April 22, 2023

  • Hazards

    Our misplaced faith in AI is turning the internet into a cesspool of misinformation and spam

    Salon, 04/22/23. Technologies like the printing press, communication innovations, and the internet have facilitated the dissemination of knowledge, but the internet has become a breeding ground for disinformation and tribalism. Social media platforms have shifted from personal sharing to promoting social media celebrity, and chatbots and large language models often produce misinformation. A paywall with human content moderators may be a necessary solution to filter out the garbage. READ MORE

  • Trends

    5 emerging trends in deep learning and artificial intelligence

    COINTELEGRAPH, 04/22/23. Deep learning and AI are advancing with emerging trends that promise to revolutionize machine learning. These trends include federated learning, GANs, XAI, reinforcement learning, and transfer learning. They offer exciting opportunities for researchers and developers, improving decision-making and increasing trust in AI systems. READ MORE

  • Democracy

    The real threat to the 2024 election isn’t AI

    UnHerd, 04/22/23. AI is causing concern in elections, with Dominic Cummings experimenting with AI models to create personas of voters. Victory will belong to the side that can think of useful, novel AI applications, using its organizational horsepower. While deepfakes have been touted as the election killer application, ill-informed media may spread conspiracy theories that could be more harmful. READ MORE

  • Gaming

    ChatGPT Comes to Minecraft AI Mobs, Here’s How to Talk to Them

    tom’sHARDWARE, 04/22/23. AI chatbots are common in search engines and online stores. Minecraft Java edition players can use AIMobs mod to have conversations with individual mobs and receive customized answers based on their type. The AI mobs in Minecraft can only talk and give advice, but conversations are engaging and can be initiated by shift-clicking on the mob and starting the chat in the game’s chat function. AIMobs and MCChatGPT enable Minecraft players to enjoy the benefits of AI chat and ChatGPT technology. READ MORE

  • Stability AI

    StableLM Might Be What Stability AI Needs To Survive

    Analytics India Magazine, 04/22/23. Stability AI has released StableLM, a family of large language models, built on an open-source strategy. However, the company is struggling financially and may consider charging for fine-tuning or training models on proprietary data pools while keeping their models open-source. They are also striking partnerships with AWS to stay afloat while remaining committed to open-source. READ MORE