Why Generative AI is a house divided
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Generative AI is a house divided

Live Mint  

Generative AI has polarized artificial intelligence experts with some calling for a six-month moratorium on building new systems and others arguing against the idea on the grounds that the benefits of AI far outweigh perceived risks. But the exponential progress in generative AI models that are used to create new content appears to have alarmed many, ever since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in December 2022. A 26 March note by Goldman Sachs says globally, generative AI could expose 300 million full-time jobs to automation. “States should place moratoriums on the sale and use of AI systems until adequate safeguards are put in place," UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says. The 2022 ‘Blueprint for the US AI Bill of Rights’ states: “Users should be notified that they are using an automated system and how it contributes to outcomes that impact them."

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Ethical concerns around AI are genuine, need scrutiny: Experts
4 days ago

Ethical concerns around AI are genuine, need scrutiny: Experts

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The ethical concerns around Artificial Intelligence are serious and genuine and are not being addressed to the extent they should be. The perceived benefits of AI and Large Language Models at the moment are more in the nature of conjectures and need backing with solid evidence of impact on the ground, especially when it comes to under-served and marginal …

Former Google CEO believes AI companies should consider ‘unplugging’ AI before it is too late
1 week ago

Former Google CEO believes AI companies should consider ‘unplugging’ AI before it is too late

Firstpost  

Schmidt warned that the ability for AI systems to self-improve could be closer than many anticipate, potentially arriving within the next few years. Image Credit: Reuters Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, has raised alarm bells about the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, warning that systems capable of self-improvement could pose unforeseen risks. The rise of autonomous AI Schmidt warned …

‘GenAI, AI agents will be a defining force despite limitations’
3 weeks ago

‘GenAI, AI agents will be a defining force despite limitations’

Live Mint  

Generative artificial intelligence and AI agentic systems are evolving, with businesses moving beyond just the testing stage to exploring their potential for transforming operations across the enterprise, say senior executives of Automation Anywhere. "The pressure and opportunity to capitalise AI to create a competitive advantage is very intense," Ankur Kothari, the company's co-founder and chief operating officer, said in a …

Generative AI product user base in China reaches 230 mln
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Generative AI product user base in China reaches 230 mln

China Daily  

A participant visits the exhibition booth of China Mobile at the 2024 Artificial Intelligence for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, May 30, 2024. BEIJING -- The user base of generative artificial intelligence products in China had reached 230 million by June 2024, highlighting the country's widespread adoption of generative AI-driven upgrades across various industries, a report released Saturday stated. …

JUST SPAMMING | Who will win when generative AI goes to court?
1 month, 1 week ago

JUST SPAMMING | Who will win when generative AI goes to court?

Deccan Chronicle  

A new book, ‘Generative AI in the courtroom – a practical handbook for modern justice,’ set me on a course down memory lane, reminding me of the gaffes caused by fear of technology or gadget phobia among various sections of people when computers were introduced. For the book launch itself was educative before the book provided an understanding on a …

SAP confident of new job creation by AI
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SAP confident of new job creation by AI

Live Mint  

German software-maker SAP SE is confident that artificial intelligence will create new jobs even as the rise of the new technology casts a shadow on jobs done by humans. The SAP board’s buoyant remarks on AI contrast with those of Google-parent Alphabet Inc’s chief executive Sundar Pichai, whose comments in the company’s post-earnings conference call with analysts put alarm bells …

What is AI ‘model collapse’?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is AI ‘model collapse’?

ABC  

Sam Hawley: Artificial intelligence has come such a long way in a really short time. So, if you actually look up the list, it's quite confronting how many companies have signed up to the OpenAI bandwagon and sort of signed partnership agreements where OpenAI gets access to this company's proprietary data source that they have, and then in return, maybe …

British stars join generative AI protest against ‘unlicensed use’ of works
2 months ago

British stars join generative AI protest against ‘unlicensed use’ of works

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scottish author Sir Ian Rankin, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Radiohead singer Thom …

China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents

Al Jazeera  

China has filed for more patents than any other country, but US export controls are not its only hurdle. In July, the UN’s intellectual property agency reported that China had filed more than 38,000 generative AI patents over the past decade, more than all other countries combined. The latest AI boom started with Google’s development of the groundbreaking “transformer” in …

