Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Cisco today unveiled AI-powered enhancements across its Webex suite, promising to deliver hybrid work experiences with automation, while protecting customers’ confidentiality and privacy. The updates span workspace, collaboration and customer experience categories, […]
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The Democratic Party has begun testing the use of artificial intelligence to write first drafts of some fund-raising messages, appeals that often perform better than those written entirely by human beings. Fake A.I. images of Donald J. Trump getting arrested in New York spread faster than they could be fact-checked last week. And voice-cloning tools are producing […]
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In the second of our five-part series, I’m going to explain how the technology actually works. The artificial intelligences that powers ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Bing chatbot and Google’s Bard can carry out humanlike conversations and write natural, fluid prose on an endless variety of topics. They can also perform complex tasks, from writing code to planning […]
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In December, the staff of the American Writers and Artists Institute — a 26-year-old membership organization for copywriters — realized that something big was happening. The newest edition of ChatGPT, a “large language model” that mines the internet to answer questions and perform tasks on command, had just been released. Its abilities were astonishing — […]
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Welcome to On Tech: A.I., a pop-up newsletter that will teach you about artificial intelligence, especially the new breed of chatbots like ChatGPT — all in only five days. We’ll tackle some of the big themes and questions around A.I. By the end of the week, you’ll know enough to command the room at a dinner […]
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Mind reading is common among us humans. Not in the ways that psychics claim to do it, by gaining access to the warm streams of consciousness that fill every individual’s experience, or in the ways that mentalists claim to do it, by pulling a thought out of your head at will. Everyday mind reading is […]
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I’m not going to go pick a fight with A.I., or even argue with the fact that this technology can mimic artwork, or assist humans in the creation of art, but I can say, right now, here, taking a break from working on my cat story, that A.I. will never be able to do what […]
Read MoreJoin top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Once again, AI news topped the tech headlines this week — in particular, the generative AI market is becoming increasingly competitive, with both new and well-established enterprises making significant investments. This includes […]
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CARPI, Italy — The older woman asked to hear a story. “An excellent choice,” answered the small robot, reclined like a nonchalant professor atop the classroom’s desk, instructing her to listen closely. She leaned in, her wizened forehead almost touching the smooth plastic head. “Once upon a time,” the robot began a brief tale, and […]
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The “Terminator” franchise depicted robots running in the streets and shooting people. “The Matrix” assumed that to gain total control of human society, A.I. would have to first gain physical control of our brains, and hook our brains directly to a computer network. In fact, however, simply by gaining mastery of language, A.I. would have […]
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Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | Google “It’s different because it’s Google.” Bard, Google’s answer to ChatGPT, could prove to be more consequential than any large language model to date — but it isn’t there yet. Then, we hear from listeners on how they are using A.I. to negotiate […]
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NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: Twitter These internet streets are apparently very hungry to see Donald Trump arrested and jailed over his expected criminal indictment stemming from hush money allegedly paid to a porn star as he ran for president back in 2016. Now, content creators are feeding that craving by serving up deepfake photos […]
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When ChatGPT exploded in popularity as a tool using artificial intelligence to draft complex texts, David Rozado decided to test its potential for bias. A data scientist in New Zealand, he subjected the chatbot to a series of quizzes, searching for signs of political orientation. The results, published in a recent paper, were remarkably consistent […]
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It’s no secret that OpenAI’s ChatGPT has some incredible capabilities — for instance, the chatbot can write poetry that resembles Shakespearean sonnets or debug code for a computer program. These abilities are made possible by the massive machine-learning model that ChatGPT is built upon. Researchers have found that when these types of models become large […]
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Then he asked it to do the same in 200 words. Another few seconds. Then he asked it to do the same in Arabic. Just as quickly. Then in Mandarin. Two more seconds. Then in English again — but in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet. A few more seconds. Then Craig asked GPT-4 to […]
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Google has released a new chatbot, Bard, and has shared the experimental technology with a limited number of people in the United States and Britain. Bard competes with similar technologies from Microsoft and its partner, the San Francisco start-up OpenAI. But Google has been cautious with its release as it tries to control the unexpected […]
