In a move that’s sending ripples through the tech and business worlds, Meta Platforms has unveiled its most advanced AI models yet, challenging industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release of Meta’s Llama 3 family of models, mostly available for free, marks a significant escalation in the AI arms race and could redefine how businesses …
Two American tech giants are reportedly facing new regulatory challenges in Europe. One case involves Apple’s App Store, while the other centers on Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Meta AI. The Financial Times (FT) reported Friday (June 14) that the European Commision (EC) will bring charges against Apple after determining that the company is not complying with a requirement that it …
OpenAI’s recent content-licensing deals with Vox and The Atlantic have writers for those publications worried. As Ars Technica wrote Friday (May 31), the deals will let the artificial intelligence (AI) company use works from the two publications to train its models. However, some writers aren’t thrilled with the idea, with their unions issuing statements of …
Alibaba and Baidu, two of China’s leading tech companies, dramatically reduced prices on Tuesday for their large-language models (LLMs) used in generative AI products, intensifying the ongoing price competition in the country’s cloud computing sector. Alibaba’s cloud division announced substantial price cuts, slashing costs by up to 97 percent on various Tongyi Qwen LLMs. For …
an artificial intelligence symbol to symbolize concepts around new laws and legislations around AI getty It’s hard to go through a day without hearing the mention of AI. Every day, companies are announcing new AI-driven products and increasing the use of cutting-edge algorithms and large language models (LLMs) to better manage risk, enhance customer experiences, …
Large language models, or LLMs, have emerged as pivotal forces in artificial intelligence. These models, constructed on extensive datasets of human-generated text, empower machines to comprehend, produce and interact with human language. Their advent has sparked a wave of innovation across various sectors, from technology to healthcare to finance, while triggering discussions about their societal implications. …
It seems that nowadays everyone is becoming an “AI expert” because they have done some prompt engineering or played around with AI tools that help them create music. Everyone now considers themselves to be an AI developer. However, not too long ago, the world of AI users and AI developers and engineers were very different. …
Summary: Researchers developed a new machine learning technique to improve red-teaming, a process used to test AI models for safety by identifying prompts that trigger toxic responses. By employing a curiosity-driven exploration method, their approach encourages a red-team model to generate diverse and novel prompts that reveal potential weaknesses in AI systems. This method has …
Summary: AI-generated messages can make recipients feel more “heard” compared to responses from untrained humans. The research demonstrates AI’s superior ability to detect and respond to human emotions, potentially providing better emotional support. However, the study also found that knowing a message is from AI can make recipients feel less heard, highlighting a bias against …
This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, the U.S. and the U.K. are collaborating on safety tests for advanced AI technologies. Tech giants like Google and Microsoft have formed a task force to prepare workers for the AI era, addressing the urgent need for AI skills in evolving job markets. In venture capital, AI has shifted from a hot …