Google Security Engineering and The Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (in collaboration with OpenAI) have sorted through the hype - and done some serious thinking and formal …
Two Chinese Supercomputers (with Mystery Hardware Components) Go Online
Conspicuous, controversial and notorious is the Chinese unwillingness to participate in global benchmarking list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. So, the "top 500" list goes out - with …
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Microsoft partners with Mistral in second AI deal beyond OpenAI
Microsoft has announced a new multiyear partnership with Mistral, a French AI startup that’s valued at €2 billion (about $2.1 billion). The Financial Times reports that the partnership will include …
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Global AI Developers Need to Set Some Standards – Now
Recently a collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI found that nation state actors with ties to China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have been engaged in leveraging artificial intelligence …
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Will The AI Safety Institute – and the Consortium Model – Insure an AI-safe Future?
Consistent with our recent analysis of government regulation (or overregulation?) of AI, and the introduction of the concept of the "decontrol" of AI, the recent launch of the AI Safety Institute …
Apple plans AI-based code completion tool, copilot rival
Apple Inc., racing to add more artificial intelligence capabilities, is nearing the completion of a critical new software tool for app developers that would step up competition with Microsoft Corp. …
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How LLMs are learning to differentiate spatial sounds
Humans have unique sensory functions, among them binaural hearing — meaning we can identify types of sound, as well as what direction it’s coming from and how far away it is, and we can also …
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Meta’s AI Chief Yann LeCun on AGI, Open-Source, and AI Risk
Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, received another accolade to add to his long list of awards on Sunday, when he was recognized with a TIME100 Impact Award for his contributions to the world of …
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Microsoft and OpenAI say hackers are using ChatGPT to improve cyberattacks
Microsoft and OpenAI are revealing today that hackers are already using large language models like ChatGPT to refine and improve their existing cyberattacks. In newly published research, Microsoft and …
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Slack launches genAI tools for big businesses, remains mum on price
Slack AI is now available for enterprise customers, though pricing details for the generative AI (gene) features have not yet been disclosed. Slack announced plans for its AI assistant app last year, …
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