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You can now make an AI clone of yourself — or anyone else, living or dead — with Delphi

September 7, 2023
My favorite episode of the hit sci-fi/horror TV series Black Mirror is “Be Right Back,” which premiered 10 years ago now, and captured the alienating experience of a woman cloning her dead ex-boyfriend by using a service that analyzed his social media posts and texts to recreate his personality. The episode seemed fantastical but just on the edge of plausible at the time in 2013 — after…
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Senate meeting with top AI leaders will be ‘closed-door,’ no press or public allowed

September 6, 2023
At an event held last month at IBM’s New York City headquarters yesterday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he would convene a series of AI “Insight Forums” to “lay down the foundation for AI policy.” The first-ever forums, to be held in September and October, would be in place of congressional hearings that focus on senators’ questions, which Schumer said…
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AI and design: Exploring the synergy of creativity and technology

September 6, 2023
This article is part of a VB Lab Insights series paid for by Capital One. Generative AI is dominating the conversation in 2023, and the design community is no exception to its transformative potential. Product innovations fueled by emerging AI capabilities have the potential to unlock new opportunities and put the power of real-time intelligence in customers’ hands like never before. As a design…
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How businesses can achieve greener generative AI with more sustainable inference

September 4, 2023
Generating content, images, music and code, just like humans can, but at phenomenal speeds and with unassailable accuracy, generative AI is designed to help businesses become more efficient and underscore innovation. As AI becomes more mainstream, more scrutiny will be leveled at what it takes to produce such outcomes and the associated cost, both financially and environmentally. We have a chance…
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