March 1, 2023

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Generative AI Helping Boost Productivity of Software Developers

The Wall Street Journal, 03/01/23. Generative AI is gaining traction in software development. Tools like Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and those from Amazon, IBM, Tabnine, and Magic AI quickly finding a receptive audience among developers seeking a productivity boost.

These AI coding tools suggest code snippets and tests and provide technical recommendations, helping developers improve their productivity.

The tools are not intended to replace developers but to help them work more efficiently. However, some technology leaders have concerns about cybersecurity and intellectual property risks, and companies like GitHub and Amazon are addressing these concerns with new features in their AI coding tools. READ MORE

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Bing’s AI chatbot came to work for me. I had to fire it.

COMPUTERWORLD, 03/01/23. The author created an imaginary office furniture manufacturing company to test Bing’s AI chatbot’s capabilities. The tasks were researching Lean Six Sigma efficiency techniques, projecting market size, and creating marketing materials.

While the chatbot was able to provide useful descriptions and suggestions, it frequently crashed and had limited functionality, making it difficult to complete tasks efficiently.

Despite its limitations, the chatbot showed promise for searches and summarizing information, and with further training and improvement, it may become a valuable tool for companies. READ MORE

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‘It’s fundamental’: WPP chief on how AI has revolutionized advertising

The Guardian, 03/01/23. According to Mark Read, the CEO of WPP, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are driving a revolution in the global advertising industry.

WPP has invested heavily in AI-led advertising practices and has even acquired London-based AI tech firm Satalia. Recent applications of AI by WPP include creating a Nike ad campaign featuring Serena Williams and using machine learning to create personalised ads for Cadbury in India. WPP is also applying AI to its media business, such as using it to target geographies and demographics for a Cancer Research UK charity event and optimising online food shopping delivery routes for Sainsbury’s.

Although AI and machine learning may take over some tasks handled by employees, Read does not see it resulting in significant redundancies among WPP’s more than 100,000 global employees. Instead, WPP sees AI as a tool to make workflows more efficient and valuable to creative thinking. READ MORE

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Hyper-Realistic AI Face Filter Shocks TikTok Users

Source, 03/01/23. TikTok’s new AI-powered face filter, “Bold Glamor,” has gone viral on the platform and is being used in over 5.9 million videos to date.

The filter uses machine learning technology to alter a person’s appearance, including chiseling their jawline and cheekbones, whitening their teeth, and darkening their eyes and eyebrows in real-time.

The key thing is it never glitches, even when a person moves or obscures their visage. This has left users concerned about its dangerously realistic nature.

Social media users have raised questions about the psychological impact of the filter and some have suggested that it should be banned, while others have warned about the dangerous impact that beauty filters can have on users’ mental health. READ MORE

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Scientists Now Want to Create AI Using Real Human Brain Cells

VICE, 03/01/23. Researchers are exploring the emerging field of organoid intelligence (OI). In OI, biological computing is developed using 3D cultures of human brain cells and brain-machine interface technologies.

The human brain’s incredible capacity to store information and its unique wiring make OI a promising alternative to current computers running AI programs. Brain organoids could also have applications in medicine, including exploring inter-individual neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders and revolutionizing drug testing research.

The researchers acknowledge ethical concerns and propose an ’embedded ethics’ approach to ensure OI develops in an ethically and socially responsible manner.

While functional brain organoids already exist, the researchers are working to characterize and optimize the system further to develop a model of long-term learning. READ MORE