Artificial neural networks

Tech hype comes in waves, and while the focus constantly changes (first crypto, then metaverse, and now AI), some things—like tech’s critics—remain the same. SEC Chair Gary Gensler has been the crypto community’s public enemy no. 1 for a few years now, but now he’s offering his somewhat caustic assessment on Silicon Valley’s latest heartthrob: artificial intelligence.Can AI Help with Mental Health?During a talk at the National Press Club conference on Monday, Gensler told the crowd that “AI may heighten financial…

Photo: Alex Gukalov (Shutterstock)A couple in Morrison, Colorado recently used ChatGPT to officiate their wedding and craft numerous speeches. The couple, who were reportedly in a rush to complete the ceremony before Deyton Truitt, the husband, deployed for the Army. ChatGPT was reportedly used to plan just about every part of the wedding, from the welcoming to the closing remarks. The couple did opt to write their own vows and had to have one of their parents sign the wedding license since AI systems aren’t recognized as…

Can AI research and write a piece of legislation? Sure, though not well. Should AI be used to write a piece of legislation on a subject impacting millions of beleaguered renters in the most-populated city in the U.S.? No, definitely not.Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechThat didn’t stop one New York legislator from trying it out, then putting a limp, ineffective piece of legislation on the docket. As first noted by City&State earlier this week, Assemblyman Clyde Vanel-sponsored Bill 6896 would require…

The Federal Trade Commision is investigating OpenAI to determine whether or not its ChatGPT AI chatbot and other products violate consumer protection laws by putting people’s personal reputations and data at risk. CEO Sam Altman, who has so far managed to smile and nod his way around most governmental roadblocks, may face his first real opposition from the openly combative consumer protection agency.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksThe FTCasked OpenAI to hand over a lengthy…

Programs meant to distinguish chatbot text from human writing have more than a few problems. Here’s a new one to add to the list: AI detectors often incorrectly categorize writing by non-native English speakers as bot-produced. More than half the time, AI detectors wrongly assumed that writing from non-native English speakers was AI-generated, according to a study published Monday in the journal Patterns.Can AI Help with Mental Health?In a world where generative AI is popping up everywhere (and I mean everywhere), the…

Image: Brad Barket (Getty Images)Sarah Silverman is not laughing when it comes to ChatGPT. The comedian is now suing OpenAI and Meta—along with two other authors named Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey—alleging that ChatGPT and LLaMA have both been trained on the trio’s copyrighted books.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksSilverman, Golden, and Kadrey argue in the respective complaints, which were bothfiled on July 7 in the Northern California federal court, that OpenAI’s…

Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images)Ever since it debuted last year, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been the hottest product in tech. It kicked off the so-called “AI revolution,” launched droves of new businesses, and has experienced explosive growth on a global scale. However, it appears that the honeymoon phase may finally be over. Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksThe Washington Post has reported that the app saw its first ever dip in user numbers last month. In fact, mobile and desktop…

The image on the right was generated by taking the training data caption for the left image “Living in the light with Ann Graham Lotz” and then feeding it into the Stable Diffusion prompt. Image: Cornell University/Extracting Training Data from Diffusion ModelsOne of the main defenses used by those who are bullish on AI art generators is that although the models are trained on existing images, everything they create is new. AI evangelists often compare these systems to real life artists. Creative people are inspired by…

A graphic representation of Refik Anadol: Unsupervised seen in the museum’s Gund Lobby.Graphic: MoMAAs it often happens with AI-generated art, there’s confusion surrounding whether attribution should be handed to the person who generated the AI’s prompt, the AI itself, the AI’s creators, or the artwork the machine learning model “borrowed” from. In the case of the Museum of Modern Art’s latest exhibition on display this Saturday, you could give it to the first three. The last part is a little murky.MoMA is set to unveil…