Meta used public posts and comments from Facebook and Instagram to train its new AI assistant. They consciously avoided using private posts shared among family and friends. Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, stated that the majority of the data used for training was publicly available and they excluded datasets with heavy personal information.…

The text summarizes an article about pandas Copy-on-Write (CoW) mode. The article explains the impact of the introduction of CoW on existing pandas code and provides guidance on how to adapt code to avoid errors. It discusses topics such as chained assignment, patterns to avoid, accessing the underlying NumPy array, and concludes by stating that…

Researchers from UT Austin have developed a framework called MUTEX that aims to improve robot capabilities in assisting humans. By integrating policy learning from various modalities such as speech, text, images, and videos, MUTEX enables robots to understand and execute tasks using different forms of communication. The framework’s training process involves masked modeling and cross-modal…

Microsoft’s AI-driven search tool, Bing Chat, has been found to have vulnerabilities that allow for the integration of malicious ads. Users may unknowingly be redirected to phishing sites when clicking on these ads, leading to the download of malware onto their systems. Malwarebytes has alerted Microsoft to these issues, but no action has yet been…

This article explores the use of LangChain, an open-source framework, and the Azure OpenAI gpt-35-turbo model to query SQL databases using natural language. It demonstrates how to use LangChain to convert user input into appropriate SQL queries and obtain useful data insights. The article also discusses the scope of the exploration, provides setup instructions, and…

The Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) has reached a draft agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), marking the first official industry protections against AI. The agreement includes financial benefits for writers, restrictions on the use of AI tools in scriptwriting, and maintaining writers’ recognition for their work. While the focus…

Mark Zuckerberg showcased a new avatar technology on the Lex Fridman podcast, using lifelike avatars created through Meta’s Quest 3 headsets and noise-canceling headphones. The demonstration received admiration and respect, marking a shift in perception of Meta’s metaverse investments. The technology, named Codec Avatars, aims to create real-time, photorealistic avatars but is currently only accessible…