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University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade

reader comments 20 with On Friday, a team of researchers at the University of Chicago released a research paper outlining “Nightshade,” a data poisoning technique aimed at disrupting the training process for AI models, reports MIT Technology Review and VentureBeat. The goal is to help visual artists and publishers protect their work from being used… Read More »

Stanford researchers challenge OpenAI, others on AI transparency in new report

reader comments 10 with On Wednesday, Stanford University researchers issued a report on major AI models and found them greatly lacking in transparency, reports Reuters. The report, called “The Foundation Model Transparency Index,” examined models (such as GPT-4) created by OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, and others. It aims to shed light on the data and… Read More »

Tired of shortages, OpenAI considers making its own AI chips

OpenAI / Benj Edwards reader comments 44 with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E 3 generative AI products, is exploring the possibility of manufacturing its own AI accelerator chips, according to Reuters. Citing anonymous sources, the Reuters report indicates that OpenAI is considering the option due to a shortage of specialized AI GPU chips… Read More »

Facebook’s new AI stickers can generate Elmo with a knife

Enlarge / A selection of AI-generated stickers created in Facebook Messenger and shared on social media site X. reader comments 110 with Less than a week after Meta unveiled AI-generated stickers in its Facebook Messenger app, users are already abusing it to create potentially offensive images of copyright-protected characters and sharing the results on social… Read More »

Meta launches consumer AI chatbots with celebrity avatars in its social apps

Enlarge / Meta’s AI characters feature Snoop Dogg playing a dungeon master that dispenses gaming advice. reader comments 14 with On Wednesday, Meta announced its consumer-friendly entry into the crowded AI chatbot landscape, The Verge reports. During a presentation at Meta Connect 2023, the company said it is launching its own “Meta AI” chat assistant… Read More »

AI language models can exceed PNG and FLAC in lossless compression, says study

reader comments 53 with Effective compression is about finding patterns to make data smaller without losing information. When an algorithm or model can accurately guess the next piece of data in a sequence, it shows it’s good at spotting these patterns. This links the idea of making good guesses—which is what large language models like… Read More »

10X coders beware: Meta’s new AI model boosts coding and debugging for free

reader comments 45 with Meta is adding another Llama to its herd—and this one knows how to code. On Thursday, Meta unveiled “Code Llama,” a new large language model (LLM) based on Llama 2 that is designed to assist programmers by generating and debugging code. It aims to make software development more efficient and accessible,… Read More »

Meta’s “massively multilingual” AI model translates up to 100 languages, speech or text

Getty Images reader comments 25 with On Tuesday, Meta announced SeamlessM4T, a multimodal AI model for speech and text translations. As a neural network that can process both text and audio, it can perform text-to-speech, speech-to-text, speech-to-speech, and text-to-text translations for “up to 100 languages,” according to Meta. Its goal is to help people who… Read More »

The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content

Benj Edwards / Getty Images reader comments 114 with In early August, The New York Times updated its terms of service (TOS) to prohibit scraping its articles and images for AI training, reports Adweek. The move comes at a time when tech companies have continued to monetize AI language apps such as ChatGPT and Google… Read More »

Meta releases open source AI audio tools, AudioCraft

reader comments 17 with On Wednesday, Meta announced it is open-sourcing AudioCraft, a suite of generative AI tools for creating music and audio from text prompts. With the tools, content creators can input simple text descriptions to generate complex audio landscapes, compose melodies, or even simulate entire virtual orchestras. AudioCraft consists of three core components:… Read More »