at least it seems that way on the internet Hello to you all! Hopefully this newsletter has reached you in good spirits. Thereβs a lot of overwhelming stuff going on in the world at the moment, so hopefully this can offer a dose of entertainment, intrigue, or at the very least, some positivity. This week weβre highlighting news in the world of fashion, as well as digital trends β including a few...
No longer just the stuff of Spike Jonzeβs storytelling, users of GTP-40 β OpenAIβs latest generation chatbot that speaks aloud in its own voice β have been forming emotional relationships with it. Written and directed by Spike Jonze, Her is an ahead-of-its-time contemporary romance film that explores the state of modern human relationships. Released ten years ago, it follows the story of a man who falls in...
A Nanjing-based company named Silicon Intelligence is using Artificial Intelligence to create virtual chatbots of peopleβs deceased friends and family. Every day, we get one step closer to living inside an episode of Black Mirror. Heck, a quick look around may suggest weβre already there. The plot just thickens by the hour. The second season of Netflix's wildly popular dystopian series kicks off with the story of woman continuing her relationship...
As India gears up for elections, BJP is using the media and AI to amplify its messaging and sway public opinion, raising concerns about the integrity of the electoral process. In a bold move, the BJP has embraced political satire, crafting viral video campaigns that mock and caricature its opponents. The viral "Dulha Kaun Hai?" (Who's the Groom) ad, created by political consultancy firm Varahe Analytics, took a humorous jab at...
While AMIE has demonstrated superior diagnostic capabilities compared to human doctors, questions remain about the ethics of its implementation. In the realm of medical innovation, Google has recently unveiled a groundbreaking advancement with its AI system, the Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer (AMIE), marking a significant stride in the integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare. This ambitious endeavor seeks to streamline healthcare processes, offering medical professionals more time for complex cases...
Allegedly modelled after the Hitchhikerβs Guide to the Galaxy, it is designed to answer questions and help content creators generate creative and engaging tweets. With the turn of the new year, Elon Musk has introduced a new feature to the platform he acquired a little over a year ago. You know, the one formerly known (and still often referred to) as Twitter, but is officially known as X. GrokBot, or Grok...
ChatGPT sits atop the most viewed subjects on Wikipedia for 2023. Given the meteoric rise of OpenAI and generative AI in general, itβs hardly surprising. The annual ranking of the most popular searches on Wikipedia is a solid indicator of what was big in the zeitgeist that year. Somewhat predictably, ChatGPT takes the cake for 2023. Curious folk have visited the public-edited encyclopaedia some 84 billion times over the last...
Facebook has fallen out of favour with young consumers. Once seen as the defining social media platform, it is now associated with misinformation, privacy breaches, and older people. Is there any way back? If youβre an older Gen Zers or younger Millennial, you may remember a time when Facebook was the place to be. In the late noughties and early tens, Zuckerbergβs social media unicorn was the spearhead for a cultural...
In an attempt to keep up with the competition, Google has announced PaLM 2, a βnext-generation language modelβ that will be available for many of its upcoming products. It will be in direct competition with services like Midjourney and DALL-E. Google is attempting to throw itself back to the forefront of AI tools and services. Despite years of AI research and in-house work, the company has been unable to create popular...
For half a century, AI βgodfatherβ Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now, having left Google, he warns it could cause serious harm in the future.Β Regarded by many as a βgodfatherβ of AI technology, Geoffrey Hintonβs pioneering research paved the way for sophisticated generative systems like ChatGPT.Β The British-Canadian earned his chops over half a century in computer science and cognitive phycology. Now, at...
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