Jan 03, 2024

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The New York Times versus OpenAI and Microsoft: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, but the real issues and harms are not clear.
Jan 03, 2024

The New York Times versus OpenAI and Microsoft: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, but the real issues and harms are not clear.

Last week, the New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging massive copyright infringements. The suit claims, among other things, that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of copyrighted NYT articles to train their models...
Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.
Jan 03, 2024

Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.

AI ventures are thriving in the French capital. Paris is host to a crop of young companies that focus on large language models. TechCrunch surveyed the scene.  Paris is well situated for an AI boomlet...
AI Against Climate Change: A roadmap explores how AI can detect and mitigate greenhouse gases.
Jan 03, 2024

AI Against Climate Change: A roadmap explores how AI can detect and mitigate greenhouse gases.

How can AI help to fight climate change? A new report evaluates progress so far and explores options for the future. The Innovation for Cool Earth Forum, a conference of climate researchers hosted by Japan...
Sharper Vision for Cancer: An AI-powered microscope that helps pathologists detect cancer
Jan 03, 2024

Sharper Vision for Cancer: An AI-powered microscope that helps pathologists detect cancer

A microscope enhanced with augmented reality is helping pathologists recognize cancerous tissue. The United States Department of Defense is using microscopes that use machine learning models based on research from Google to detect cancers.
GPT-4 Wouldn’t Lie to Me . . . Would It?: Researchers showed how GPT-4 can deceive users without being prompted to do so explicitly.
Jan 03, 2024

GPT-4 Wouldn’t Lie to Me . . . Would It?: Researchers showed how GPT-4 can deceive users without being prompted to do so explicitly.

It’s well known that large language models can make assertions that are blatantly false. But can they concoct outright lies? In a proof-of-concept demonstration, Jérémy Scheurer, Mikita Balesni, and Marius Hobbhahn at Apollo Research...
GPT-4 Tells Lies, Microscopes Recognize Cancer, AI Fights Climate Change, Paris Spawns AI Startups
Jan 03, 2024

GPT-4 Tells Lies, Microscopes Recognize Cancer, AI Fights Climate Change, Paris Spawns AI Startups

The Batch AI News and Insights: Last week, the New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging massive copyright infringements. The suit...

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