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Recent stories by Benj Edwards

1. Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos

   "Imagine with Meta AI" turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data.

   Benj Edwards – Dec 6, 2023 9:52 pm UTC

2. Google launches Gemini—a powerful AI model it says can surpass GPT-4

   Google claims Gemini beats GPT-4 in "30 of the 32 widely used academic benchmarks."

   Benj Edwards – Dec 6, 2023 6:01 pm UTC

3. Due to AI, “We are about to enter the era of mass spying,” says Bruce Schneier

   Schneier: AI will enable a shift from observing actions to interpreting intentions, en masse.

   Benj Edwards – Dec 5, 2023 8:53 pm UTC

4. IBM, Meta form “AI Alliance” with 50 organizations to promote open source AI

   What's the opposite of OpenAI? IBM and Meta devise plan that includes 50 members.

   Benj Edwards – Dec 5, 2023 5:03 pm UTC

5. 1960s chatbot ELIZA beat OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 in a recent Turing test study

   AI chatbot deception paper suggests that some bots (and people) aren't very persuasive.

   Benj Edwards – Dec 1, 2023 9:27 pm UTC

6. ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world.

   Examining 365 days with OpenAI's bot: The good, the bad, the ugly—and the productive?

   Benj Edwards – Nov 30, 2023 5:01 pm UTC

7. Sam Altman officially back as OpenAI CEO: “We didn’t lose a single employee”

   Altman addresses Sutskever; Microsoft will serve observer role on new OpenAI board.

   Benj Edwards – Nov 30, 2023 2:37 pm UTC

8. Stable Diffusion XL Turbo can generate AI images as fast as you can type

   Even at home, SDXL Turbo can create detailed images with startling speed.

   Benj Edwards – Nov 29, 2023 9:20 pm UTC

9. Amazon unleashes Q, an AI assistant for the workplace

   Aimed at the office, Amazon Q can summarize docs and assist with programming tasks.

   Benj Edwards – Nov 29, 2023 5:13 pm UTC

10. Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously

    Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70% for some crops.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 28, 2023 11:09 pm UTC

11. New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image

    Given GPU and patience, SVD can turn any image into a 2-second video clip.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 27, 2023 8:28 pm UTC

12. OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO; Altman may head to Microsoft

    Ilya Sutskever announces regret; 700+ OpenAI employees sign letter asking board to resign.

    Benj Edwards – Updated Nov 20, 2023 3:29 pm UTC

13. Sam Altman reportedly in talks for potential return as OpenAI CEO

    Altman's unpopular firing may be undone—if a deal can be worked out.

    Benj Edwards – Updated Nov 19, 2023 12:36 am UTC

14. Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI

    Microsoft CEO "furious"; OpenAI president and 3 researchers resign. COO says "No malfeasance."

    Benj Edwards – Updated Nov 18, 2023 2:24 pm UTC

15. OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as shocked employees hold all-hands meeting

    Details emerge in Sam Altman firing, which blindsided Microsoft and investors.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 18, 2023 12:31 am UTC

16. “Hallucinating” AI models help coin Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year

    Cambridge: "When an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information."

    Benj Edwards – Nov 17, 2023 5:01 pm UTC

17. “Make It Real” AI prototype wows devs by turning drawings into working software

    Designer: "I think I need to go lie down."

    Benj Edwards – Nov 16, 2023 10:48 pm UTC

18. Unauthorized “David Attenborough” AI clone narrates developer’s life, goes viral

    "We observe the sophisticated Homo sapiens engaging in the ritual of hydration."

    Benj Edwards – Nov 16, 2023 9:45 pm UTC

19. From toy to tool: DALL-E 3 is a wake-up call for visual artists—and the rest of us

    AI image synthesis is getting more capable at executing ideas, and it's not slowing down.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 16, 2023 12:20 pm UTC

20. Holy chips! Microsoft’s new AI silicon will power its chatty assistants

    Amid GPU shortages, Microsoft reaches for custom silicon to run its AI language models.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 15, 2023 9:53 pm UTC

21. Bing Chat is now “Microsoft Copilot” in potentially confusing rebranding move

    Microsoft: "Soon there will be a Copilot for everyone and for everything you do."

    Benj Edwards – Nov 15, 2023 8:01 pm UTC

22. YouTube cracks down on synthetic media with AI disclosure requirement

    Several new policies aim to tackle realistic synthetic media head-on.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 15, 2023 5:24 pm UTC

23. People think white AI-generated faces are more real than actual photos, study says

    'Hyperrealism' bias may impact medicine and law enforcement. Can you spot the fakes?

    Benj Edwards – Nov 14, 2023 10:55 pm UTC

24. AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting for the first time: Google study

    AI models may soon enable more accurate forecasts with higher speed and lower cost.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 14, 2023 7:53 pm UTC

25. Nvidia introduces the H200, an AI-crunching monster GPU that may speed up ChatGPT

    The H200 will likely power the next generation of AI chatbots and art generators.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 13, 2023 9:44 pm UTC

26. Steve Wozniak suffers minor stroke in Mexico City before scheduled talk

    Apple co-founder felt dizzy, couldn't walk. Flew home after 24-hour hospitalization.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 10, 2023 4:01 pm UTC

27. OpenAI introduces GPT-4 Turbo: Larger memory, lower cost, new knowledge

    Novel-sized context window, DALL-E 3 API, more announced on OpenAI DevDay 2023.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 6, 2023 9:40 pm UTC

28. OpenAI introduces custom AI assistants called “GPTs” that play different roles

    Users can build and share custom-defined roles—from math mentor to sticker designer.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 6, 2023 6:21 pm UTC

29. Elon Musk’s new AI model doesn’t shy from questions about cocaine and orgies

    xAI positions sarcastic AI assistant to counterbalance buttoned-up ChatGPT.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 6, 2023 3:05 pm UTC

30. “Catastrophic” AI harms among warnings in declaration signed by 28 nations

    "Bletchley Declaration" sums up first day of UK's international AI Safety Summit.

    Benj Edwards – Nov 1, 2023 9:21 pm UTC

31. Inserted AI-generated Microsoft poll about woman’s death rankles The Guardian

    Speculative AI news poll presented three choices: Murder, accident, or suicide.

    Benj Edwards – Oct 31, 2023 7:53 pm UTC

32. Biden issues sweeping executive order that touches AI risk, deepfakes, privacy

    Order details US admin's approach to AI safety, media authenticity, job loss, and more.

    Benj Edwards – Oct 30, 2023 4:43 pm UTC

33. People are speaking with ChatGPT for hours, bringing 2013’s Her closer to reality

    Long mobile conversations with the AI assistant using AirPods echo the sci-fi film.

    Benj Edwards – Oct 27, 2023 4:52 pm UTC

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

    Altered images could destroy AI model training efforts that scrape art without consent.

    Benj Edwards – Oct 25, 2023 9:21 pm UTC

35. “Do not open robots,” warns Oregon State amid college food delivery bomb prank

    OSU officials isolate food robots after bomb threat, later resolved with an arrest.

    Benj Edwards – Oct 25, 2023 3:14 pm UTC

36. US surprises Nvidia by speeding up new AI chip export ban

    Nvidia tried to end-run restrictions with new designs, but US govt said not so fast.

    Benj Edwards – Oct 24, 2023 9:07 pm UTC