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The European Union is absolutely set on regulating AI, and now the biggest online platforms in the world need to help folks tell if the growing number of fake images, video, and audio was created with artificial intelligence. Major tech companies including Google, Facebook, and TikTok have until Aug. 25 to start identifying what images, video, or audio containdeep fakes or potentially face multi-million dollar fines from the EU.Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AIIn talks, European…

The days of relying on a travel agent may be making a come-back, but not with humans. Google is reportedly bringing its own AI engine to online travel agency Priceline to help customers book trips through a chatbot.Generating Video Via Text? | Future TechGoogle and Priceline told Reuters that the new feature could go live as early as this summer, and will consist of a more sophisticated chatbot. Since Priceline will now have access to Google’s generative AI, the platform will be able to extract data on hotels, for…

AI chatbots aren’t much good at offering emotional support being—you know—not a human, and—it can’t be stated enough—not actually intelligent. That didn’t stop The National Eating Disorder Association from trying to foist a chatbot onto folks requesting aid in times of crisis. Things went about as well as you can expect, as an activist claims that instead of helping through emotional distress, the chatbot instead tried to needle her to lose weight and measure herself constantly.Caleb McLaughlin Wants to Play Static…

AI chatbots and image generators run on thousands of computers housed in data centers like this Google facility in Oregon.Photo: Tony Webster/Wikimedia, CC BY-SAMaybe AI-Written Scripts are a Bad Idea?Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet?As an AI researcher, I often worry about the energy costs of building artificial intelligence models. The more powerful the AI, the more energy it takes. What does the emergence of increasingly more powerful…

TikTok is following in Snapchat’s footsteps, after the latter introduced a chatbot in February. Image: XanderSt (Shutterstock)AI feels like it’s taking over the world, and now it’s coming to one of the most popular social media platforms. TikTok is reportedly adding an AI chatbot to its app.The bot is called “Tako” and is being released to limited markets in the Philippines for testing, according to Reuters. Tako is supposed to talk with users about TikToks while helping them discover more content. Videos and screenshots…

Earlier this year, Microsoft unleashed an AI chatbot. The company named the AI Bing, after its search engine, but buried deep in its architecture was a robot with a whole other personality: an early version of the AI that called itself Sydney. In the first days of Bing’s release, Sydney reared its unhinged digital head in conversations with amused and sometimes disturbed users. Sydney talked about plans for world domination, encouraged a New York Times reporter to leave his wife, and in its darkest moments, dipped into…

WhatsApp has announced a much-requested edit feature that lets you alter a message within 15 minutes of sending it. “From correcting a simple misspelling to adding extra context to a message, we’re excited to bring you more control over your chats,” Meta-owned WhatsApp said in a blog post introducing the handy feature. Up to now, the only way to change a WhatsApp message was by quickly deleting it and then creating a new one, though, of course, the recipient/s may have had a chance to read the original message. The…

After months of fake ChatGPT apps duping users into paying money for what is still a free service, OpenAI has finally come around to creating its own mobile version of its ultra-popular AI chatbot. The new iPhone-only version of ChatGPT can accomplish important tasks like creating a screenplay of Batman buying Robin a Hot Pocket, now with a slimmed down, mobile-friendly UI.Using Your iPhone on Windows 10The new app released Thursday is free, though just like the regular version of ChatGPT users will need to pay an extra…

AI chatbots have come for journalism, and now they are coming for our burgers. Wendy’s is reportedly gearing up to unveil a chatbot-powered drive-thru experience next month, with help from a partnership with Google.Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AIThe Wall Street Journal reported that the upcoming rollout will be relegated to a single Wendy’s restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. According to the outlet, software engineers at the fast food chain have been working with Google to build an AI on top…

AI chatbot systems are so vast and complicated that even the companies who make them can’t predict their behavior. That’s led to a whack-a-mole effort to stop chatbots from spitting out content that’s harmful, illegal, or just unsettling, which they often do. Current solutions involve an army of low-paid workers giving the algorithms feedback on chatbot responses, but there’s a new proposed solution from Anthropic, an AI research company started by former OpenAI employees. Anthropic published an AI “constitution” Tuesday.…