Meta, the parent company of Facebook, unveiled two new tools for music and speech: MusicGen and Voicebox. The two new large language models use AI to create authentic-sounding music and speech from text prompts. Voicebox is a generative AI model
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Microsoft founder Bill Gates where the President reportedly told the tech billionaire that AI from the US was welcome in China. This is contrary to reports that have insinuated China was deliberately shutting out
Despite the hype about AI becoming sentient, generative AI systems such as ChatGPT are still not as intelligent as dogs, or even cats, according to Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun. That’s because AI chatbots lack an understanding of the
The European Parliament, the main legislative body of the European Union (EU), approved a proposed law that would regulate AI, making the 27-nation bloc possibly the first major economic power to put in place comprehensive rules for the technology. The
AI Token VAIOT (VAI) has brought more than 100% in gains to holders of the cryptocurrency due to the boom in artificial intelligence which is being used in many facets of the global economy. AI Token VAI has soared by 112%
As the race to invest in AI development continues, IT consulting firm Accenture has joined the bandwagon with a $3 billion investment into its AI and data divisions over three years. This comes months after the company laid off 19
In an effort to become a global leader in AI safety regulation, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to launch AI scholarships and invest £100 million for an AI taskforce. This comes as the Premier has also shown
Artificial intelligence will be advanced enough to destroy humanity within two years, an advisor to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on AI has warned. As AI continues to progress, there is a growing apprehension about its potential impact on humanity,
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has extended an invitation to China to help in the creation of ‘guardrails’ for the AI sector amid growing concerns. Proponents of AI have acknowledged the sector has the potential to transform the world and the
Artificial intelligence will not destroy the world and, in fact, may save it, says Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. His comments come as regulators in the US, the UK, the EU, and elsewhere are striving to
OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup, will not train the successor of GPT-4 “for some time” because of the concerns raised about the speed of its advancement. The American startup launched ChatGPT, powered by the GPT-3 large language model, last November. Iterative
US-based radio broadcaster Mark Walters sued OpenAI for libel after its AI chatbot ChatGPT accused him of embezzling money from the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). Walters says the allegations are false and he has also never worked for the gun
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