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Archives for June 2023

Umar Shakir
Umar Shakir
The new Bing widget on iOS is a chatbot shortcut.

Microsoft’s releasing a new Bing widget for iPhone users — it was already available on Android — designed to get you straight to engaging with its AI chatbot. There are two styles of the widget, one with wallpaper and a plain one.

Additionally, Microsoft has improved text-to-speech support in 38 languages, including Arabic, Croatian, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Tamil, and Urdu, and said it improved the responsiveness of the voice input button.

animated GIF showing the iOS Bing widget, which launches the Bing app when touched
The iOS Bing app auto-launches if you tap on the widget, and lets you initiate a chat quickly. The experience feels tighter assuming the Bing app is already running.
GIF: Umar Shakir / The Verge
Mercedes-Benz tests ChatGPT in cars to answer ‘complex questions’ while on the roadMercedes-Benz tests ChatGPT in cars to answer ‘complex questions’ while on the road
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Google recently warned employees about submitting sensitive data to its Bard chatbot.

Elizabeth Lopatto wrote just last month that Big Tech is warning all of us about the privacy issues with AI chatbots, as companies like Samsung warn employees about giving them sensitive information that could expose trade secrets.

Now Reuters reports:

A Google privacy notice updated on June 1 also states: “Don’t include confidential or sensitive information in your Bard conversations.”

Big Tech is already warning us about AI privacy problems

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Computer says no.

The spreading AI tools in hospitals are making it harder for nurses to do their jobs well:

Before giving the oxycodone, Beebe scanned the bar code. The system denied permission, adhering to the doctor’s earlier instructions to begin the longer-acting pain meds five hours later. “The computer doesn’t know the patient is in out-of-control pain,” she said.

Still, she didn’t act. “I know if I give the medication, I’m technically giving medication without an order and I can be disciplined,” she said. She watched her patient grimace in pain while she held the pain pill in her hand.

When AI Overrules the Nurses Caring for You

[WSJ]

The store is for people, but the storefront is for Google’s web crawlers

The SEO arms race has left the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.

Mia Sato
Google says its Lens image search can now help identify skin conditionsGoogle says its Lens image search can now help identify skin conditions
Google’s EU launch of AI chatbot Bard delayed by privacy concernsGoogle’s EU launch of AI chatbot Bard delayed by privacy concerns
New Google Shopping feature uses AI to model clothing on different body typesNew Google Shopping feature uses AI to model clothing on different body types
James Vincent
James Vincent
OpenAI reportedly trained its AI models on YouTube.

That’s according to a report from The Information on the value for Google of YouTube as an AI training dataset. The fact that OpenAI scraped YouTube isn’t surprising, but the company is famously secretive about its training data, partly for competition reasons, and partly, it’s thought, to stymie potential lawsuits.

YouTube’s terms of service forbid using content for anything other than “personal, non-commercial use,” but it’s an open secret in the AI industry that everyone is scraping the web constantly. If Google protests too much, it would end up incriminating itself.

Why YouTube Could Give Google an Edge in AI

[The Information]

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
EU votes in favor of adopting new AI regulations.

Today, European Union lawmakers passed a draft law known as the AI Act which aims to place greater restrictions on how the technology can be used based on acceptable levels of risk.

The new rules will require companies like OpenAI to disclose the data used to train their AI models. A final version of the AI Act isn’t expected to pass until later this year.

Jon Porter
Jon Porter
‘Help me write’ appears on mobile.

At I/O last month Google announced that its generative AI writing tool, “Help me write,” would be coming to Gmail’s mobile app. Now, 9to5Google is reporting that it’s rolling out to iOS and Android users signed up to Google’s early access Workspace Labs initiative. That said, it’s not appearing on my iOS app in the UK, so your mileage may vary.

'Help me write' comes to Gmail for Android and iOS

[9to5Google]

OpenAI reportedly warned Microsoft about Bing’s bizarre AI responsesOpenAI reportedly warned Microsoft about Bing’s bizarre AI responses
Paul McCartney says AI tools helped rescue John Lennon vocals for ‘last Beatles record’Paul McCartney says AI tools helped rescue John Lennon vocals for ‘last Beatles record’
Stack Overflow survey finds developers are ready to use AI tools — even if they don’t fully trust themStack Overflow survey finds developers are ready to use AI tools — even if they don’t fully trust them
Jon Porter
Jon Porter
Adobe’s generative AI tech comes to Illustrator.

Just weeks after integrating its Firefly tech with Photoshop, Adobe is bringing its AI tool to Illustrator. The feature, dubbed “Generative Recolor,” is designed to help users “quickly experiment with colors using simple text prompts.” The GIF below should give you some idea of what it’s capable of.

It’ll be available as a beta feature starting today, Adobe says.

A gif showing an image recolored with “peaceful pastel” colors using a text prompt.
Adobe Illustrator’s Generative Recolor feature in action.
Image: Adobe

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