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The Amazing Ways Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Uses Generative Artificial Intelligence
Not to be outdone in the generative artificial intelligence (AI) race, China-based tech giant Alibaba has recently unveiled a number of its own tools and models. Its flagship is its ChatGPT challenging large language model (LLM) called Tongyi Qianwen – cited as one of the largest and most powerful generative chatbots produced so far. Alibaba…
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BCS Influence and Impact – Artificial Intelligence, Party Conferences and an MBE
During the recent party conference season, BCS policy and media team members, senior management and a couple of our Fellows went to the Liberal Democrats, Tory and Conservative party conferences. These are a vital part of the national political calendar and see party members, trade unions, think tanks, businesses, and charities meet and debate. Our…
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Addressing AI hallucinations with retrieval-augmented generation
Artificial intelligence is poised to be perhaps the most impactful technology of modern times. The recent advances in transformer technology and generative AI have demonstrated a potential to unlock innovation and ingenuity at scale. However, generative AI is not without its challenges, which can significantly hinder adoption and the value that can be created with…
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Michigan teachers adapt to A.I. in classrooms with limited state guidance
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — With one click of a button artificial intelligence is taking over everywhere we turn; generating ideas, prompts, stories and beyond what some ever anticipated possible. Now, AI is creeping into the classroom. Teachers across Michigan are learning how to navigate the massive change with limited guidance on a state level. “As teachers…
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Navy finds perfect wingman for carrier pilots
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Move over, Maverick. AI software can land a plane on a carrier deck better than you. Over 5,000 men and women crew each of America’s 11 aircraft carriers, but the U.S. Navy’s counting on AI to help them fight China. AI will bring carrier planes in for…
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U.S. chip export ban is ‘great news,’ says partner at Chinese tech investment fund
East Tech West Chloe Wang, a partner and vice-president at the Guangzhou-headquartered Yang Cheng Fund, welcomed the news that the U.S. will ban the export of certain types of artificial intelligence (AI) chip to China. The U.S. Department of Commerce is to restrict exports of Nvidia’s A800 and H800 chips, it said Tuesday. The Yang…
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Artists, copyright law, and the battle over artificial intelligence
Tech companies have spent billions of dollars this year alone investing in the future of generative artificial intelligence. Generative AI apps likeChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and Bard, deliver brand new text, images and code results – of comparable quality to human outputs – from user prompts. But have you ever wondered how an AI bot knows…
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Did A Computer Write This? Book Industry Grapples With AI
The impact of AI on publishing was hotly debated at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV From low-quality computer-written books flooding the market to potential copyright violations, publishing is the latest industry to feel the threat from rapid developments in artificial intelligence. Since the launch last year of ChatGPT, an easy-to-use AI chatbot that…
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Synthetic Reality Reimagined: From Hyperreal to SuperReality
Source: Sunny Daye/Pixabay In a technologically-driven society, the concept of reality finds itself ensnared between human perception and digital simulations. Often, the term “hyperreal” is used to describe AI-generated synthetic realities—constructed visions that we consider to be less authentic or mere exaggerations of the world as we perceive it. However, what if our dismissal of…
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Artificial Intelligence has a one in four chance of destroying us
The world’s first safety summit on AI will be hosted by Rishi Sunak next month By Jim Norton Technology Editor Published: 20:47 EDT, 22 October 2023 | Updated: 20:59 EDT, 22 October 2023
