Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture’s new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. A Gold Rush–era image of the West produced by AI. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Newsshooter via YouTube I’ve been watching a ton of playoff basketball lately, and amid the relentless torrent of Caitlin Clark State Farm ads and WingStop spots (no flex, …
Microsoft Corp. has deployed a generative AI model entirely divorced from the internet, saying US intelligence agencies can now safely harness the powerful technology to analyze top-secret information. It’s the first time a major large language model has operated fully separated from the internet, a senior executive at the US company said. Most AI models …
In July 1957, 22 prominent scientists gathered quietly at a private lodge in Pugwash, a small town in Canada’s Nova Scotia province. They had answered a call to action by Albert Einstein, inviting scientists to shape guardrails that would contain the danger of nuclear weapons. The Pugwash Conference earned a Nobel Peace Prize, and more …
Trying to regulate the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, the state Senate approved a sweeping bill Wednesday night that creates a framework designed to help consumers and avoid the downsides of AI. Lawmakers have struggled for months in a balancing act to try to foster regulation at the same time as some officials are concerned …
Tupac Shakur’s estate is threatening to sue Drake over a recent diss track against Kendrick Lamar that featured an AI-generated version of the late rapper’s voice, calling it a “a flagrant violation” of the law and a “blatant abuse” of his legacy. In a Wednesday cease-and-desist letter obtained exclusively by Billboard, litigator Howard King told …
Photo: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images After officially releasing his Kendrick Lamar diss track “Push Ups” on Friday, Drake decided his work wasn’t yet done. While waiting for Lamar’s response, he hit him with yet another track, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which he shared on socials. On the track Drake uses the A.I.-generated voices of Lamar’s idols Tupac …
The lighting-fast advancements in AI have necessitated some guardrails and a developing philosophy on how to ethically incorporate the technology into the workplace. AI should play the role of co-pilot alongside humans—not exist on autopilot, Paula Goldman, Salesforce’s chief ethical and humane use officer, said during Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference in London on Monday. “We …
Famous NFT proponent Reese Witherspoon—better known for other work—has some advice for people worried about the inevitable and crushing intrusion of technology into their lives of late, telling anyone nervous about artificial intelligence’s ongoing effects on humanity that they should, in essence, suck it up, Buttercup. “It’s here to stay, so just get used to …
Processors that crunch through supercomputing tasks in the blink of an eye. Batteries that recharge in a flash. Accelerated drug discovery, encryption and decryption, and machine learning. These are just a few of the possibilities that may be enabled by quantum computing, which harnesses the laws of physics to perform calculations much faster than even …
Hardware is emerging as a key AI growth area. For Big Tech companies with the money and talent to do so, developing in-house chips helps reduce dependence on outside designers such as Nvidia and Intel while also allowing firms to tailor their hardware specifically to their own AI models, boosting performance and saving on energy …