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GPT-4 Opens Its Eyes: Early insights into what OpenAI's GPT-4 with Vision can do
Few people have had a chance to try out OpenAI’s GPT-4 with Vision (GPT-4V), but many of those who have played with it expressed excitement.
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Video Sharing Goes Generative: YouTube’s upcoming AI features help producers easily reach bigger audiences.
YouTube is reinventing itself for the era of generative AI. The Google-owned video platform is adding generated topic ideas, backgrounds, music suggestions, and audio translations. These capabilities will be available in late 2023 or early 2024.
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U.S. Film Industry Limits AI: Hollywood screenwriters and studios make a deal to end the writers' strike.
Screenwriters and movie studios reached a landmark agreement that restricts uses of AI to produce scripts for television and movies.
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Better Relationships Through AI: Doctors say there’s an epidemic of loneliness. Here's how large language models can help.
Improvements in chatbots have opened a market for bots integrated with dating apps. I’m concerned that AI romantic partners create fake relationships that displace, rather than strengthen, meaningful human relationships.
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Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.
Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered assistants will roll out in the coming months.
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Robots for Romance: A new generation of smart apps for dating and relationships
Several new apps put deep learning at the center of finding a mate. Some provide chatbot surrogates while others aim to offer matches.
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U.S. Plans to Expand Drone Fleet: The Pentagon has a $1.8 billion AI budget for 2024.
The United States military aims to field a multitude of autonomous vehicles.
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Machine Translation at the Border: Faulty translations jeopardize asylum applications.
For some asylum seekers, machine translation errors may make the difference between protection and deportation.
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Truth in Online Political Ads: Google tightens restrictions on AI-made political ads.
Google, which distributes a large portion of ads on the web, tightened its restrictions on potentially misleading political ads in advance of national elections in the United States, India, and South Africa.
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GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.
Microsoft promised to shield users of its generative AI services against the potential risk of copyright infringement. Microsoft said it would cover the cost for any copyright violations that may arise from use of its Copilot features, which generate text, images, code, and other media within its...
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ChatGPT for Big Biz: OpenAI launches ChatGPT Enterprise.
A new version of ChatGPT upgrades the service for corporate customers. OpenAI launched ChatGPT Enterprise, which combines enhanced data-privacy features with a more capable language model. The price is negotiable on a case-by-case basis.
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Unlocking AI's Potential for Positive Impact: AI can make a difference when stakes are high and lives hang in the balance. Learn how in our new specialization, AI for Good.
Amidst rising worry about AI harms both realistic (like job loss) and unrealistic (like human extinction), It’s critical to understand AI’s potential to do tremendous good. Our new specialization is designed to empower people to identify, scope, and build impactful AI projects.