10 reasons why AI may be overrated
4 months, 2 weeks ago

10 reasons why AI may be overrated

NPR  

10 reasons why AI may be overrated toggle caption Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Is artificial intelligence overrated? Reason 3: Because AI isn't very intelligent and hallucinations make it unreliable, it's proving incapable of doing most — if not all — human jobs. Researchers at Goldman Sachs found that "the proliferation of generative AI technology — and the data centers …

China Leads GenAI Adoption, Significantly Higher Than US: Survey
5 months, 1 week ago

China Leads GenAI Adoption, Significantly Higher Than US: Survey

ABP News  

China is at the forefront of adopting generative AI technology, according to a recent survey by US AI and analytics software company SAS and Coleman Parkes Research. A recent report from the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization further illustrates China's leadership in the field, showing that the country filed over 38,000 generative AI patents between 2014 and 2023. China's …

China leads the world in adoption of generative AI, survey shows
5 months, 1 week ago

China leads the world in adoption of generative AI, survey shows

The Hindu  

China is leading the world in adopting generative AI, a new survey shows, the latest sign the country is making strides in the technology that gained global attention after U.S.-based OpenAI's ChatGPT launched in late 2022. In a survey of 1,600 decision-makers in industries worldwide by U.S. AI and analytics software company SAS and Coleman Parkes Research, 83% of Chinese …

Generative AI safety prioritized
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Generative AI safety prioritized

China Daily  

Participants interact with an AI-enabled robot during the Summer Davos Forum in Dalian, Liaoning province. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY As generative artificial intelligence is increasingly applied to a widening range of sectors, more efforts are needed to ensure the safe application of the fast-growing intelligent technology through global governance and cooperation, said renowned experts and entrepreneurs at the 15th Annual Meeting …

More firms embracing generative AI tools
6 months, 2 weeks ago

More firms embracing generative AI tools

China Daily  

Visitors check out large language models during a high-tech expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on May 23. About 85 percent of Chinese business leaders plan to increase investments in generative artificial intelligence in 2024, as AI and other disruptive technologies evolve to be more human-centric and drive greater capabilities for people to amplify their potential and reinvent commerce, according to …

Insider Q&A: CIA’s chief technologist’s cautious embrace of generative AI
7 months ago

Insider Q&A: CIA’s chief technologist’s cautious embrace of generative AI

Associated Press  

Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster. A: When these generative AI systems “hallucinate,” they can sometimes behave like your drunk friend at a bar who can say something that pushes you outside your normal conceptual boundary and sparks out-of-the box thinking. Q: The only current use of a large-language model at enterprise scale I’m aware of …

Intel exec on bringing artificial intelligence into the workplace
7 months, 1 week ago

Intel exec on bringing artificial intelligence into the workplace

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Artificial intelligence is just about everywhere you look these days — including the workplace. Christy Pambianchi, chief people officer at Intel, recently spoke with The Associated Press about how the semiconductor chip maker is expanding AI education programming beyond the company’s walls — as well as best practices around implementing AI in a workforce from an HR …

BCG study shows 70% users excited about GenAI at work, but 43% positive about its impact on daily life
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BCG study shows 70% users excited about GenAI at work, but 43% positive about its impact on daily life

The Hindu  

A study published on April 29 by the Boston Consulting Group titled ‘Consumers Know More About AI than Business Leaders Think,’ has shared that consumer understanding and enthusiasm around artificial intelligence is higher than expected. Based on a survey conducted across 21 countries and 21,000 respondents, the research also answered questions around the usage of AI in the workplace. “While …

No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs
8 months, 1 week ago

No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs

Wired  

Forget artificial intelligence breaking free of human control and taking over the world. A far more pressing concern is how today’s generative AI tools will transform the labor market. Daly, a labor market economist by training, is especially interested in how generative AI might change the labor market picture. One person I talked to, her company invested in generative AI …

’AI not understanding the art form it replicates, a key concern for regulators’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

’AI not understanding the art form it replicates, a key concern for regulators’

Live Mint  

As artificial intelligence gains prominence across various businesses, its rapid expansion has sparked concerns among artists about the potential for the technology to encroach upon their creative works. He added that it would come down eventually because GenAI was a “solution looking for a problem.” Harshjit Sethi, managing director of venture capital firm Peak XV, emphasized the necessity of integrating …

Tired of AI doomsday tropes, Cohere CEO says his goal is technology that’s ‘additive to humanity’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Tired of AI doomsday tropes, Cohere CEO says his goal is technology that’s ‘additive to humanity’

