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Apple is reportedly trying to invest in OpenAI - Enlarge / The OpenAI logo. (credit: Getty Images)

According to... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046261 #appleintelligence #microsoft #chatgpt #openai #apple #tech #ai

Midjourney Says It's 'Getting Into Hardware' - Midjourney, the AI image-generating platform, announced on Wednesday that it's "of... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2012226/midjourney-says-its-getting-into-hardware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

California Legislature Passes Controversial 'Kill Switch' AI Safety Bill - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A controversial bill aimed ... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/206200/california-legislature-passes-controversial-kill-switch-ai-safety-bill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

California legislature passes controversial “kill switch” AI safety bill - Enlarge / California governor Gavin Newsom will likely soon face a deci... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046140 #policy #ai

AI Giants Pledge To Share New Models With Feds - OpenAI and Anthropic will give a U.S. government agency early access to major new ... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/152206/ai-giants-pledge-to-share-new-models-with-feds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Telegram boss banned from leaving France in criminal probe - He has been placed under formal investigation as part of a probe into organised crime on ... - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c985ppy0znyo

Google AI reintroduces human image generation after historical accuracy outcry - Imagen 3's vision ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2045999 #ai

AI image-generation company Midjourney says it’s “getting into hardware” - Responding to this meme image of a wizard with an orb from the I.C.E. b... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2046020 #midjourney #davidholz #tech #ai

OpenAI in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It Above $100 Billion - OpenAI is in talks to raise several billion dollars in a new funding round that wo... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1949233/openai-in-talks-for-funding-round-valuing-it-above-100-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

The World's Call Center Capital Is Gripped by AI Fever - and Fear - The Philippines' $38 billion outsourcing industry faces a seismic shift as AI tool... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/28/1716245/the-worlds-call-center-capital-is-gripped-by-ai-fever---and-fear?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Google Says It Fixed Its A.I. Image Generator - The company will allow users of its Gemini chatbot to create images of people with artifi... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/technology/google-gemini-ai-image-generator.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #openailabs #googleinc #chatgpt

LLMs have a strong bias against use of African American English - Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images)

As far back as ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2045652 #aitraining #science #racism #bias #llms #ai

Anthropic Publishes the 'System Prompts' That Make Claude Tick - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: [...] Anthropic, in its conti... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/2140245/anthropic-publishes-the-system-prompts-that-make-claude-tick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Mark Zuckerberg responds to GOP pressure, says Biden pushed to ‘censor’ covid posts - The Verge | Photo by Tom Williams via Getty Images

... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/27/24229668/mark-zuckerberg-gop-pressure-biden-censor-covid-posts

Gannett is Shuttering Site Accused of Publishing AI Product Reviews - An anonymous reader shares a report: Newspaper giant Gannett is shutting down Revi... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/178211/gannett-is-shuttering-site-accused-of-publishing-ai-product-reviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

After a decade of free Alexa, Amazon now wants you to pay - AI is a chance for companies to charge for products we’re in the habit of using for free.... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/27/amazon-ai-alexa-new-subscription/

Klarna Aims To Halve Workforce With AI-Driven Gains - Klarna aims to extend AI-driven cuts to its workforce with plans to axe almost hal... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/1440249/klarna-aims-to-halve-workforce-with-ai-driven-gains?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Ex-Googlers Discover That Startups Are Hard - Dozens of former AI researchers from Google who struck out on their own are learni... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/0612257/ex-googlers-discover-that-startups-are-hard?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #google

Hobbyists Discover How To Insert Custom Fonts Into AI-Generated Images - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last week, a hobbyist exper... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/028255/hobbyists-discover-how-to-insert-custom-fonts-into-ai-generated-images?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Wolfram Thinks We Need Philosophers Working on Big Questions Around AI - Stephen Wolfram, renowned mathematician and computer scientist, is calling for phi... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/26/2053245/wolfram-thinks-we-need-philosophers-working-on-big-questions-around-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai