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SAG-AFTRA’s new contract hinges on studios acting responsibly with AI
While a new tentative agreement with the AMPTP has given many people hope of SAG-AFTRA’s ongoing labor strike nearing its end, the contract’s verbiage regarding the use of artificial intelligence seems to be cause for concern. By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic…
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To Think or Not to Think, That Is the AI Question
Source: Pavel Danilyuk / Pexels Does artificial intelligence think? The emergence of large language models like GPT has reignited and expanded this debate. So, the question is, are these advanced AI models thinking entities, or are they just sophisticated parrots echoing our own words back to us? This question is not just philosophical; it cuts…
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – Optimising the EV industry
By Dr Prajwal Sabnis, Co-founder, Orxa Energies Whether it is to accomplish a task as small as typing out an email or to oversee complex robotics employed for handling hazardous materials, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are fast gaining ground as technologies with boundless potential. Industries across the board are employing these systems…
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‘Please regulate AI:’ Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Country singers, romance novelists, video game artists and voice actors are appealing to the U.S. government for relief — as soon as possible — from the threat that…
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Artificial Intelligence Copyright
File – Actor and filmmaker Justine Bateman, right, speaks outside Netflix during a Writers Guild rally on July 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. Bateman said she was disturbed that AI models were “ingesting 100 years of film” and TV in a way that could destroy the structure of the film business and replace large portions…
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Minnesota group uses artificial intelligence to aid monarch butterflies
St. Paul-based Monarch Joint Venture has a faster, more accurate method for measuring the reach and quality of pollinator habitat on the landscape. An artificial intelligence program called POLLi can count milkweed plants in images collected by drones. Milkweed is the host plant for monarch butterflies and critical for their survival. Similar technology is widely…
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OpenAI shocks tech world with firing of ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI, the company that launched ChatGPT a year ago, said Friday it had dismissed CEO Sam Altman in a shock firing of a central figure in the AI revolution. Issued on: 18/11/2023 – 10:01 3 min Advertising Read more Altman became a tech world sensation with the release nearly a year ago of ChatGPT, an…
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Greg Brockman quits as president of Open AI after departure of CEO Sam Altman
The co-founder and president of OpenAI has walked away from the company after its chief executive was forced out. Greg Brockman told colleagues “I quit” the firm behind ChatGPT, in light of the departure of Sam Altman. Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, he said: “I’m super proud of what we’ve all built together…
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AI has put these jobs at risk in Florida
Artificial intelligence is well-known for its ability to make life easier for humans, but now there’s a rising concern about it becoming a little too helpful. AI is already replacing humans in certain workspaces, but now, we’re getting a closer look at which positions in Florida will be affected the most. Recent research by Florida…
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Three Senior OpenAI Researchers Resign as Crisis Deepens
Three senior researchers at OpenAI resigned Friday night as the artificial intelligence developer suffered fallout from the firing of CEO Sam Altman and sudden resignation of President Greg Brockman, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. Jakub Pachocki, the company’s director of research; Aleksander Madry, head of a team evaluating potential risks from…