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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone The news: Generating a single image using a powerful AI model takes as much energy as fully charging your smartphone, according to a new study. This is the first time researchers have calculated the carbon emissions caused by using an AI model for different tasks. The…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain When Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year for 2023 was "authentic," it did so with over a month to go in the calendar year. Even then, the dictionary publisher was late to the game. In a lexicographic form of Christmas creep, Collins English Dictionary announced its 2023 word of the year,…

In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) stands at the forefront, continually reshaping our interaction with digital systems. A crucial aspect of this evolution is the development and refinement of large language models (LLMs), which have become indispensable in various applications, from customer service bots to advanced data analysis. Central to harnessing the potential of these LLMs is the art and science of prompt engineering — a field that blends linguistics, psychology, and…

Image Source : TWITTER Microsoft hires Sam Altman Satya Nadella on Monday announced that Open AI's former CEO Sam Altman and former president Greg Brockman are joining Microsoft to lead a new team for advanced Artificial Intelligence research.  "We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to…

Before Friday, OpenAI seemed unstoppable. Founded in 2015, OpenAI only became a household name in the past year or so following the release of its AI chatbot ChatGPT. If there was one company that explained the massive hype around AI it was OpenAI. Until Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman—who has been on countless magazine covers and had testified at length before global regulators—was the public face of the AI boom.On Friday, all of that ended. OpenAI’s board of directors fired Altman in one of the most unexpected Friday news…

Image Source : FILE Sam Altman OpenAI's co-founder and president, Greg Brockman, stepped down shortly after CEO Sam Altman's dismissal. Brockman, expressing pride in the team's achievements over the past eight years, announced his resignation on X (formerly Twitter). "Super proud of what we have all built together since starting in my apartment eight years…

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has been removed from his position and will leave the board of directors, following a review process that “concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board.”Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer (whom Fast Company profiled in March 2023), will take over as interim CEO, effective immediately, the board said in a statement.“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that…

Image by author, created with the assistance of DALL.E 3Revolutionising Efforts with Generative Adversarial Networks and Synthetic DataIntroductionThe recent explosion of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models has focused the world on ethics, risks, and security concerns, and the Bletchley Park conference earlier this month cumulated in a commitment to international collaboration on the safety of emerging AI systems. Yet, those same systems can help address similar challenges to ethical engagement in …

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has proposed a new cyber security system for certain categories of four-wheelers. The Cyber Security and Management Systems (CSMS) will the functions of passenger and commercial vehicles from cyber threats. In a draft titled “Approval of vehicles with regards to Cyber Security and Cyber Security management system,” (seen by PTI) MoRTH said that the application for approval of a vehicle type with regard to cyber security has to be submitted by the vehicle manufacturer or…

"It's basically going through the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies," she says. "We've had the hype and now we're seeing the reality. The metaverse was capturing people's imagination. But we're still looking for proven use cases that are going to generate value."Searle's assertion that the metaverse is suffering a familiar fate to other over-hyped technologies is certainly one explanatory factor for the drop in interest in the metaverse. But another huge contributory factor is the rapid rise of artificial…