Associated Press  

Aidan Gomez can take some credit for the ‘T’ at the end of ChatGPT. He’s now the CEO and co-founder of Cohere, a Toronto-based startup competing with other leading AI companies in supplying large language models and the chatbots they power to big businesses and organizations. Q: How do you address customer concerns about AI language models being prone to …

AI advisory: Why investors and Big Tech are upset
9 months, 1 week ago

AI advisory: Why investors and Big Tech are upset

Live Mint  

There is regulatory confusion over the ministry of electronics and information technology’s advisory for firms to get “explicit permission" from the Centre if applications based on “unreliable" AI models are opened for public access. Firms building AI models, large language models and generative AI applications should ensure their platforms don’t generate “unlawful content" that violates the IT Act of 2000. …

Deepfakes and 'the liar's dividend' — are we ready for the future of AI journalism?
10 months, 1 week ago

Deepfakes and 'the liar's dividend' — are we ready for the future of AI journalism?

ABC  

In the gloomy discussions around the future of artificial intelligence, predictions range from chatbots soon replacing all of our jobs to bringing about the end of humanity as we know it. News Corp announced in July last year it was producing around 3,000 articles a week using generative AI, predominantly on topics such as weather, traffic and fuel prices for …

Demystifying the buzz around Generative AI
10 months, 1 week ago

Demystifying the buzz around Generative AI

Hindustan Times  

There has been a great deal of discussion on generative Artificial Intelligence and its implications. Generative is the fun bit in which we are creating new content, the computer has not necessarily seen it and is able to synthesise it and give us new things. This is quite sophisticated and rightfully created a sensation as it could do a host …

AI Is Starting to Threaten White-Collar Jobs. Few Industries Are Immune.
10 months, 1 week ago

AI Is Starting to Threaten White-Collar Jobs. Few Industries Are Immune.

Live Mint  

Decades after automation began taking and transforming manufacturing jobs, artificial intelligence is coming for the higher-ups in the corporate office. The firm estimates the full tally of AI-related job cuts is likely higher, since many companies haven’t explicitly linked cuts to AI adoption in layoff announcements. View Full Image Graphic: WSJ Nearly two-thirds of those white-collar workers said their productivity …

AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next
54 years, 11 months ago

AI Is Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next

Wired  

Many people—like, say, journalists—are understandably antsy about what generative artificial intelligence might mean for the future of their profession. Or are you going to be stuck in the past, on the wrong side of the ‘productivity polarity’?” In June 2021, GitHub launched a preview version of a programming aid called Copilot, which uses generative AI to suggest how to complete …

Experts call for appropriate use of AI tools
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts call for appropriate use of AI tools

China Daily  

Photo taken on Jan 30 shows the parallel session on "Education Digitalization and Learning Society Construction" at the 2024 World Digital Education Conference being held in Shanghai. The swift advancement of ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies has offered more opportunities for teachers as well as students, experts said at the 2024 World Digital Education Conference in Shanghai, which concluded …

Over a third of EU firms adopt AI, bringing digital goals in reach
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Over a third of EU firms adopt AI, bringing digital goals in reach

The Hindu  

More than a third of European businesses adopted artificial intelligence in 2023 as use of generative AI surged, a report commissioned by Amazon Web Services found. The European Commission, the EU executive, in 2021 presented its 2030 Digital Decade vision to transform the region, with 80% of the population acquiring basic digital skills, 5G connectivity everywhere and 75% of EU …

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay
11 months ago

AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay

The Hindu  

Bright banners tout the promise of artificial intelligence along the main promenade of Davos, but executives at the World Economic Forum say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers. Cloud and internet security company Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told Reuters that the months ahead may even feel like an "AI letdown". It also proved a good …

This Tech Exec Quit His Job to Fight Generative AI's Original Sin
54 years, 11 months ago

This Tech Exec Quit His Job to Fight Generative AI's Original Sin

Wired  

Ed Newton-Rex says generative AI has an ethics problem. Newton-Rex was TikTok’s head AI designer and then an executive at Stability AI until he quit in disgust in November over the company’s stance on collecting training data. “If you can give them better decisionmaking tools, that’s helpful.” Ed Newton-Rex's nonprofit is trying to encourage companies to be more thoughtful about …

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What AI will bring in 2024: 4 predictions

