AI & Robotics

Can you remember a time before ChatGPT dominated almost every conversation about the future of work? Despite its relative infancy—OpenAI launched the chatbot in November 2022—the generative AI tool has had a groundbreaking effect on almost every industry, and not just tech. It’s  particularly making an impact on marketing and sales, product development and service operations. In fact…

YouTube, the video-sharing behemoth, has revealed a landmark initiative that will see it work hand-in-hand with the music industry to navigate the uncharted waters of artificial intelligence (AI) in music creation and distribution. The Alphabet-owned company is launching the Music AI Incubator, a forward-thinking program designed to delve into the potential of AI within music. The initiative is…

Over the weekend, a bombshell story from The Atlantic found that Stephen King, Zadie Smith and Michael Pollan are among thousands of authors whose copyrighted works were used to train Meta’s generative AI model, LLaMA, as well as other large language models, using a dataset called “Books3.” The future of AI, the report claimed, is “​​written with stolen words.”  The truth is, the…

The excitement around generative AI is a textbook example demonstrating the top of a technology hype cycle. The newest gauge on emerging technologies from Gartner shows gen AI near the “peak of inflated expectations.”  For example, McKinsey has stated that the technology could add up to $4.4 trillion annually in global GDP. Sequoia Capital believes that entire industries will be disrupted.