In this week’s AI news roundup:
– AI creates a comedic show mimicking George Carlin, raising ethical concerns.
– CES 2024 highlights AI innovation in products like Samsung Galaxy S24 series and AI For Revenue Summit.
– OpenAI’s GPT Store hosts AI “girlfriends” and reciting ChatGPT for poetry.
– The rise of deep fake content and its implications on society.
– Development of AI in healthcare and its potential impact on global job markets.
– Discussions around the safe use of AI in governance and security.
– AI advancements in image recognition and fingerprint uniqueness.
– Other noteworthy AI stories, including funding for a domestic humanoid robot and initiatives to combat AI voice clone scams.
The implications of AI on creativity, authenticity, and ethical usage are a recurring theme in this week’s AI news.
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Welcome to this week’s roundup of AI news written by humans for humans.
You must be joking
Fans of late comedian George Carlin weren’t laughing when a full-length stand-up comedy routine was posted on YouTube. The show, created by an AI called Dudesy, sounded exactly like Carlin and raises some awkward questions. Should we be doing stuff like this with AI just because we can?
AI inside
AI fever reached a peak at CES 2024 with exciting product launches making it clear that the era of the AI device has begun. Toothbrushes, pillows, mirrors, it seems everything has AI built into it these days. Sam took a closer look at some of the standout products and how marketers are blurring the lines between AI hype and genuine utility.
Whisper sweet AI nothings to me
When OpenAI launched its GPT Store it must have hoped users would make all kinds of productivity-boosting GPTs. Instead, it seems what a lot of people really want are AI “girlfriends”. The store hosts some interesting versions of these prohibited AI companions.
Is that a real fake?
Making non-consensual fake porn of celebrities isn’t new. But with AI, the pervs making the stuff don’t need to spend hours using Photoshop anymore so the volume of content is through the roof. Search engines like Google and Bing readily display deep fake porn when you search for it. They say they don’t want to show it to you, but they’re not sure how to stop doing it.
Health, wealth, and fresh air
Google researchers made a healthcare LLM called AMIE that conducts medical interviews better than human doctors do. An AI doctor could give us the medical insight of House MD but with the bedside manner of Dr. Arizona Robbins and legible prescription scripts.
Bureaucracy 2.0
While economists at the WEF try to wrap their heads around AI, nation-states and local governments are trying to figure out how to use AI safely to run their countries better.
Well spotted
Researchers developed an algorithm called V* (V-star) which, when combined with a multimodal LLM, can find small objects in high-res images and answer visual questions a lot better than GPT-4V. I had to zoom into these images and take a bit of time to find stuff that V* spots in seconds.
In other news…
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