This week’s AI news highlights various topics. Google and Cambridge’s Centre for Human-Inspired AI collaborate to make AI safer. China and the UK hold AI Summit despite recent tensions. Baidu claims Ernie Bot matches GPT-4. AI can extract personal data from chat interactions, while AI companies struggle with transparency and alignment guardrails. AI aids in reading ancient texts and imitating voices. AI image generation and recognition improve, while AI assists with e-commerce and manufacturing. Autonomous drones raise ethical questions. Other news includes advancements in wearables, disappointment with OpenAI’s Arrakis, and AI’s ability to turn sketches into videos.
Welcome to this week’s AI news!
Is a more human AI safer?
Google is working with Cambridge’s Centre for Human-Inspired AI to ensure AI is developed responsibly. China is participating in the UK’s AI Summit despite recent tensions. The US government is trying to prevent China from obtaining advanced AI chips. Baidu claims its AI model, Ernie Bot, is as good as GPT-4. Anthropic experimented with constitutional AI, allowing users to vote on how the AI model should work.
AI knows you better than you think
AI can infer personal data from chat interactions, even if you don’t explicitly share it. AI companies and their models struggle with transparency. By chatting with GPT-4 in languages like Zulu or Scots Gaelic, users can bypass alignment guardrails. AI is also helping decipher ancient texts and scrolls.
AI finds its voice
AI has faced criticism for faking voices of celebrities. Developers used AI to recreate the voice of a deceased actor in the Cyberpunk 2077 game. OpenAI and Anthropic are facing lawsuits related to AI-generated content. Pras Michél of Fugees fame claims his conviction was due to his lawyer using AI to compose his closing statement. AI is also being used to generate fake audio clips of politicians.
Picture this
Google is working on an image generation project called “Search Generative Experience.” Adobe’s generative AI tools, like Firefly, are improving video and audio editing. AI image recognition is becoming highly accurate.
Sit back and let the AI do it
AI can handle tasks like writing product descriptions and titles for e-commerce platforms. Manufacturing processes are being automated with AI robots. Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant can attend Teams meetings. The SEC chair hopes financial companies rely more on humans than AI to avoid financial collapse.
The future is now
AI-powered facial recognition raises privacy and ethical concerns. AI is being used for surveillance and security purposes. Transistors may enable AI wearables with local machine learning processing. OpenAI’s Arrakis super AI model did not meet expectations. AI can turn sketches into videos.
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