Unbabel says new TowerLLM AI model beats OpenAI’s GPT-4 at translation

Unbabel says new TowerLLM AI model beats OpenAI’s GPT-4 at translation

Unbabel, a tech company that provides both machine and human-based translation services for businesses, has created a new AI model that it says beats OpenAI’s GPT-4o and other commercially available AI systems on translation between English and six commonly spoken European and Asian languages. Translation has been one of the more attractive business use cases …

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ChatGPT Back Up After ‘Major Outage’ at AI Platform

ChatGPT Back Up After ‘Major Outage’ at AI Platform

OpenAI had restored its ChatGPT Wednesday (June 5) following a “major” outage the prior day. As Tom’s Guide noted in a report Wednesday, while ChatGPT will sometimes have minor outages when generating text or images, this was the first significant outage for the artificial intelligence (AI) company’s flagship product in some time. “We experienced a major outage impacting …

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ChatGPT’s 2nd ‘major outage’ of the day brings Internet ‘back to the middle ages’; meme fire erupts on social media

ChatGPT’s 2nd ‘major outage’ of the day brings Internet ‘back to the middle ages’; meme fire erupts on social media

ChatGPT went down for the second time on June 4 after grappling with a “major outage.” Although the problem seems to have been resolved, the Internet has funny ways of coping with pains well beyond its control. ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken, March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo(REUTERS) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} …

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Staff at top AI companies sign letter calling for more transparency about risks

Staff at top AI companies sign letter calling for more transparency about risks

The signatories say they believe in the potential of AI for solving many of humanity’s problems and to deliver unprecedented benefits, but believe that the profit motive is providing “strong financial incentives to avoid effective oversight,” adding that the “bespoke structures of corporate governance” are not up to the task. Companies cannot be relied upon …

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OpenAI Content Deals Leave News Writers Alarmed

OpenAI Content Deals Leave News Writers Alarmed

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 …

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An era of robotics, ‘AI factories’ powered by Nvidia’s chips and software is ‘in our near future’, says CEO Jensen Huang

An era of robotics, ‘AI factories’ powered by Nvidia’s chips and software is ‘in our near future’, says CEO Jensen Huang

Nvidia founder and chief executive Jensen Huang on Sunday unveiled his vision for a new era of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for industries, powered by the chips, software and other advanced solutions from the company and its various hi-tech partners. In a keynote speech ahead of this year’s Computex trade show in Taiwan …

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Anthropic’s Claude Lets Businesses Create AI Helpers

Anthropic’s Claude Lets Businesses Create AI Helpers

Anthropic, the startup behind the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Claude, is launching a new “tool use” feature that could change how businesses interact with their customers. The new capability enables businesses to develop custom AI helpers, transforming how they manage customer support inquiries and optimizing their operational processes. It’s one of a growing number of …

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US Justice Department Intensifies Scrutiny of AI Content Deals

US Justice Department Intensifies Scrutiny of AI Content Deals

The U.S. Justice Department has intensified its scrutiny of content deals involving artificial intelligence (AI) companies such as OpenAI. Jonathan Kanter, the agency’s top antitrust official, has emphasized that entering into deals where one party exercises monopsony power may not be acceptable under the law. According to Bloomberg, Kanter made these remarks during an interview …

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