Ai Artificial Intelligence Archive

Wes DavisDec 30, 2023

It’s no surprise why some companies like virtual influencers.

A Financial Times article cited a Meta ad analysis that said ad recall was 91 percent cheaper per person when H&M used virtual models. It also quotes Diana Nuñez, co-founder of ad agency The Clueless:

“We were taken aback by the skyrocketing rates influencers charge nowadays. That got us thinking, ‘What if we just create our own influencer?’”

So, money is a factor. So is control. Another professional quoted in the article says the fakes also lack the “demands,” “opinions,” and “potential controversy” of working with real people.

How AI-created fakes are taking business from online influencers

[FinancialTimes]

Microsoft’s Copilot app is now available on iOS

Emma RothDec 29, 2023

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen accidentally cited fake court cases generated by AI

Emma RothDec 29, 2023

LG’s “AI agent” is a bipedal robot that monitors your home and pets.

The company revealed the bot ahead of its appearance at CES 2024, which it’s touting as an “all-around home manager and companion.”

In addition to serving as a remote monitoring system, LG says the bipedal bot can also interact with humans using voice and image recognition. Apparently, one of its abilities includes greeting users when they arrive home and playing music based on their detected mood.

LG “AI agent” robot on two wheeled legs and a “face” screen with expressive eyes to display information.

Image: LG

Justine CalmaDec 29, 2023

GitHub’s AI chatbot is now widely available.

GitHub made its Copilot Chat feature available to business users as a limited public beta in July. By September, individual users could pay $10 a month for access to the ChatGPT-esque tool for coding. Starting today, Copilot Chat won’t only be included in paid tiers, it’ll also be “free for verified teachers, students and maintainers of certain open source projects,” TechCrunch reports.

GitHub makes Copilot Chat generally available, letting devs ask questions about code | TechCrunch

[TechCrunch]

Nvidia is releasing a slower RTX 4090 in China to comply with US restrictions

Emma RothDec 29, 2023

Here’s how major media companies are handling OpenAI.

Days after The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, the outlet published a report detailing how media companies like Gannett, WSJ owner News Corp, and The Daily Beast parent company IAC have been in negotiations to license content to OpenAI.

Additionally, the News/Media Alliance — a trade association representing around 2,000 news outlets in the US and Canada — is also in talks with OpenAI “about coming up with a framework for a deal that would suit its members,” the Times reports. So far, Axel Springer and the Associated Press have both struck deals with the AI company.

Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI

[The New York Times]

Microsoft’s next Surface laptops will reportedly be its first true ‘AI PCs’

Emma RothDec 28, 2023

Baidu’s ChatGPT competitor has reached over 100 million users.

Ernie Bot, the AI-powered chatbot developed by Chinese tech giant Baidu, hit the milestone months after its public release in August. Just like ChatGPT, Ernie Bot can do things like summarize documents, answer questions, generate outlines, and more.

Baidu's ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has more than 100 mln users -CTO

[Reuters]

Samsung’s new AI-enabled smart fridge can design recipes based on your dietary needs

Amrita KhalidDec 27, 2023

China reportedly commissioned an AI system to track “American spies and others.”

China’s top intelligence agency has doubled down on its US spying efforts — going as far as creating an AI system that can create instant dossiers on persons of interest, reports The New York Times. More than two dozen US officials, most of whom remained anonymous, described a sort of AI arms race between the US and China, with both countries ratcheting up spending and manpower.

Chris WelchDec 27, 2023

Apple’s VP of iPhone design is leaving to dream up AI hardware with Jony Ive and Sam Altman.

Bloomberg reports that outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan is headed to Jony Ive’s LoveFrom design firm, where he’ll lead hardware engineering on AI-powered devices.

Those products are still at the very early concept stage, though some are said to be focused on use inside the home — unlike Humane’s AI Pin.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman will be contributing software to the project. Bloomberg says Ive’s ultimate goal is to turn the AI hardware business into its own company.

Sam Altman, Jony Ive Enlist Apple iPhone Design Head to Work on AI Devices

[Bloomberg]