Generative Modeling

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Architect’s Sketchbook: How a top architecture firm is using generative AI
Generative Modeling

Architect’s Sketchbook: How a top architecture firm is using generative AI

Text-to-image generators are visualizing the next wave of architectural innovation. Patrick Schumacher, principal architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, explained how the company uses generative AI to come up with ideas. He made the remarks at an industry roundtable called AI and the Future of Design.
Crystal Ball for Interest Rates: JPMorgan trained AI to interpret the Federal Reserve.
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Crystal Ball for Interest Rates: JPMorgan trained AI to interpret the Federal Reserve.

One of the world’s largest investment banks built a large language model to map cryptic government statements to future government actions. JPMorgan Chase trained a model based on ChatGPT to score statements by a United States financial regulator according to...
Text-to-3D Without 3D Training Data: How DreamFusion generates 3D images from text
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Text-to-3D Without 3D Training Data: How DreamFusion generates 3D images from text

Researchers struggle to build models that can generate a three-dimensional scene from a text prompt largely because they lack sufficient paired text-3D training examples. A new approach works without any 3D data whatsoever.
Automated Into a Job: Workers are using ChatGPT to hold multiple full-time jobs.
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Automated Into a Job: Workers are using ChatGPT to hold multiple full-time jobs.

ChatGPT is helping some workers secretly hold multiple full-time jobs at once. Workers are using OpenAI’s chatbot to boost their productivity so they can earn separate paychecks from a number of employers, each of whom believes they are exclusive employees.
The Politics of Language Models: AI's political opinions differ from most Americans'.
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The Politics of Language Models: AI's political opinions differ from most Americans'.

Do language models have their own opinions about politically charged issues? Yes — and they probably don’t match yours. Shibani Santurkar and colleagues at Stanford compared opinion-poll responses of large language models with those of various human groups.
Google Adds AI Inside and Out: Generative AI highlights from Google I/O 2023
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Google Adds AI Inside and Out: Generative AI highlights from Google I/O 2023

Google showcased a flood of new features in its latest bid to get ahead in the generative AI arms race. The company demonstrated AI features for consumers and developers at its annual I/O conference.
Don’t Steal My Style: Glaze tool prevents AI from learning an artist's style.
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Don’t Steal My Style: Glaze tool prevents AI from learning an artist's style.

Asked to produce “a landscape by Thomas Kinkade,” a text-to-image generator fine-tuned on the pastoral painter’s work can mimic his style in seconds, often for pennies. A new technique aims to make it harder for algorithms to mimic an artist’s style.
OpenAI Gears Up for Business: How OpenAI developed a sales strategy for GPT-4
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OpenAI Gears Up for Business: How OpenAI developed a sales strategy for GPT-4

Reporters offered a behind-the-scenes look at OpenAI’s year-long effort to capitalize on its long-awaited GPT-4. The company built a sales team and courted corporate partners in advance of launching its latest large language model, The Information reported.
Battlefield Chat: A military chatbot can create battle plans.
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Battlefield Chat: A military chatbot can create battle plans.

Large language models may soon help military analysts and commanders make decisions on the battlefield.
For Better Answers, Generate Reference Text: AI-generated reference text improves LLM output.
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For Better Answers, Generate Reference Text: AI-generated reference text improves LLM output.

If you want a model to answer questions correctly, then enriching the input with reference text retrieved from the web is a reliable way to increase the accuracy of its output. But the web isn’t necessarily the best source of reference text.
Radio Stations Test AI DJs: RadioGPT creates AI-powered DJs for local broadcasts.
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Radio Stations Test AI DJs: RadioGPT creates AI-powered DJs for local broadcasts.

A language model will stand in for radio disk jockeys. RadioGPT generates radio shows tailored for local markets.
U.S. Politics Goes Generative: U.S. Republicans released the first AI generated attack ad.
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U.S. Politics Goes Generative: U.S. Republicans released the first AI generated attack ad.

A major political party in the United States used generated imagery in a campaign ad. The Republican Party released a video entirely made up of AI-generated images.
Hinton Leaves Google With Regrets: Why Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “Godfathers of AI” resigned from Google
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Hinton Leaves Google With Regrets: Why Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “Godfathers of AI” resigned from Google

A pioneer of deep learning joined the chorus of AI insiders who worry that the technology is becoming dangerous, saying that part of him regrets his life’s work.
Image Generators Copy Training Data: Spotting similarities between generated images and data
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Image Generators Copy Training Data: Spotting similarities between generated images and data

We know that image generators create wonderful original works, but do they sometimes replicate their training data? Recent work found that replication does occur.
Everybody Must Get Cloned: The voice cloning tools used to make AI-generated songs
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Everybody Must Get Cloned: The voice cloning tools used to make AI-generated songs

Tech-savvy music fans who are hungry for new recordings aren’t waiting for their favorite artists to make them. Social media networks exploded last week with AI-driven facsimiles of chart-topping musicians.

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