LA Times  

One thing both skeptics and enthusiasts alike can agree on: Artificial intelligence will have a banner year in 2024. “In the next year, we may require AI systems to get a professional license,” said Amy Webb, chief executive of the Future Today Institute, a consulting firm. Bill Burton, former deputy press secretary for the Obama administration, predicted: “The most viewed …

AI to diversity: What to expect at the workplace this year
11 months, 3 weeks ago

AI to diversity: What to expect at the workplace this year

Live Mint  

The year 2023 saw several changes to the workplace. Trends like “Bare Minimum Mondays” and “Coffee Badging”, screamed that employees want greater autonomy and flexibility at work, highlighting an increased focus on work-life balance. “The power of new-age tech will be leveraged across HR for analysing and anticipating hot-spots or pain-points of employees, helping managers make informed decisions around growth …

Writers, don't despair — AI robots can't replicate our imaginations
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Writers, don't despair — AI robots can't replicate our imaginations

LA Times  

When I first encountered generative AI at a law seminar two years ago, I had the passing thought, as a novelist and critic, that it could actually be good for fiction written by humans — at least the kind of fiction I like. Just think: Machines would potentially standardize prose in a contemporary fiction landscape that already tends to value …

What the coming age of AI natives portends
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What the coming age of AI natives portends

Hindustan Times  

Every year, the average Indian spends around 2,300 hours on their smartphone. In 2023, Artificial Intelligence, and more specifically, Generative AI captured the imagination of the world across domains, ranging from creativity to health care. Generative AI promises a future where humans will have the ability to automate mundane tasks and generate text, images, or models on the go. Interactive …

Laws, school bans and Sam Altman drama: the big developments in AI in 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Laws, school bans and Sam Altman drama: the big developments in AI in 2023

Al Jazeera  

The past year showcased the hopes and fears around AI as transformative technology went mainstream. Less than a week into the year, New York City Public Schools banned ChatGPT – released weeks earlier to enormous fanfare – a move that would set the stage for much of the discussion around generative AI in 2023. China has also taken steps to …

Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0

Wired  

If 2022 was the year the generative AI boom started, 2023 was the year of the generative AI panic. The US Federal Elections Commission is looking into deceptive campaign ads, Congress is calling for oversight into how AI companies develop and label training data for their algorithms, and the European Union passed its new AI Act with last-minute tweaks to …

How India Can Ride the AI Wave Through Education and Workforce Development, Expert Weighs In
1 year ago

How India Can Ride the AI Wave Through Education and Workforce Development, Expert Weighs In

News 18  

In his insights, Mr. Jaspreet Bindra, Managing Director & Founder of The Tech Whisperer, identifies India’s strategic advantages in the global AI environment and offers a thorough plan for utilising AI in the nation’s workforce development and educational system. Our software services companies are plugged into almost every Fortune 500 company, and they all want to do something with generative …

AI can create more jobs than it potentially eliminates: Tech Mahindra's outgoing CEO
1 year ago

AI can create more jobs than it potentially eliminates: Tech Mahindra's outgoing CEO

The Hindu  

Generative AI technology can create more jobs than it is expected to eliminate, Tech Mahindra's outgoing CEO said, even as its ability to wreck the job market has been discussed widely on social media sites. While some top industry executives have discussed the potential loss of around a third of jobs due to the impact of the technology, Mr. Gurnani, …

2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence — and weren’t sure what to do about it
1 year ago

2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence — and weren’t sure what to do about it

Associated Press  

Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people’s science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. “There’s massive claims by vendors and producers of generative AI around its capabilities, its ability to deliver those capabilities.” Google drew criticism this month for editing a video …

Column: This was the year of AI. Next year is when you should worry about your job
1 year ago

Column: This was the year of AI. Next year is when you should worry about your job

LA Times  

The biggest story in tech this year was, without a doubt, the explosive ascent of AI. See, we’re nearing the end of the Year of Generative AI, and few of the companies working in the space have pieced together a promising way to turn the hype into profits. In October, the Wall Street Journal ran a report headlined “Big Tech …

AWS chief Adam Selipsky talks generative AI, Amazon’s investment in Anthropic and cloud cost cutting
1 year ago

AWS chief Adam Selipsky talks generative AI, Amazon’s investment in Anthropic and cloud cost cutting

Associated Press  

Adam Selipsky is shepherding Amazon’s cloud unit at one of the most important moments in tech history. Selipsky, the CEO of the company’s cloud computing unit AWS, has been behind the various generative AI offerings Amazon has rolled out over the past few months as it aims to compete with Microsoft and others in the growing AI arms race. Simultaneously, …

