Tiernan Ray
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Russian hackers are trying to break into ChatGPT, says Check Point
That's one of a number of ongoing efforts to compromise the language bot, threats that could lead to highly targeted phishing attacks. → Read More
How a digital twin for intense weather could help scientists mitigate climate change
Using a Cerebras CS-2 computer, scientists are able to simulate large computational fluid dynamics experiments in near-real time, which they say may have dramatic implications for energy and climate change projects. → Read More
A digital twin for intense weather gives scientists a 'control loop'
Using a Cerebras CS-2 computer, scientists are able to simulate large computational fluid dynamics experiments in near-real time, which they say may have dramatic implications for energy and climate change projects. → Read More
AI has caused a renaissance of tech industry R&D, says Meta's chief AI scientist
There are many promising commercial applications already that may lead to productivity increases, but, ultimately, AI must develop an ability to plan if it is to truly advance, says Yann LeCun. → Read More
Microsoft CEO Nadella: 'Expect us to incorporate AI in every layer of the stack'
During Microsoft's fiscal first-quarter conference call, Tuesday, CEO Satya Nadella told Wall Street the company's private deal with OpenAI will pervade Microsoft's cloud computing operations. It's so big, he said, it's going to "transform" the company's Azure business. → Read More
ChatGPT 'lacked depth and insight,' say prestigious science journal editors
ChatGPT can be false and misleading, but even when it's not committing errors, it's often banal and lacks any real point. → Read More
ChatGPT is 'not particularly innovative,' and 'nothing revolutionary', says Meta's chief AI scientist
The public perceives OpenAI's ChatGPT as revolutionary, but the same techniques are being used and the same kind of work is going on at many research labs, says the deep learning pioneer. → Read More
CES 2023 tech to watch: EVs, the metaverse, NFTs, and more
Electric car tech and even electric boats will join the metaverse, NFTs, and digital health at CES 2023. → Read More
CES 2023 tech I'm watching: Metaverse, ER of the future, food tech, NFTs
The latest in autonomous cars, robots, AI, Web3, digital health, and more will be on display at CES 2023. → Read More
Machines that think like humans: Everything to know about AGI and AI Debate 3
For 3.5 hours, scholars led by Gary Marcus and Vincent Boucher discussed what tools might bring about the fabled 'Artificial General Intelligence,' and what the practical and moral implications might be. → Read More
Meta's Data2vec 2.0: Second time around is faster
Meta's generalist network for speech, text, and images returns, but this time with a few tricks to speed up how fast it learns. → Read More
AI could have 20% chance of sentience in 10 years, says philosopher David Chalmers
AI programs that combine sensing and action and world models might achieve fish-level intelligence, says the NeurIPS 2022 keynote speaker. → Read More
We will see a completely new type of computer, says AI pioneer Geoff Hinton
"Mortal computation" means analog computers marrying AI closely to hardware will put GPT-3 in your toaster for $1 running on a few watts of power. → Read More
AI challenger Cerebras unveils 'pay-per-model' AI cloud service with Cirrascale, Jasper
The pay-per-use cloud service promises to cut in half the cost of training GPT-3 and similar models while speeding up training time eightfold. → Read More
AI startup Snorkel preps a new kind of expert for enterprise AI
The Model Development toolkit lets a human subject-matter expert give large neural nets the rules for labeling data, ultimately resulting in more-efficient AI programs that will know the "long tail" of cases. → Read More
AI challenger Cerebras assembles modular supercomputer 'Andromeda' to speed up large language models
The building-block approach is able to dramatically reduce compute time compared to GPUs in direct proportion to how many machines are joined together. → Read More
In latest benchmark test of AI, it's mostly Nvidia competing against Nvidia
For the first time since the benchmark MLPerf test of AI training started in 2018, Nvidia had virtually no competition to its dominant chips. → Read More
Little blue check mark? No, what the web needs is autonomy
The discussion about where the internet should go is too often focused on what Musk or Zuckerberg will give people. The next internet needs to focus on inalienable rights that no one can give or take away. → Read More
The New Turing Test: Are you human?
If the average individual ascribes intelligence to AI, it is because the average individual spends more and more of their time engaging in online tasks that a machine could easily emulate. → Read More
Problem scaling AI? MIT proposes sub-photon optical deep learning at the edge
Using wavelength division multiplexing, researchers were able to perform image recognition using optical computing, thereby dramatically lowering the energy required. → Read More