Read MoreChatGPT users are reporting seeing other people’s conversation histories showing up in their accounts—a glitch that could have serious implications for privacy and security on the massively popular AI tool. The ChatGPT interface typically features a sidebar that displays past conversations, only visible to the user who had them. Several people are reporting that ChatGPT […]
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“MIT is a place where dreams come true,” says César Terrer, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Here at MIT, Terrer says he’s given the resources needed to explore ideas he finds most exciting, and at the top of his list is climate science. In particular, he is interested in […]
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This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email transcripts@nytimes.com with any questions. casey newton Kevin, what are we doing here? It’s not “Hard Fork” Friday. kevin roose It’s not “Hard Fork” […]
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At a cryptocurrency conference in Denver this month, a group of singers clad in bright orange onesies took the stage to perform what one industry website later described as an anthem for the crypto faithful, a “blockchain ‘Blowin’ in the Wind.’” The chorus was a list of crypto’s most notorious villains, from the trash-talking entrepreneur Do Kwon […]
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Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More In researching AI experts, I came across a deepfake. It wasn’t obvious at first, given his seemingly legit profile and engagement on social networks. Yet after seeing the same creepy AI-generated photo […]
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For all the talk about the transformative nature of new technology called generative artificial intelligence, some of the earlier commercial uses may be far more prosaic: formatting a PowerPoint slide, summarizing a call or writing to-do lists. Many of the first broad applications of generative A.I. have burst into the realm of the consumer internet, […]
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Almost six years ago, a Google computer program toppled the best player in China — and the world — at Go, an ancient Chinese board game. The defeat catalyzed China’s revolution in artificial intelligence. Beijing unrolled a monumental A.I. plan, and investors poured record sums into new projects. Now, a similar moment has arrived: The […]
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When I opened my laptop on Tuesday to take my first run at GPT-4, the new artificial intelligence language model from OpenAI, I was, truth be told, a little nervous. After all, my last extended encounter with an A.I. chatbot — the one built into Microsoft’s Bing search engine — ended with the chatbot trying […]
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Amazon’s misfires with Alexa may have led Google astray, said a former manager who worked on Google Assistant. Google engineers spent years experimenting with its assistant to mimic what Alexa could do, including designing smart speakers and voice-controlled tablet screens to control home accessories like thermostats and light switches. The company later integrated ads into […]
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Amazon’s misfires with Alexa may have led Google astray, said a former manager who worked on Google Assistant. Google engineers spent years experimenting with its assistant to mimic what Alexa could do, including designing smart speakers and voice-controlled tablet screens to control home accessories like thermostats and light switches. The company later integrated ads into […]
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Four months ago, a small San Francisco company became the talk of the technology industry when it introduced a new online chatbot that could answer complex questions, write poetry and even mimic human emotions. Now the company is back with a new version of the technology that powers its chatbots. The system will up the […]
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The system seemed to respond appropriately. But the answer did not consider the height of the doorway, which might also prevent a tank or a car from traveling through. OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, said the new bot could reason “a little bit.” But its reasoning skills break down in many situations. The previous version […]
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The blooming flowers include Dust, a start-up founded by former employees of OpenAI. Dust is nearing a $5 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital that will value it at $30 million to $40 million, two people with knowledge of the situation said. The round was competitive, with term sheets offering valuations as high as […]
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Swift and significant gains against climate change require the creation of novel, environmentally benign, and energy-efficient materials. One of the richest veins researchers hope to tap in creating such useful compounds is a vast chemical space where molecular combinations that offer remarkable optical, conductive, magnetic, and heat transfer properties await discovery. But finding these new […]
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Cutting costs to shorten the company’s timeline for profitability, he said, was essential to appease investors and possibly sell shares to the public in a few years. “We have to be aligned with what the public markets want,” Mr. Garg said. Eightfold, Mr. Garg insisted, still has a bright future, with good customers and plenty […]
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