Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine having a live art class taught by Leonardo da Vinci, or having a fully interactive discussion about the meaning of life with Socrates. You can…
Tag: Machine learning & AI
Will politicians and terrorist leaders live forever in the age of AI?
Credit: AI-generated image Yahya Sinwar, the former leader of the Hamas militant organization, was killed by the Israeli military in the south Gazan city of Rafah in October 2024. Given…
Leaner large language models could enable efficient local use on phones and laptops
Credit: Limon Das from Pexels Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly automating tasks like translation, text classification and customer service. But tapping into an LLM’s power typically requires users to…
Is AI’s meteoric rise beginning to slow?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired off a social media post saying ‘There is no wall’ as fears arise over potential blockages to AI development. A quietly growing belief in Silicon…
It’s ‘the intelligence age,’ say tech titans—but information will not save us
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “We have entered the Intelligence Age,” proclaimed Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, in September. “Deep learning worked,” he explained, and this breakthrough in learning…
Australian police are trialing AI to analyze body-worn camera footage, despite overseas failures, expert criticism
by Kathryn Henne, Charles Orgill Gretton and Kanika Samuels-Wortley, The Conversation Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels Police departments around the world are increasingly using body-worn cameras in an attempt to…
Common way to test for leaks in large language models may be flawed
This slide shows how a membership inference attack might start. Assessing the product of an app asked to generate an image of a professor teaching students in “the style of”…
Experts urge complex systems approach to assess AI risks
A: an illustration of the complex system of AI-infused social networks. B: a model of amplification of biases in networks due to feedback between algorithm and human decision over time.…
Washbasin-cleaning robot can imitate human motions and adapt its knowledge flexibly to different situations
Helper in the bathroom: a robot arm at TU Wien. Credit: TU Wien Robots are supposed to do boring or unpleasant jobs for us. However, tedious tasks such as cleaning…
‘Artificial intelligence is not a threat to music,’ says researcher
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many artists and creative professionals are concerned that artificial intelligence (AI) will take over more and more tasks. For instance, several major players have already used…
