Feb 14, 2024

The rise of cloud-hosted AI software has brought much discussion about the privacy implications of using it. But I find that users, including both consumers and developers building on such software

The Batch AI News and Insights: The rise of cloud-hosted AI software has brought much discussion about the privacy implications of using it. But I find that users, including both consumers and developers...

This week's top AI news and research stories featured ancient scrolls recovered using AI, restrictions on AI robocalls, the extreme energy requirements of GPU data centers, and Würstchen, a system that produced superior images after far less training. But first:

The longer text-to-image models train, the better their output — but the training is costly. Researchers built a system that produced superior images after far less training.

The AI boom is taxing power grids and pushing builders of data centers to rethink their sources of electricity.

The United States outlawed unsolicited phone calls that use AI-generated voices. 

Three researchers decoded scrolls that had gone unread since they were turned into charcoal by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79.