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
The World Cup's AI Referee
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The World Cup's AI Referee

The outcome of the FIFA World Cup 2022 depends on learning algorithms. The annual championship tournament of football, which wraps up this week, is using machine learning to help human arbiters spot players who break a rule that governs their locations on the field.

December 14, 20222 min read
The World Cup's AI Referee
Tech & Society

The World Cup's AI Referee

The outcome of the FIFA World Cup 2022 depends on learning algorithms. The annual championship tournament of football, which wraps up this week, is using machine learning to help human arbiters spot players who break a rule that governs their locations on the field.

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
Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.
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Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.

A new report offers a rare peek into the use of automated decision-making tools by the government of a major city.

November 30, 20222 min read
Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.
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Algorithms Control the Capital: The 29 Algorithms Used by Washington, D.C.

A new report offers a rare peek into the use of automated decision-making tools by the government of a major city.

November 30, 20222 min read
Billboards Are Watching: Billboards Target Ads using Face Recognition and AI
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Billboards Are Watching: Billboards Target Ads using Face Recognition and AI

AI-driven signs are deciding what to display based on data harvested from passersby. Companies that sell advertising in public spaces use face analysis and personal data to match ads with potential viewers in real time.

November 30, 20222 min read
Billboards Are Watching: Billboards Target Ads using Face Recognition and AI
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Billboards Are Watching: Billboards Target Ads using Face Recognition and AI

AI-driven signs are deciding what to display based on data harvested from passersby. Companies that sell advertising in public spaces use face analysis and personal data to match ads with potential viewers in real time.

November 30, 20222 min read
Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein
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Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein

Most speech-to-speech translation systems use text as an intermediate mode. So how do you build an automated translator for a language that has no standard written form? A new approach trained neural networks to translate a primarily oral language.

November 30, 20223 min read
Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein
Tech & Society

Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein

Most speech-to-speech translation systems use text as an intermediate mode. So how do you build an automated translator for a language that has no standard written form? A new approach trained neural networks to translate a primarily oral language.

November 30, 20223 min read
Champion Model Is No Go: Adversarial AI Beats Master KataGo Algorithm
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Champion Model Is No Go: Adversarial AI Beats Master KataGo Algorithm

A new algorithm defeated a championship-winning Go model using moves that even a middling human player could counter. Researchers trained a model to defeat KataGo, an open source Go-playing system that has beaten top human players.

November 23, 20222 min read
Champion Model Is No Go: Adversarial AI Beats Master KataGo Algorithm
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Champion Model Is No Go: Adversarial AI Beats Master KataGo Algorithm

A new algorithm defeated a championship-winning Go model using moves that even a middling human player could counter. Researchers trained a model to defeat KataGo, an open source Go-playing system that has beaten top human players.

November 23, 20222 min read
AI’s Year in Review: Fifth Annual State of AI Report Details 2022 Trends
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AI’s Year in Review: Fifth Annual State of AI Report Details 2022 Trends

2022 was a big year for AI-driven upstarts and scientific discovery, according to a new survey. The fifth annual State of AI Report details the biggest breakthroughs, business impacts, social trends, and safety concerns.

November 16, 20222 min read
AI’s Year in Review: Fifth Annual State of AI Report Details 2022 Trends
Tech & Society

AI’s Year in Review: Fifth Annual State of AI Report Details 2022 Trends

2022 was a big year for AI-driven upstarts and scientific discovery, according to a new survey. The fifth annual State of AI Report details the biggest breakthroughs, business impacts, social trends, and safety concerns.

November 16, 20222 min read

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