Robots Work the Drive-Thru: Drive-thru fast-food restaurants are rolling out chatbots to take orders.
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Robots Work the Drive-Thru: Drive-thru fast-food restaurants are rolling out chatbots to take orders.

Chatbots are taking orders for burgers and fries — and making sure you buy a milkshake with them. Drive-thru fast-food restaurants across the United States are rolling out chatbots to take orders.

August 9, 20232 min read
Cloud Computing Goes Generative: Amazon simplifies generative AI for cloud computing customers.
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Cloud Computing Goes Generative: Amazon simplifies generative AI for cloud computing customers.

Amazon aims to make it easier for its cloud computing customers to build applications that take advantage of generative AI. Amazon Web Services’ Bedrock platform is offering new generative models, software agents that enable customers to interact...

August 2, 20232 min read
Cloud Computing Goes Generative: Amazon simplifies generative AI for cloud computing customers.
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Cloud Computing Goes Generative: Amazon simplifies generative AI for cloud computing customers.

Amazon aims to make it easier for its cloud computing customers to build applications that take advantage of generative AI. Amazon Web Services’ Bedrock platform is offering new generative models, software agents that enable customers to interact...

August 2, 20232 min read
Ukraine’s Homegrown Drones: Ukrainian drone industry takes flight amid conflict
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Ukraine’s Homegrown Drones: Ukrainian drone industry takes flight amid conflict

The war in Ukraine has spurred a new domestic industry. Hundreds of drone companies have sprung up in Ukraine since Russian forces invaded the country early last year.

August 2, 20232 min read
Ukraine’s Homegrown Drones: Ukraine's drone industry takes flight amidst conflict.
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Ukraine’s Homegrown Drones: Ukraine's drone industry takes flight amidst conflict.

The war in Ukraine has spurred a new domestic industry. Hundreds of drone companies have sprung up in Ukraine since Russian forces invaded the country early last year.

August 2, 20232 min read
ChatGPT Ain’t What It Used to Be: ChatGPT's behavior change over time
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ChatGPT Ain’t What It Used to Be: ChatGPT's behavior change over time

It wasn’t your imagination: OpenAI’s large language models have changed. Researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley found that the performance of GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 has drifted in recent months. In a limited selection of tasks, some prompts yielded better results than before, some worse.

July 26, 20232 min read
ChatGPT Ain’t What It Used to Be: ChatGPT's behavior change over time
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ChatGPT Ain’t What It Used to Be: ChatGPT's behavior change over time

It wasn’t your imagination: OpenAI’s large language models have changed. Researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley found that the performance of GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 has drifted in recent months. In a limited selection of tasks, some prompts yielded better results than before, some worse.

July 26, 20232 min read
Apple Grapples With Generative AI: Apple Is proceeding on the sly to capitalize on the generative AI trend.
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Apple Grapples With Generative AI: Apple Is proceeding on the sly to capitalize on the generative AI trend.

Apple insiders spoke anonymously about the company’s effort to exploit the current craze for chatbots. Apple built a framework for large language models and used it to develop a chatbot dubbed Apple GPT — for internal use only.

July 26, 20232 min read
Apple Grapples With Generative AI: Apple Is proceeding on the sly to capitalize on the generative AI trend.
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Apple Grapples With Generative AI: Apple Is proceeding on the sly to capitalize on the generative AI trend.

Apple insiders spoke anonymously about the company’s effort to exploit the current craze for chatbots. Apple built a framework for large language models and used it to develop a chatbot dubbed Apple GPT — for internal use only.

July 26, 20232 min read
AI Firms Agree to Voluntary Guidelines: U.S. companies agree to uphold a list of responsible AI commitments.
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AI Firms Agree to Voluntary Guidelines: U.S. companies agree to uphold a list of responsible AI commitments.

In the absence of nationwide laws that regulate AI, major U.S. tech companies pledged to abide by voluntary guidelines — most of which they may already be following.

July 26, 20232 min read
AI Firms Agree to Voluntary Guidelines: U.S. companies agree to uphold a list of responsible AI commitments.
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AI Firms Agree to Voluntary Guidelines: U.S. companies agree to uphold a list of responsible AI commitments.

In the absence of nationwide laws that regulate AI, major U.S. tech companies pledged to abide by voluntary guidelines — most of which they may already be following.

July 26, 20232 min read
Bravo to AI Companies That Agreed to Voluntary Commitments! Now Let's See Action: The commitment by major AI companies to develop watermarks to identify AI-generated output is a test of the voluntary approach to regulation.
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Bravo to AI Companies That Agreed to Voluntary Commitments! Now Let's See Action: The commitment by major AI companies to develop watermarks to identify AI-generated output is a test of the voluntary approach to regulation.

Last week, the White House announced voluntary commitments by seven AI companies. Most of the points were sufficiently vague that it seems easy for the White House...

July 26, 20232 min read
Bravo to AI Companies That Agreed to Voluntary Commitments! Now Let's See Action: The commitment by major AI companies to develop watermarks to identify AI-generated output is a test of the voluntary approach to regulation.
Tech & Society

Bravo to AI Companies That Agreed to Voluntary Commitments! Now Let's See Action: The commitment by major AI companies to develop watermarks to identify AI-generated output is a test of the voluntary approach to regulation.

Last week, the White House announced voluntary commitments by seven AI companies. Most of the points were sufficiently vague that it seems easy for the White House...

July 26, 20232 min read
It's Time to Update Copyright for Generative AI: We need new copyright laws that enable generative AI developers and users to move forward without risking lawsuits.
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It's Time to Update Copyright for Generative AI: We need new copyright laws that enable generative AI developers and users to move forward without risking lawsuits.

Many laws will need to be updated to encourage beneficial AI innovations while mitigating potential harms. One example: Copyright law as it relates to generative AI is a mess!

July 19, 20233 min read
It's Time to Update Copyright for Generative AI: We need new copyright laws that enable generative AI developers and users to move forward without risking lawsuits.
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It's Time to Update Copyright for Generative AI: We need new copyright laws that enable generative AI developers and users to move forward without risking lawsuits.

Many laws will need to be updated to encourage beneficial AI innovations while mitigating potential harms. One example: Copyright law as it relates to generative AI is a mess!

July 19, 20233 min read

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