February 27, 2023

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Hugging Face and AWS Join Forces to Democratize AI

InfoQ, 02/27/23. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with Hugging Face, an open-source natural language processing (NLP) company, to provide improved AI capabilities for developers.

Hugging Face’s technology will be integrated into AWS’s SageMaker machine learning platform, allowing developers to more easily build and deploy NLP models. The partnership also includes the development of a new open-source library for NLP, which will be available on AWS’s Marketplace.

The collaboration aims to make NLP more accessible and scalable for developers, and could lead to new applications in industries such as healthcare, finance, and customer service. READ MORE

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How to Use AI? A Guide to Learning Artificial Intelligence

Analytics Insight, 02/27/23. Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to machines’ ability to replicate human intelligence to complete tasks requiring human intelligence. The utilization of AI involves careful planning, algorithm selection, data collection, training, testing, deployment, and maintenance to ensure accuracy and reliability. There are three types of AI: Narrow AI, General AI, and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). AI has various real-world uses in sports, science, military, hiring, and gaming. READ MORE

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China’s censors could shape the future of AI-generated content

the japan times, 02/27/23. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in China for political censorship, surveillance, and content manipulation raises important questions about the potential impact of AI-generated content on a global scale.

China’s heavily censored and propaganda-infused information landscape is likely to affect the outputs of algorithmic tools that are trained on data from within the country’s “Great Firewall”.

The incorporation of AI technology into disinformation campaigns by pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) actors is also a growing concern, as recent experiments have demonstrated the ability of bad actors to use the technology as a “force multiplier to promote harmful false narratives around the world”.

Given the clear potential for abuse, pressure should be applied to Chinese technology firms for greater transparency, and international competitors should integrate strong human rights principles into developing and implementing new AI-generated tools. READ MORE

education

Children taking the International Baccalaureate WILL be allowed to use AI chatbot ChatGPT to write their essays

DailyMail.com, 02/27/23. ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, will be allowed for use by children taking International Baccalaureate (IB) exams to assist in essay writing.

While some educators have concerns about the use of AI in education, proponents argue that ChatGPT can provide valuable support to students who may struggle with writing or need additional guidance. The tool has already been banned in some schools globally over fears of cheating and laziness.

The IB is bucking this trend by permitting the use of ChatGPT to write essays, as long as passages generated by the chatbot are appropriately credited and referenced. READ MORE

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Bing’s AI Chat Marks a New Web Era: Please Don’t Kill It

PCMag, 02/27/23. Microsoft’s new AI-based conversational Bing search tool is being hailed as a new era in online search.

Unlike previous AIs, the new Bing AI taps both a huge search database and AI language models, providing a more compelling and delightful experience compared to standard search engines that simply provide links.

The conversational AI also retains context from previous queries, making refining searches frictionless.

Although there have been negative reviews of the Bing AI, Microsoft has already tuned the AI’s algorithm to avoid nightmare scenarios, and it is still in preview testing. Overall, the Bing AI is a powerful and remarkable new tool, which if used correctly, has the potential to change the way people interact with information on the web. READ MORE