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Google’s Lumiere generates realistic AI videos from text prompts
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Google’s Lumiere generates realistic AI videos from text prompts

AI video is fast turning from uncanny valley to genuinely realistic, and Google’s Lumiere is the most sophisticated text-to-video generator we’ve seen to date. Evoking a sense of awe – and a hefty dose of unease – Google recently exhibited how sophisticated AI video has become in just a few years of development. In the same way that text-to-image generators like Bing Image Creator, DALL-E, and Midjourney can create original images...

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What Nvidia’s AI NPC demo could mean for game development
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Gaming

What Nvidia’s AI NPC demo could mean for game development

Nvidia demoed its capabilities for AI and unique character building during Computex 2023. The gaming giant showed how an innocuous NPC could provide generated, off-the-cuff responses to player’s unique prompts during an in-game interaction. Contemporary titles can have anywhere between a handful and hundreds of non-playable characters (NPCs). Primarily intended to carry the overarching narrative forward by delivering missions, these secondary characters carry the bulk-load for creating a sense of emotional...

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Google employees reportedly call Bard ‘worse than useless’
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Technology

Google employees reportedly call Bard ‘worse than useless’

In its efforts to prevent Microsoft and Open AI running away in the commercial AI chatbot race, Google rolled out Bard way ahead of schedule. A new report claims company employees begged executives not to launch it at the time.  Chiefs at Microsoft probably can’t believe their luck. AI has long been tipped as the next massively lucrative venture within tech, and ChatGPT remains largely unchallenged as the benchmark product.  In...

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The ChatGPT black market is thriving in China
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Technology

The ChatGPT black market is thriving in China

China clamped down on access to ChatGPT last month, announcing its own generative AI chatbot ‘ERNIE Bot,’ arriving in March. This has since ignited an illicit marketplace for OpenAI’s hot property software within China. The commercial road-map for novel chatbots has been established: complete integration into their parent company’s internet search engines. Microsoft-owned OpenAI has already combined ChatGPT with Bing, setting an early benchmark for quality within generative text AI....

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Snapchat announces its own integrated chatbot ‘My AI’
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Social

Snapchat announces its own integrated chatbot ‘My AI’

Snap has announced its own ChatGPT-style chatbot called ‘My AI,’ rolling out to paying subscribers and eventually everyone. This is billed as more a virtual friend, than all-powerful writing machine. Being ahead of the curve isn’t necessarily always best. In the realm of tech, sitting back and learning from rival mistakes can sometimes be the better recipe for success. With an eager eye on the commercial AI race unfolding between Microsoft...

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The rise of AI chatbots could create an ecological nightmare
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Technology

The rise of AI chatbots could create an ecological nightmare

The race for Silicon Valley giants to integrate AI language generators into internet search engines could cause a five-fold demand in computing power and massive carbon emissions. The commercial road-map for AI text generators has now been established. With humble beginnings in recreational uses, like creating original song lyrics, poems, and even acing school assignments, the technology has now become a lucrative obsession for Silicon Valley giants. In early February, news...

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Google announces ChatGPT rival ‘Bard’ with botched ad
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Technology

Google announces ChatGPT rival ‘Bard’ with botched ad

In a few short weeks, Google will be rolling out its AI powered chatbot ‘Bard’ and it has everything to do with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Another has entered the field of battle... and already faltered. Last month, we wrote a story about ChatGPT and questioned whether a coming premium tier of its chatbot would spark an industry-wide scramble for commercial AI. Not to toot our own horn, but we were bang on...

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Major solar storms could cause a global ‘internet apocalypse’
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Science

Major solar storms could cause a global ‘internet apocalypse’

Every 100 years or so, normally harmless electromagnetic particles from the sun conjure a major solar storm. With the potential to damage electrical grids and undersea cables, scientists are concerned the next may cause a global ‘internet apocalypse’. In 2021, seeing Wi-Fi signal drop off in the lower corner of a desktop is enough to send anyone spiralling into despair. Now, if it isn’t too painful, imagine that scenario unfolding on...

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Twitch streamers plan 24-hour boycott in response to ‘hate raids’
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Gaming

Twitch streamers plan 24-hour boycott in response to ‘hate raids’

Twitch streamers from marginalised communities have regularly spoken out against abuse and harassment they receive on the platform. With instances of ‘hate raids’ continuing to slip past moderators, a day long boycott now aims to drive change. If you’re big into streaming, you’ll likely have seen the hashtag ‘#TwitchDoBetter’ bouncing around on Twitch and Twitter throughout August. During a broadcast earlier this month, popular streamer RekitRaven – who is Black...

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The alarming rise of child gambling
People

The alarming rise of child gambling

Following alarming reports that child gambling is on the rise, we examine the methodology behind luring forms of advertising and tell you what to look out for. A UK study from The Gambling Commission revealed that 450,000 children aged 11 to 16 are now betting regularly, with campaigners labelling the issue a ‘generational scandal’. Despite CAP failsafes (UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising, Sales...

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