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ChatGPT creators and others plead to reduce risk of global extinction from their tech
Hundreds of tech industry leaders, academics, and others public figures signed an open letter warning that artificial intelligence (AI) evolution could lead to an extinction event and saying that controlling the tech should be a top global priority. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such…
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What are large language models — and how are they used in generative AI?
When ChatGPT arrived in November 2022, it made mainstream the idea that generative artificial intelligence (AI) could be used by companies and consumers to automate tasks, help with creative ideas, and even code software. If you need to boil down an email or chat thread into a concise summary, a chatbot such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT…
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What we (think) we know about the Apple Reality headset
Apple is expected to provide a first glance at the mixed-reality headset, or perhaps just the operating system that runs it, at WWDC 2023. The first big new product from the company in a while means interest in the new systems is likely to be high. What do we think we know? It’s an enterprise product (really) Apple is…
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Microsoft advances mixed-reality plans with Teams avatars, Mesh update
Amid the numerous AI-related announcements at its Build developer conference this week, Microsoft also delivered updates on key aspects of its vision of a workplace “metaverse,” with the release of avatars for Teams and private previews of its Mesh mixed-reality tools. Microsoft unveiled its Mesh concept in 2021, promising a range of tools and features,…
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Ethics — what ethics? For Microsoft, it’s full speed ahead on AI
Microsoft is all in on artificial intelligence (AI) for a very simple reason: it believes its lead in the technology will make it the tech world’s top dog again. Microsoft is far behind Google in search and browsers, but it believes AI can help it eat into that lead, or even make Microsoft dominant. The…