Pew: “TikTok has been so popular among young Americans that presidential campaigns are using it for voter outreach. And some young adults are using TikTok to keep up with politics or get news, a March Pew Research Center survey shows. How we did this – Our survey explored various reasons people might use TikTok and other… Continue Reading
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These Formerly Paywalled AI Tools Are Now Available For Free Users
How to Geek: Quick Links AI Isn’t All That Popular Among Regular People ChatGPT: Custom GPTs and Uploading Files and Images Claude: Larger Context Window, API Tool System, and System Prompts Perplexity’s Pages Give Users Ready-Made Content Free AI Offerings Are Getting Better AI is prevalent in some circles, but the general population doesn’t know… Continue Reading
When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself
The New York Times: “As A.I.-generated data becomes harder to detect, it’s increasingly likely to be ingested by future A.I., leading to worse results. The internet is becoming awash in words and images generated by artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, wrote in February that the company generated about 100 billion words per day… Continue Reading
They Need to Be Entirely Rebuilt Every Time They’re Updated
The Byte – “A new study highlights a glaring hole in AI models’ ability to learn new information: turns out, they can’t! According to the study, conducted by a team of scientists at Canada’s University of Alberta and published this week in the journal Nature, AI algorithms trained via deep learning — in short, AI models… Continue Reading
AI Scientists Have a Problem: AI Bots Are Reviewing Their Work
Chronicle of Higher Education: “When Arjun Guha submitted a paper to a conference on artificial intelligence last year, he got feedback that made him roll his eyes. “The document is impeccably articulated,” one peer-reviewer wrote, “boasting a lucid narrative complemented by logically sequenced sections and subsections.” Guha, an associate professor of computer science at Northeastern… Continue Reading
Generative AI is sliding into the ‘trough of disillusionment’
ComputerWorld: “Market research firm Gartner [requires fee but this article sums up the report well] yesterday published its 2024 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, and the study revealed that generative AI (genAI) has passed the “peak of inflated expectations” and is now sliding down into the “trough of disillusionment.”Along with genAI, AI-augmented software engineering is… Continue Reading
ChatGPT is bullshit
ChatGPT is bullshit – Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persistent inaccuracies in their output; these are often called “AI hallucinations”. Dr. Michael Townsen Hicks, Dr. James Humphries and Dr. Joe Slater argue that… Continue Reading
Face Search Engine Reverse Image Search
“PimEyes is an online face search engine that goes through the Internet to find pictures containing given faces. PimEyes uses face recognition search technologies to perform a reverse image search. Find a face and check where the image appears online. Our face finder helps you find a face and protect your privacy. Facial recognition online… Continue Reading
New web crawler launched by Meta last month is quietly scraping the internet for AI training data
Fortune [no paywall]: “Meta has quietly unleashed a new web crawler to scour the internet and collect data en masse to feed its AI model. The crawler, named the Meta External Agent, was launched last month according to three firms that track web scrapers and bots across the web. The automated bot essentially copies, or… Continue Reading
EU Proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation
“The European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on ePrivacy aims at reinforcing trust and security in the digital world. Why a reform of ePrivacy legislation? European legislation needs to keep up with the fast pace at which IT-based services are developing and evolving. The Commission has started a major modernisation process of the data protection… Continue Reading
Google’s AI ‘Reimagine’ editing tool can create disturbing photos
The Verge: “…Reimagine is a logical extension of last year’s Magic Editor tools, which let you select and erase parts of a scene or change the sky to look like a sunset. It was nothing shocking. But Reimagine doesn’t just take it a step further — it kicks the whole door down. You can select… Continue Reading
Is Your Firm Disclosing the Risks Associated to Using AI?
Via LLRX – Is Your Firm Disclosing the Risks Associated to Using AI? Patrick J. McKenna calls out to the legal community the importance of a new public database, the AI Risk Repository, that lists ALL the ways AI could go wrong. Its creators hope their work could lead to further research to determine which… Continue Reading
