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Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse - On Monday, Microsoft unveiled updates to its consumer AI assistant Copilot... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/microsofts-new-copilot-vision-ai-experiment-can-see-what-you-browse/ #microsoftcopilot #machinelearning #aiassistants #aiassistant #o1-preview #microsoft #openaio1 #chatgpt #chatgtp #copilot #biz⁢ #openai #gpt-4 #ai

OpenAI Has Closed New Funding Round Raising Over $6.5 Billion - OpenAI has completed a deal to raise over $6.5 billion in new funding, giving the ... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/02/171209/openai-has-closed-new-funding-round-raising-over-65-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Creating Video Games With AI: a Mario Example - Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be doing everything these days. Making image... - https://hackaday.com/2024/10/02/creating-video-games-with-ai-a-mario-example/ #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #games #mario #ai

Anthropic Hires OpenAI Co-Founder Durk Kingma - OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma announced that he'll be joining Anthropic. "Anthropi... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/211201/anthropic-hires-openai-co-founder-durk-kingma?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

OpenAI unveils easy voice assistant creation at 2024 developer event - Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards)

On Monday, OpenAI kicked off it... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2053625 #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #openaidevday #devday2024 #samaltman #aimodels #chatgpt #chatgtp #biz⁢ #devday #openai #api #ai

Russia Is Banning Discord - Russian authorities are considering a ban on Discord, citing unspecified legal vio... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/0052226/russia-is-banning-discord?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #social

Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI 'Opt-Out Window'. It's Already Over. - An anonymous reader shares a report: Udemy, an e-learning platform with more than ... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/198215/massive-e-learning-platform-udemy-gave-teachers-a-gen-ai-opt-out-window-its-already-over?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Hackaday Links: September 29, 2024 - There was movement in the “AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act” last week, with the bill... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/hackaday-links-september-29-2024/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #emergency #recaptcha #satellite #aircraft #landsat7 #physical #bitcoin #captcha #pentest #alert #radio #vault #a320 #nasa #usgs #yolo #eas #ai #am #ap #ev

California's Governor Just Vetoed Its Controversial AI Bill - "California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that wou... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/2150202/californias-governor-just-vetoed-its-controversial-ai-bill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Can AI Developers Be Held Liable for Negligence? - Bryan Choi, an associate professor of law and computer science focusing on softwar... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/29/0122212/can-ai-developers-be-held-liable-for-negligence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Sorry, AI won’t “fix” climate change - In an essay last week, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, argued that the accelerating capab... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/28/1104588/sorry-ai-wont-fix-climate-change/ #climatechangeandenergy #machinelearning #opinion #ai

Google and Meta update their AI models amid the rise of “AlphaChip” - Enlarge / There's been a lot of AI news this week, and covering it some... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2052711 #machinelearning #openweightsai #googlegemini #alphachip #gemini1.5 #metallama #llama3.2 #biz⁢ #gemini #google #openai #runway #meta #ai

Google says a closed ad ecosystem isn’t anticompetitive — it’s just safer - Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images

Goo... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24253523/google-closed-ad-ecosystem-awbid-ad-fraud-3ve

Bread Proofing Box for the Hungry Hacker - While normally more comfortable with a soldering iron, [LucidScience] recently too... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/bread-proofing-box-for-the-hungry-hacker/ #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughbread #cookinghacks #proofingbox #woodworking #sourdough #baking #bread

OpenAI’s Murati shocks with sudden departure announcement - Enlarge / Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, speaks durin... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2052426 #machinelearning #ilyasutskever #gregbrockman #miramurati #samaltman #biz⁢ #openai #ai

Talking to ChatGPT for the first time is a surreal experience - Enlarge / Putting the "chat" in ChatGPT (credit: Getty Images)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2052409 #chatgpt-4o #chatgpt #biz⁢ #ai

OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Is Leaving Firm - OpenAI's chief technology officer Mira Murati has announced her departure from the... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/1959208/openai-cto-mira-murati-is-leaving-firm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Human Reviewers Can't Keep Up With Police Bodycam Videos. AI Now Gets the Job - Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: After a decade of explosive growth, body came... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/2049204/human-reviewers-cant-keep-up-with-police-bodycam-videos-ai-now-gets-the-job?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

OpenAI Finally Brings Humanlike ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode To US Plus, Team Users - OpenAI is rolling out its advanced voice interface for ChatGPT to all Plus and Tea... - https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/1924211/openai-finally-brings-humanlike-chatgpt-advanced-voice-mode-to-us-plus-team-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

When security researcher Johann... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2052198 #promptinjection #security #chatgpt #privacy #biz⁢ #openai #ai