Ai Artificial Intelligence Archive

Google’s Pet Memory forgot who my cats are

Gemini for Home promises its Nest cameras can recognize my cats by name — but it can’t tell Boone from Smokey.

Jennifer Pattison TuohyAug 18

ChatGPT is getting a dedicated mode for teens

Robert HartAug 18

Elon Musk broke the FAA — Palantir is picking up the pieces

Musk’s DOGE was supposed to rebuild the nation’s air traffic control system, but it ended up paving the way for Peter Thiel’s company to take over.

Darryl CampbellAug 18

Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video

Jess WeatherbedAug 18

Richard LawlerAug 17

Bloomberg: Andreesen Horowitz is the focus of an antitrust investigation.

According to Bloomberg, a “nearly year-old investigation” is looking into the possibility that a16z “investment partners are improperly serving on the boards of competing artificial intelligence companies.” Co-founder Ben Horowitz is on the board of Databricks, while partner Martin Casado was on the board of dbt labs before it was acquired by Fivetran, where he now holds a seat.

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

Elizabeth Lopatto

Jul 24

Allison JohnsonAug 17

These french fries told me I made a really good point.

AI terminology has broken containment so thoroughly that there’s actually something called “Fries GPT” on the menu at Dave & Buster’s, I regret to inform us. GPT stands for garlic, parmesan, and truffle dust in this case, which is a lot going on, flavor-wise. Personally, I think D&B should have committed to the bit and let you wash them down with an ice-cold LLMonade, but alas.

Finally, french fries that can help you plan a vacation.

Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Jess WeatherbedAug 17

Similarweb says it can track conversational AI ads.

The new AI Ads tracking data set for ChatGPT and Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews pulls insights from anonymized web usage data provided by a panel of Similarweb users, instead of relying on synthetic prompts. Similarweb reports that 26 percent of ChatGPT responses and nearly 30 percent of ad-eligible Google AI Mode queries include a sponsored ad.

[Business Wire]

Emma RothAug 17

Nvidia guarantees up to $105 billion to support an OpenAI data center.

The news comes as part of OpenAI’s plans to lease an Ohio data center being built by SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank. The deal will allow OpenAI to secure 8 gigawatts of capacity, with the first 800 megawatts expected to come online in 2028. Nvidia will also invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy.

Nvidia to Invest Up to $105 Billion for OpenAI Data Center

[Bloomberg]

Jay PetersAug 17

Saber’s CEO apologized to former Rideshare “Stimulator” writer Stella Sacco.

After saying to This Week in Videogames that he would have been “happy to replace her with AI,” Sacco says CEO Matthew Karch emailed her and “apologized unreservedly for the awful way he spoke about me in the press.” You can read her full statement below.

Sacco, a former lead writer on the recently-announced Rideshare “Stimulator”, had claimed that “Saber replaced me with ChatGPT midway through development.” CEO Matthew Karch denied that Saber “replaced any writers with AI.” The game uses AI for voices, music, and missions, according to its recently-updated Steam page.

Part 1 of 3 of a statement by Stella Sacco. It reads: “Hey everyone. Last night, to my great surprise, I received a long email from Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch. He apologized unreservedly for the awful way he spoke about me in the press. The email’s full text will stay between us; I’m not that kind of girl. But I have confirmed it was from him. Matt said he regretted escalating, and how people online were speaking about me. I’m not worried about being called slurs by random commenters-I’m a trans woman, that’s every day for me but it stunk to have my skill and reputation built of 20 years in games publicly maligned by someone with institutional power.”

Part 2 of 3 of a statement by Stella Sacco. It reads: “One thing I saw people saying about me, and that Matt fueled the flames of too, was that this is not my first time calling a former employer out, so I must love drama or be hard to work with. The truth is, bad treatment is everywhere in games; I’m just more willing than others to call it out. And I call it out so maybe others will be willing, too, when it happens to them. I’ve been firm from the beginning that I was telling the truth; I think we can all now agree that’s been borne out. Matt expressed a desire to make it right with me; at this time I don’t really know what that looks like for me, and I’ll have to take some time to sit with it, but I do at least accept his apology.”

Part 3 of 3 of a statement by Stella Sacco. It reads: “None of this changes my stance on Al. Matt and I obviously differ on this, and as a CEO the consequences of its use fall on him, and unfortunately also on his employees. Apologies are simply in too short a supply these days to spurn one when it’s offered. God willing, this is the last statement I’ll need to make about this. XO Stella”

1/3Image: Stella Sacco

Emma RothAug 17

Tracking the rare books that Amazon is feeding to AI.

404 Media put a tracker inside a shipment of rare books, which arrived at an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas:

Amazon employees who work at this location say all they do is receive massive shipments of printed books which they then cut the bindings off in order to scan the books more quickly. The printed book is destroyed in the process.

Last month, 404 Media reported that AI companies are buying used books in bulk to use them as AI training data.