TechCrunch surveyed the scene.  Paris is well situated for an AI boomlet...

January 3, 20241 min read
Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.
Tech & Society

Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.

AI ventures are thriving in the French capital. Paris is host to a crop of young companies that focus on large language models. TechCrunch surveyed the scene.  Paris is well situated for an AI boomlet...

January 3, 20241 min read
AI Against Climate Change: A roadmap explores how AI can detect and mitigate greenhouse gases.
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AI Against Climate Change: A roadmap explores how AI can detect and mitigate greenhouse gases.

How can AI help to fight climate change? A new report evaluates progress so far and explores options for the future. The Innovation for Cool Earth Forum, a conference of climate researchers hosted by Japan...

January 3, 20242 min read

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