India’s developing tech certifications presenting business opportunities: Dell
1 year ago

India’s developing tech certifications presenting business opportunities: Dell

Live Mint  

New technology certifications and standards that are being developed in India are opening up fresh business opportunities for Dell Inc., Peter Marrs, the American hardware and services company’s president for Asia-Pacific and Japan, and John Roese, its global chief technology officer, said at a media roundtable on technology trend projections for the next year. India’s developing technology certifications, regulations and …

Artificial Intelligence needs open-source models to reach its potential
1 year ago

Artificial Intelligence needs open-source models to reach its potential

Live Mint  

Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press revolutionized life in the 15th century, making it possible for ideas to travel around the world at previously unimaginable speeds and creating huge gains for mankind. Generative AI’s ability to digest nearly the entire breadth of human knowledge by training large-language-model algorithms with hundreds of billions of parameters allows it to write, draw, reason and solve …

What does Sam Altman’s firing — and quick reinstatement — mean for the future of AI?
1 year, 1 month ago

What does Sam Altman’s firing — and quick reinstatement — mean for the future of AI?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It’s been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman. The explosion of ChatGPT since its arrival one year ago propelled Altman into the spotlight of the rapid commercialization of generative AI — which can produce novel imagery, passages of text and other media. Regardless, the news sent shockwaves throughout the AI world — …

Businesses embracing generative AI but fear cyberattacks, survey finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Businesses embracing generative AI but fear cyberattacks, survey finds

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Businesses will “not progress” if they do not take risks, as the race to adopt new and …

Cyber experts worry AI could create a world of haves and have-nots
1 year, 1 month ago

Cyber experts worry AI could create a world of haves and have-nots

Live Mint  

NEW YORK—Cybersecurity experts said that the growing sophistication of artificial-intelligence systems could create a new poverty line for cyber, where companies that can afford to research and develop the technology end up better protected against hackers than those that cannot. “I’m concerned that in cybersecurity, with gen AI, it’s becoming the haves and the have-nots,” said Sean Joyce, global cybersecurity …

Here’s How Violent Extremists Are Exploiting Generative AI Tools
1 year, 1 month ago

Here’s How Violent Extremists Are Exploiting Generative AI Tools

Wired  

Extremist groups have begun to experiment with artificial intelligence, and in particular generative AI, in order to create a flood of new propaganda. Experts now fear the growing use of generative AI tools by these groups will overturn the work Big Tech has done in recent years to keep their content off the internet. “Our biggest concern is that if …

Tech mood not as bad as in 2008; bet on strong growth: HCL Tech CEO
1 year, 2 months ago

Tech mood not as bad as in 2008; bet on strong growth: HCL Tech CEO

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : On Thursday, HCL Technologies Ltd beat Street estimates to report a better-than-expected September quarter. In an interview, C Vijayakumar, managing director and chief executive of HCL Technologies, said the company has slashed its FY24 guidance despite this result due to a weak overall first half of this fiscal. He added that the overall industry sentiment is not …

Most Indians excited about generative AI, says new study
1 year, 2 months ago

Most Indians excited about generative AI, says new study

Live Mint  

Generative artificial intelligence, also known as generative AI or GenAI, is artificial intelligence that can generate text, images, or other media, using generative models. Now, a recent worldwide study by global technology consultancy Thoughtworks says there’s equal levels excitement – and apprehension – among Indian customers when it comes to GenAI. The study – titled GenAI: What consumers want – …

Generative AI platforms cost millions per day right now, but might become affordable soon
1 year, 2 months ago

Generative AI platforms cost millions per day right now, but might become affordable soon

India Today  

Artificial Intelligence, particularly Generative AI, has transformed industries across the board, revolutionising everything from content creation to medical diagnostics. As of now, the cost of running Generative AI platforms often soars into the millions of dollars per day. These models are more cost effective and you will see that without doubt, the cost of running these models will go down …

68% of Indian respondents expect businesses to protect consumers when deploying generative AI: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

68% of Indian respondents expect businesses to protect consumers when deploying generative AI: Report

The Hindu  

Technology consultancy Thoughtworks’ international survey on generative artificial intelligence found that most Indian respondents welcome advances in this technology, but also want to see governmental regulations and safeguards. More than 80% of Indian survey respondents also said they were “most likely” to buy from a business that used generative AI. However, the company’s press statement noted “equal amounts of anticipation …

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