The first wave of major generative AI tools largely were trained on “publicly available” data—basically, anything and everything that could be scraped from the internet. Now, sources of training data are increasingly restricting access and pushing for licensing agreements. With the hunt for additional data sources intensifying, new licensing startups …
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National Novel Writing Month has long been known for its quirky, homegrown approach to creativity: Write a novel during the month of November! Just jot down 50,000 words while you’re knocking out holiday shopping and basting a turkey! But last Friday, the 25-year-old nonprofit, known as NaNoWriMo for short, shocked …
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In 2012, Amazon quietly acquired a robotics startup called Kiva Systems, a move that dramatically improved the efficiency of its ecommerce operations and kickstarted a wider revolution in warehouse automation. Last week, the ecommerce giant announced another deal that could prove similarly profound, agreeing to hire the founders of Covariant, …
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Recently, former president and convicted felon Donald Trump posted a series of photos that appeared to show fans of pop star Taylor Swift supporting his bid for the US presidency. The pictures looked AI-generated, and WIRED was able to confirm they probably were by running them through the nonprofit True …
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TL;DR: A wide range of ChatGPT courses are available to take for free on Udemy. Not a day goes by without mention of ChatGPT and all it can do. But do you truly know how to harness this technology? If you’re in any doubt, you should consider enrolling in one …
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Major technology companies, including Google, Apple, and Discord, have been enabling people to quickly sign up to harmful “undress” websites, which use AI to remove clothes from real photos to make victims appear to be “nude” without their consent. More than a dozen of these deepfake websites have been using …
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Google Meet will now take notes for you in meetings, with a new Gemini AI-powered feature rolling out. Announced Tuesday in a blog post, the “Take notes for me” feature is available to “select” paying Google Workspace users. The feature is similar to competitor offerings like Zoom Notes or OtterPilot, …
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ChatGPT has already wreaked havoc on classrooms and changed how teachers approach writing homework, since OpenAI publicly launched the generative AI chatbot in late 2022. School administrators rushed to try to detect AI-generated essays, and in turn, students scrambled to find out how to cloak their synthetic compositions. But by …
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You know that feeling of anguish when you’re trying to think of the perfect opening line on a dating app? Or when a match replies but you’re stressing at work and simply don’t have the capacity to think of something witty-but-chill-but-hilarious? Well, there’s an app for that now. Welcome to …
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If you want to coast through meetings, keep track of everyone you meet, or just remember the name of that obscure dog food your veterinarian told you to feed your pooch, there’s a necklace for that. Or a wristband. Or a pin. Plaud is an AI company that makes the …
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